Coding desktop apps
for kids
Explore 10 trusted coding desktop apps selected for curious kids, with clear ages, access details, and parent context.
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Scratch
A playful coding community where kids create stories, games, and animations.
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eduActiv8
Free open-source educational activities for ages 3–10, covering math, language, logic, memory, and more.
GCompris
A free educational software suite with more than 100 activities for young children, including computer discovery, reading, arithmetic, science, geography, and games.
Kodu Game Lab
A visual game-making environment for children to build 3D worlds, stories, and games with simple programming tiles.
Alice
A creative programming environment for building 3D stories, animations, and games while learning computational thinking and object-oriented programming.
CodePaw
A free coding app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac with guided lessons, quizzes, labs, and projects in web development, Python, Swift, and data.
Greenfoot
A beginner-friendly programming environment where learners create games and simulations with visual worlds and real Java code.
Kojo
Kojo is an open-source learning environment where young people create drawings, generative art, animations, music, games, simulations, apps, and Arduino projects while learning computational and design thinking.
RightMindMath
RightMindMath is a free open-source progressive web app for arithmetic fluency, including number facts, multi-digit operations, and long division practice.
KidsBlock
KidsBlock is free graphical programming software for children, with offline desktop installers and support for Arduino, micro:bit, ESP32, Makey Makey, and other hardware.
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