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CoenraadS/Bracket-Pair-Colorizer-2

Bracket Colorizer Extension for VSCode observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/CoenraadS/Bracket-Pair-Colorizer-2 · homepage · TypeScript · MIT (permissive) · archived observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

10/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases archived

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 2915
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 1042
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1615 stars · 179 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A VSCode extension that colorizes matching brackets to make nested code easier to read, with customizable colors and matching tokens. It is now deprecated because bracket pair colorization became a native VSCode feature.

Use cases

  • colorize matching brackets in vscode
  • make nested parentheses easier to read
  • customize bracket colors in my editor
  • highlight matching braces and brackets while coding
  • improve readability of deeply nested code

When to choose

  • you are stuck on a very old VSCode version without native bracket pair colorization

When to avoid

  • you use a modern VSCode version, which has this feature built in
  • you want an actively maintained extension

Facets

plugin · maturity abandoned

editor developer-tools developer-tools text-editors editor-plugin vscode-extension bracket-colorization deprecated syntax-highlighting

2 sources

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
CoenraadS/Bracket-Pair-Colorizer-2main10

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