Free Scratch Alternatives for Linux

There are many alternatives to Scratch for Linux if you are looking for a replacement. The best free Linux alternative is GDevelop, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Scratch and many of them are free and available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free Linux alternatives to Scratch are microStudio, ct.js, Blockly and Urho3D.

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Scratch alternatives are mainly Game Development Tools, but if you're looking for Programming Languages or Code Learning Services you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Drag and Drop, Android, iPad and Linux. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Scratch.
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  1. GDevelop icon

    GDevelop

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    GDevelop is an open-source game making software designed to be used by everyone. Any kind of 2D games can be created with it and no programming skills are required to get started. Logic of games are made using visual events.

    121 GDevelop alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Flathub
    The new editor interface, which now supports 3D editing.
     
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    Not only does G-develop allow you to do all sorts of exports, but also is very easy to use, and is free! one of the best engines in my opinion.

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    • Most users think GDevelop is a great Scratch alternative.

    • GDevelop is the most popular Web-based, Windows, Android & Mac alternative to Scratch.

    • GDevelop is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Scratch.

    • GDevelop is Freemium and Open SourceScratch is Free and Open Source
    • GDevelop is LightweightScratch is not according to our users
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    ct.js

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    ct.js is a 2D game editor (desktop app) based on web technologies. It aims to be an extensible yet simple game-making tool, accessible for both newbies and experienced game developers.

    50 ct.js alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Room editor
     
  5. Blockly icon

    Blockly

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    Blockly is a library for building visual programming editors. Users can drag blocks together to build an application. No typing required.

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    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    a convoluted way of 'solving' the Maze demo
     
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    Open source, actively developed.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Blockly is Free and Open SourceScratch is also Free and Open Source
    • Blockly is CustomizableScratch is not according to our users
  6. Urho3D icon

    Urho3D

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    Urho3D is a lightweight, cross-platform rendering and game engine implemented in C++ and released under the MIT license. Greatly inspired by OGRE and Horde3D.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Raspberry Pi
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    EduBlocks

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    EduBlocks is a visual block based programming tool that will hopefully help teachers to introduce text based programming languages, like Python, to children at an earlier age.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Raspberry Pi
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    Edublocks has blocks or bricks for html, python, javascript, raspberry pi, circuit python and microbit.

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    • EduBlocks is Free and Open SourceScratch is also Free and Open Source
  9. Alice icon

    Alice

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    Alice is an innovative 3D programming environment that makes it easy to create an animation for telling a story, playing an interactive game, or a video to share on the web. Alice is a teaching tool for introductory computing.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    Alice screenshot 1
     
  10. MonoGame icon

    MonoGame

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    One framework for creating powerful cross-platform games. The spiritual successor to XNA with 1000's of titles shipped across desktop, mobile, and console platforms. MonoGame is a fully managed .NET open source game framework without any black boxes.

    104 MonoGame alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • Online
    MonoGame screenshot 1
     
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    Scratux

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    Scratux is a block-based visual programming language targeted primarily at children. Basically Scratux aims to provide Open Source Linux binaries of Scratch Desktop.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Scratux looks like Scratch 3
     
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    mBlock

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    One-stop coding platform tailored to coding education. With mBlock, students can easily create games, animations and program robots by dragging and dropping blocks, or through writing Python.

    6 mBlock alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  13. Etoys icon

    Etoys

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    Etoys is an educational tool for teaching children powerful ideas in compelling ways. Etoys is a media-rich authoring environment and visual programming system.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Etoys screenshot 1
     

  14. Blue by MIT

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    Blue is confirmed to be by MIT. it is a another version of panther.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
    • Google Chrome
    • Scratch
     
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