A free visual programming tool and online community where children make games, stories and animations.

For kids learning to code (and the parents and teachers helping them).

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Why it’s listed

It's run by the Scratch Foundation and funded by donations: 'Scratch is free for everyone. Supporters make that possible' (1). The code is AGPL open source (2). The privacy policy asks kids to pick usernames that don't reveal their real name and makes no mention of advertising (3).

The trade-off

The site uses cookies and Google Tag Manager for analytics, and the privacy policy was last updated in May 2023.

Price

Free.

Sources

  1. scratchfoundation.org
  2. github.com/scratchfoundation/scratch-www
  3. github.com/scratchfoundation/scratch-www/blob/develop/src/views/privacypolicy/l10n.json

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