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Scratch is the programming language & online community where young people create stories, games, & animations.

Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Scratch

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Godot Engine GDevelop Unity Stencyl LOVE 2D Defold Engine ct.js RenPy Exercism Phaser

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Scratch are Godot Engine, GDevelop, and Unity. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.
  1. Feature-packed 2D and 3D open source game engine.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Game Development #Game Engine #3D Game Engine 479 social mentions

  2. GDevelop is an open-source game making software designed to be used by everyone.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Game Development #Game Engine #3D Game Engine 78 social mentions

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    The multiplatform game creation tools for everyone.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Game Development #Game Engine #3D Game Engine 209 social mentions

  4. Make iOS (iPhone/iPad), Android, Flash, Windows & Mac games without code using Stencyl.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Game Development #Game Engine #3D Game Engine 5 social mentions

  5. Hi there! Lร–VE is an *awesome* framework you can use to make 2D games in Lua.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Game Development #Game Engine #3D Game Engine 196 social mentions

  6. Defold lets you quickly build high performing, cross-platform games together with your team.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Game Development #Game Engine #3D Game Engine 51 social mentions

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    ct.js is a 2D game editor (desktop app) based on web technologies.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Game Development #Game Engine #3D Game Engine 3 social mentions

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    Ren'Py is a free and cross-platform visual novel engine that helps you use words, pictures, and...
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #IDE #Text Editors #Game Development 16 social mentions

  9. Download and solve practice problems in over 30 different languages.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Online Courses #Programming #Online Learning 318 social mentions

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    Desktop and Mobile HTML5 game framework. A fast, free and fun open source framework for Canvas and WebGL powered browser games.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Game Development #Game Engine #3D Game Engine 129 social mentions

  11. Cocos Creator is more than a efficient, lightweight, free, open-source, cross-platform graphics engine: it's also a platform to create 3D content in real time.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Game Development #Game Engine #3D Game Engine

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    Alice is used to teach students how to code.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #IDE #Hotel Management Software #Hospitality 1 social mentions

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