ScratchX

About ScratchX

ScratchX allows you to try out experimental extensions to the Scratch programming environment. With extensions, you can connect Scratch to the physical world (such as electronic devices and kits) and online resources (including web data and web services).

Open an Extension File

Choose a .sbx file from your local drive

What is a .sbx file?

Open an Extension URL

Paste the web address below

What is a ScratchX URL?

Featured Extensions

Download hardware plugin

Developer Documentation

Developers can create new Experimental Extensions using Javascript. To learn more, read the Developer Documentation.

Privacy Policy

ScratchX is a platform that enables people to test experimental functionality built by developers for the visual programming language Scratch. The purpose of this website is to provide a playground for people to test experimental content. We wrote this privacy policy to explain what information we access and how we use it. If you have any questions regarding this policy, you can contact us.

External Services

GitHub Pages: Developers who link their content to ScratchX are required to host their experimental content on an external service called GitHub pages, which is governed by GitHub’s own Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The ScratchX site itself is also hosted on GitHub pages, and is governed by their terms and policy (in addition to the ScratchX terms and policy).

Google Analytics: Using an external service called Google Analytics, we collect some data about where you click and which parts of the site you visit. This "click data" helps us figure out ways to improve the website. Information collected and processed by Google Analytics includes the user's IP address, network location, and geographic location. Google Analytics acquires all of its information directly from the user, by installing a cookie (see below) on your computer, if you have enabled JavaScript. We do not share any information (other than aggregate statistics) that we collect with Google, and Google does not collect any personal identifying information about you. You can read Google Analytics’ privacy policy here.

Cookies: Google Analytics (above) uses cookies in order to gather information about your use of the ScratchX website. A cookie is a small text file that Google Analytics can send to your browser for storage on your computer.

How do we use your information?

  • Via Google Analytics, we gather browsing data so that we know how people use the website.
  • Other than as described above, we will never share personally identifiable information about you with any other person, company, or organization, except as required to comply with our obligations under the law.

Notifications of Changes to the Privacy Policy

We review our Privacy Policy on a periodic basis, and we may modify our policies as appropriate. We may also change or update our Privacy Policy if we add new services or features. If we make any changes to our privacy practices, we will amend this Privacy Policy accordingly and post the amended policy on the ScratchX website. We encourage you to review our Privacy Policy on a regular basis.

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