Welcome to the Scratch Community!

As part of the Scratch community, you are sharing projects and ideas with people:
• from many different countries and cultures
• of all ages (from young children to teens and grandparents)
• with all levels of experience

We need your help to make this community a supportive place for every member. Here's how you can help:

Be respectful. When sharing projects, remember that people of many different ages and backgrounds will see your creations.

Offer constructive comments. Instead of just criticizing a project, say what you like about it and offer suggestions on how to make it better.

Give credit. Feel free to make modified versions of other people's projects - just make sure to give them credit. One place to give credit is in your Project Notes.

Help keep the site friendly. If you feel others would find a project mean, insulting, too violent, or otherwise inappropriate, click the link from that page: "Flag as inappropriate." (The Scratch team will review, and may remove any project or comments.)

All projects shared on the Scratch website, as well as the Scratch support materials, are shared under the Creative Commons license with the conditions: Attribution - Share Alike. The Scratch software is completely free of charge and its source code is available under the Scratch License. The software behind the Scratch website is under the General Public License version 2.

Check back here from time-to-time, because we are always trying to improve our guidelines. Please post any suggestions on the forums.

Thank you for joining and contributing to the Scratch community!

Scratch Team
Lifelong Kindergarten Group
MIT Media Lab