Editing SCTools

[[File:SCTools.png|thumb|right|200px|The logo for SCTools, as shown on [https://sctools.org sctools.org].<ref>https://sctools.org/logo.png</ref>]]

'''SCTools''', also known as '''Stats Community Tools''', is a website founded by [[GNZGUY]] and [[MinMax]] that aims to help the [[Statistics Community|statistics community]] with a collection of tools.<ref>https://sctools.org</ref>

[[File:SCTools brief appearance.png|thumb|A screenshot from [[GNZGUY]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qtYOzMkPi8 2024 Rewind], where the SCTools logo was shown for a few frames with a glitchy effect and a glitch sound effect being played.<ref name=":1">{{cite YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qtYOzMkPi8&t=354|t=354|title=GNZGUY Rewind 2024|author=GNZGUY|date=December 30, 2024}}</ref>]]

The logo was briefly shown in [[GNZGUY]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qtYOzMkPi8 2024 Rewind] for a few frames with a glitchy effect and a glitch sound effect being played, after he stated "I plan to upload more often, create more projects, [and build] a better community. [...] See you in next year!"<ref name=":1" /> This could hint at a potential release in 2025.

==Sub-projects==
===Statical===
Statical is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaScript JavaScript] library made by [[MinMax]]<ref>https://github.com/SCToolsOrg/statical</ref> as part of SCTools that is a "high-level stats video framework" built with [https://d3js.org D3].<ref name=":0">https://statical.sctools.org/docs</ref> It was made because [[MinMax]] thought that "making high-quality stats videos with D3 was too complicated, involving a lot of code that you have to copy and paste a bunch of times."<ref name=":0" />

It is currently being used by [[MinMax]], [[Communitrics]], and occasionally [[JipStats]] for making videos.<ref name=":0" /> Its concepts are also used and were initially created by [[GNZGUY]].
===CountStream===
CountStream is a website made by [[MinMax]]<ref>https://github.com/SCToolsOrg/countstream</ref> as part of SCTools that features live counts. It was made to fix the problem of streamers using [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chroma_key chroma key] to remove the background of live counts, causing performance issues for their streams, which MinMax calls the "green screen problem."<ref>{{Cite YouTube|title=building a live counts site|url=https://www.youtube.com/live/C15jS-Jhds0?si=Witt0XYIVTsJ9zxE&t=6923|t=6923|author=ToastedToast|date=March 19, 2025}}</ref>
===ests.sctools.org===
ests.sctools.org (or the SCTools estimations) is an estimation system made by [[GNZGUY]] and [[MinMax]].<ref>https://ests.sctools.org</ref> It features [[Day-night cycle (estimations)|day-night cycles]], API update animations,{{Efn|This refers to when the API count of a YouTube channel updates, the SCTools estimations quickly jumps to the number. This is seen in multiple videos of the estimations.<ref>{{Cite YouTube|title=KIMPRO hitting 94.8M subscribers|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IATOZnyPWI&t=32|t=32|author=ToastedToast|date=March 25, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite YouTube|title=KIMPRO hitting 94.6M subscribers and Stokes Twins hitting 118M subscribers|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-lM473Jrwk|author=GnzZY|date=March 24, 2025}}</ref>}}, fetching multiple channels at once<ref>https://ests.sctools.org/api</ref> and more. It was originally made to be used on [[LeanStats]]' Top 100 Creators stream, and is currently also being used on MinMax's stream.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZBhhtJi4ok</ref>

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