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Scratch for Windows
Create interactive stories, games and animations with Scratch’s visual coding blocks. The free Windows app lets you create and save projects offline.
Version 3.32.1 · Direct publisher file
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What is Scratch?
Scratch turns programming into arranging blocks that control characters, sounds and scenes. It is designed for learning through small creative projects: animate a sprite, build an interactive story or make a game while exploring loops, conditions and variables. The Windows desktop app lets you create and save projects without an internet connection.
The publisher’s download-page source lists Windows 10 or later. This entry links to the publisher-hosted EXE, whose HEAD redirect identified Scratch 3.32.1 when checked; CPU architecture was not established. To share a desktop project with the online community, export it first, then upload it through the Scratch website.
The screenshot shows the shared Scratch 3 browser editor in April 2025, with its block palette, coding area and stage. It illustrates the editing workflow, not the exact Windows 3.32.1 interface.
What it offers
- Arrange color-coded blocks to control sprites and create interactive stories, games and animations.
- Explore programming concepts such as loops, conditionals and variables without typing a text-based language.
- Create and save projects offline in the desktop app.
- Use tutorials as a starting point for a project.
Good to know
- Sharing directly to the online community from the downloaded Windows app is not supported in the publisher’s FAQ; export the project and upload it on the website.
- Scratch focuses on block-based learning rather than advanced text-based software development.
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Sources
References used for this listing. Retrieval dates do not indicate hands-on testing.
- Scratch - Download ↗Retrieved
- Scratch - Imagine, Program, Share ↗Retrieved
- Scratch publisher download-page source ↗Retrieved
- Scratch publisher download FAQ English strings ↗Retrieved
- Scratch publisher direct download link definitions ↗Retrieved
- Scratch 3 - Free download and install on Windows | Microsoft Store ↗Retrieved
- Scratch Foundation scratch-desktop repository ↗Retrieved
- Scratch editor screenshot — source, creator and licensing ↗Retrieved
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