Scratch 2.0 File Format

The Scratch 2.0 File Format saves projects in version 2.0 of the Scratch programming language (a version that is still unreleased as of this writing, so this is based on pre-release documentation which could change). Scratch is a language designed to teach programming to young children. Since the program code consists of graphical tiles rather than text-based source code, a binary format was used for the earlier Scratch 1.4 File Format, but the format has changed with 2.0.

Scratch projects are stored in files with a .sb2 extension. The contents are ZIP-compressed data, including various items which are part of the project (.png, .svg, and .wav files, named with numbers). The main item is a file called project.json, in JSON format.

Detailed documentation can be found in the Scratch wiki.

Documentation

 * Scratch 2.0 File Format

Other links

 * Official Scratch site