Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Building a Programming Language for Kids launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Hopscotch▲51

   Visual programming language for kids

   2014 · gethopscotch.com · its alternatives →

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   ScratchJr▲98

   Coding for young children

   2014 · scratchjr.org · its alternatives →

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   Programming Languages ABC++▲73

   An alphabet book about coding for kids

   2015 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Cubetto▲114

   A hands-on programming language for kids aged 3 and up.

   2017 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

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   I'm 17 and wrote a guide on how to build your own programming language▲149

   Hey! I’m JC. I’m 17 and part of Hack Club, a nonprofit where we help teenagers ship programming projects with their friends while growing technically. A while ago, I asked myself the question, “How exactly do programming languages work behind the scenes?” It seemed really daunting until I went to a half hour workshop at a high school hackathon about writing a tree-walk interpreter and realized that getting started was actually super fun. This guide is designed in the vein of that - to get people, especially teenagers, started on learning how to build a programming language in a literal…

   2024 · easel.hackclub.com · its alternatives →

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   Learning Games – Coded with a Self-Created Programming Language▲5

   learning games for kids

   2019 · easygames.online · its alternatives →

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   Kamibot▲109

   A robot that teaches your kids to code

   2016 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

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   A few small games not only for kids (made with my programming language)▲9

   learning games for kids

   2024 · easygames.online · its alternatives →

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   Codestarter▲104

   Laptops for kids to teach them how to code

   2014 · kadinisci.org · its alternatives →

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    Hopscotch▲94

    Coding for kids: an iPad programming language

    2014 · gethopscotch.com · its alternatives →

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    Bitsbox▲161

    Monthly code projects for kids

    2014 · bitsbox.com · its alternatives →

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    Tynker▲95

    Game Worlds for Kids to Learn Programming

    2015 · tynker.com · its alternatives →

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    Codie (pre-launch)▲91

    A robot that helps kids learn coding

    2015 · indiegogo.com · its alternatives →

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    LOGO programming for kids▲9

    2014 · logo.cheerful.nl · its alternatives →

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    Locomogo▲79

    A toy train to teach coding to kids, grows with the kids

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    Train and asses Programming Skills – multi-lingual and -language▲6

    2017 · progressor.io · its alternatives →

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    Passambler: A toy language I made in Java over the course of 4 months▲5

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Functional Programming for Kids: Interactive Tutorial▲40

    An interactive functional programming course for children based on clojure and klipse - viebel/kids.klipse.tech

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Creating a Programming Language in Swift▲7

    2019 · medium.com · its alternatives →

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    Repl.it Classroom▲19

    A platform for teaching programming

    2016 · replit.com · its alternatives →

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    CodeStruct – Python programming environment for novices after Scratch▲9

    2022 · code-struct.vercel.app · its alternatives →

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    A new kind of coding platform made by a highschooler▲5

    2020 · domecode.com · its alternatives →

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    A retro inspired dedicated coding computer for kids 13 – 99▲6

    2021 · codeguppy.com · its alternatives →

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    Kids'n Code▲4

    An app for kids to learn code

    2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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