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Coding Creative coding
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91/100 · ages 7–18

Code Club

Free coding clubs, projects, and community support that help young people create with code.

WebsiteDownloadableCoding coursesCreative coding
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Code for Life

Free coding courses and creative programming activities for children, with guided learning paths for school and home.

WebsiteDownloadableBlock codingCoding courses
5–16 · Free91
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Launch

A playful coding platform where children build real apps and games with guided projects.

WebsiteCoding coursesCreative coding
5–13 · Free with paid options90
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Scratch Foundation

The Scratch Foundation supports Scratch as a free creative-learning community where young people make stories, games, and animations and share projects in a moderated environment.

WebsiteAnimationCreative coding
8–16 · Free public platform90
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Gamefroot

A browser-based game-making platform with visual coding, tutorials, interactive stories, animations, and game-design learning.

WebsiteCreative codingGame design
10–18 · Free with paid options88
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Pencil Code

A free collaborative coding space for drawing, music, games, stories, webpages, math, and creative programming.

WebsiteDownloadableAlgorithmsCreative coding
8–18 · Free88
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Code Club World

The Raspberry Pi Foundation’s free coding game hub helps children make characters, T-shirts, music, games, art, websites, and more while earning project badges.

WebsiteYouTubeBadgesCoding games
7–13 · Free87
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KidsCanCode

Python, game-development, and creative coding lessons for children and teens, with beginner pathways and classroom programs.

WebsiteYouTube channelCreative codingGame development
8–16 · Free87
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Airbotix

An AI and creative-coding learning platform for children ages 5–17, with free browser demos, coding projects, classes, and parent controls.

WebsiteYouTubeAI literacyCreative coding
5–17 · Free demos with paid memberships and classes84
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ScratchJr

A playful first coding app where young children create interactive stories and games with picture-based programming blocks.

WebsiteAndroid appiOS appAnimationCreative coding
5–7 · Free92
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