Trinket.io shutting down, so we saved it and hosted it a trinket.strivemath.org

Just when Trinket looked doomed, the comments turned into a full-on rescue-party-meets-roast session. The big news is simple: Trinket.io, a popular website that lets students write and run code in a browser without downloading anything, is shutting down in August 2026. But instead of letting it vanish into internet heaven, the team behind Strive Math stepped in and put up a free community version for schools, teachers, and kids everywhere. Cue the applause.

The strongest reaction? Relief mixed with gratitude. One commenter basically said, "bless anyone who opens up their software before shutting down," because so many useful websites just disappear forever. That struck a nerve: people weren’t only celebrating a save, they were mourning all the digital tools that died without a trace.

But this is the internet, so of course the wholesome moment came with comedy and chaos. One person mock-panicked over the site losing its supposedly glamorous ".io" address, joking, "But oh noes!" Another parent dropped perhaps the most delightfully unhinged flex in the thread: they built a rival version because their kid’s school had the bizarre setup where old Python was free but newer Python cost money. Even better, they hosted it on "a tiny Linux box in my laundry room over WiFi"—which is either adorable community spirit or the most chaotic school-tech backup plan ever.

And then came the sweetest mic-drop of all: "Thank you, my first language was LOGO." Translation: for many people, this isn’t just a website. It’s part of how kids first learn to make computers do something magical.