Libraries are categories of blocks that can be imported in any Snap! project. They are written in Snap! and as a result function like custom blocks.

Using Libraries

In order to use libraries, one has to import them from File > Libraries > [name of the library]. Information about what the library does can be found out by reading the description, which is located under the list of blocks in the library.

List of Libraries

The following is a list of libraries available in Snap! as of version 9.1.1:

• Iteration, composition
• List utilities
• Colors and Crayons
• Crayons
• Bignums, rationals, complex #s
• Catch errors
• Parallelization
• Getters and setters
• List comprehension
• World Map
• Menus
• Text Costumes
• Text to Speech
• Animation
• Pixels
• Audio Comp
• Frequency Distribution Analysis
• Database
• Tiles
• Arcs
• Words, sentences
• Just Words
• Strings, multi-line input
• Replace Letters
• APL primitives
• Streams (lazy lists)
• Bar charts
• Just Bars
• Web services access (https)
• Create variables
• Bitwise operators
• SciSnap! v2
• TuneScope
• Serial Ports
• MQTT
• Signada (Network remote control)

Upcoming

The following libraries are available in version 10.0:

• Code to Blocks to Code
• 3D Beetle Geometry
• Writing and formatting
• Metaprogramming

EDC libraries:

• Dialogs
• Fancy Text
• Fancy Stage Writing
• Microworlds
• Script Pic Costumes
• Translations

Removed

• Multi-branched conditional (removed in favor of the variadic if block)
• Variadic reporters (the primitives are now variadic)

User-made Libraries

There are also user-made libraries which can be imported into projects from File > Import. Some of them are:

• BetterTime
• Controller API Support
• Exsnaptions
• Random Decision Library
• Script builder library
• Snape!

Media Libraries

List of media found in Media Libraries

Snap! also includes a few small media libraries. To access these you can go to File > Costumes / Backgrounds / Sounds. There are 539 images in the Costumes library, 12 images in the Backgrounds library, and 12^[1] sounds in the Sounds library.