Scratch File Format (1.4)

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The Scratch file format is the format with which a Scratch file, .sb (Scratch project) or .sprite (exported sprite) file, is encoded.

Scratch needs to save all the information and media — stage, sprites, scripts, sounds, images — in a Scratch project or script to a single file. This means the format for encoding that information is rather complicated.

For a technical description of the file format, start with Project File or Sprite File.

Libraries

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Other than using Scratch program or modifications of Scratch's source code, there are the following libraries for reading/writing Scratch project files:

• Kurt, written in Python. Supports scripts, variables, lists, colors. Can read all the scripts in a project file and output Block Plugin code. It nearly supports images but not sounds.
• sb.js