diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-formatting.yml b/.github/workflows/check-formatting.yml
index ca8789627..9a3a36685 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-formatting.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-formatting.yml
@@ -33,4 +33,4 @@ jobs:
           clangFormatVersion: 16
 
       - name: Check line-endings
-        run: ./tools/check-line-endings.sh
+        run: ./scripts/check-line-endings.sh
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dc91a19d6..409c4b3f4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
 - Dev: Refactor `DebugCount` and add copy button to debug popup. (#4921)
 - Dev: Refactor `common/Credentials`. (#4979)
 - Dev: Changed lifetime of context menus. (#4924)
+- Dev: Renamed `tools` directory to `scripts`. (#5035)
 - Dev: Refactor `ChannelView`, removing a bunch of clang-tidy warnings. (#4926)
 - Dev: Refactor `IrcMessageHandler`, removing a bunch of clang-tidy warnings & changing its public API. (#4927)
 - Dev: `Details` file properties tab is now populated on Windows. (#4912)
diff --git a/scripts/README.md b/scripts/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..92192ef35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# scripts
+
+This directory contains scripts that may be useful for a contributor to run while working on Chatterino
diff --git a/tools/build-docker-images.sh b/scripts/build-docker-images.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/build-docker-images.sh
rename to scripts/build-docker-images.sh
diff --git a/tools/check-format.sh b/scripts/check-format.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/check-format.sh
rename to scripts/check-format.sh
diff --git a/tools/check-line-endings.sh b/scripts/check-line-endings.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/check-line-endings.sh
rename to scripts/check-line-endings.sh
diff --git a/tools/clang-format-all.sh b/scripts/clang-format-all.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/clang-format-all.sh
rename to scripts/clang-format-all.sh
diff --git a/tools/get-tlds-update.sh b/scripts/get-tlds-update.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/get-tlds-update.sh
rename to scripts/get-tlds-update.sh
diff --git a/tools/update-emoji-data.sh b/scripts/update-emoji-data.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/update-emoji-data.sh
rename to scripts/update-emoji-data.sh
diff --git a/tools/windows-fix-directory-case-sensitivity.sh b/scripts/windows-fix-directory-case-sensitivity.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/windows-fix-directory-case-sensitivity.sh
rename to scripts/windows-fix-directory-case-sensitivity.sh