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Brackets

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Brackets is an open-source editor for web design and development built on top of web technologies such as HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

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License model

  • FreeOpen Source

Application types

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • Electron / Atom Shell
Discontinued

Last commit was in March 2023 and now all the work is done in its fork Phoenix.

3.9 / 5 Avg rating (8)
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Features

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  1.  Live Preview
  2.  Autocompletion
  3.  Syntax Highlighting
  4.  Integrated FTP client
  5.  No registration required
  6.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
  7. Git icon  Git integration
  8.  Built-in Level Editor
  9.  Streamlined interface
  10.  Multiple languages
  11.  File Sync

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Brackets information

  • Developed by

    Brackets Contributors
  • Licensing

    Open Source and Free product.
  • Written in

  • Rating

    Average rating of 3.9
  • Alternatives

    98 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

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DevelopmentOffice & ProductivityBackup & Sync

GitHub repository

  •  1,416 Stars
  •  185 Forks
  •  69 Open Issues
  •   Updated Dec 13, 2024 
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Our users have written 12 comments and reviews about Brackets, and it has gotten 428 likes

Brackets was added to AlternativeTo by Robert Zelník on Jun 28, 2012 and this page was last updated Mar 14, 2024.

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Zhaolin Lau
  
Top positive comment
Pending approval

Now there is a forked project:
https://github.com/brackets-cont/brackets

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DL300
  
Top negative commentJan 27, 2020

Outright non-functional on High Sierra. Literally graphical artifacts and crashing, cannot open a text file.

0/10 broken abandoned mess

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Francewhoa
CommentJun 14, 2023

Bracket was forked as "Phoenix IDE"

https://phcode.dev

https://github.com/phcode-dev/phoenix

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Guest
  
Positive commentNov 6, 2019

It is made with web development languages

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Marco De Pander
  
Positive commentSep 17, 2019

Look pretty good

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bradcox
  
Positive commentOct 4, 2017

Great platform. Perfect as it is an opensource. Expect more improvements though.

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ruthbutler

thank you!

Reply written Jan 25, 2018

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HiroshiKubo
  
Positive commentSep 26, 2017

Great open source platform. Love it.

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ruthbutler

thank you!

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What is Brackets?

Brackets is an open-source editor for web design and development built on top of web technologies such as HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

With focused visual tools and preprocessor support, Brackets is a modern text editor that makes it easy to design in the browser. It's crafted from the ground up for web designers and front-end developers.

Brackets is a lightweight, yet powerful, modern text editor. We blend visual tools into the editor so you get the right amount of help when you want it without getting in the way of your creative process. You'll enjoy writing code in Brackets.

Made with Love (and JavaScript) Brackets is an open-source project, supported by an active and passionate community. It's made by other web developers like you!

Inline Editors Instead of jumping between file tabs, Brackets lets you open a window into the code you care about most. Want to work on the CSS that applies to a specific ID? Put your mouse cursor on that ID, push Command / Ctrl+E and Brackets will show you all the CSS selectors with that ID in an inline window so you can work on your code side-by-side without any popups.

Live Preview Get a real-time connection to your browser. Make changes to CSS and HTML and you'll instantly see those changes on screen. Also see where your CSS selector is being applied in the browser by simply putting your cursor on it. It's the power of a code editor with the convenience of in-browser dev tools.

Preprocessor Support Work with preprocessors in a whole new way. We know how important preprocessors are to your workflow. That’s why we want to make Brackets the best code editor for preprocessors out there. With Brackets you can use Quick Edit and Live Highlight with your LESS and SCSS files which will make working with them easier than ever.

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