# CoenraadS/Bracket-Pair-Colorizer-2

Bracket Colorizer Extension for VSCode

Repository: https://github.com/CoenraadS/Bracket-Pair-Colorizer-2
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/bracket-pair-colorizer-2
Homepage: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=CoenraadS.bracket-pair-colorizer-2
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2023-10-26T14:49:22+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2915, "days_push": 1042, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1615, forks 179 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:11.445347+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: abandoned
- function: editor, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, text-editors
- platform: editor-plugin
- tags: vscode-extension, bracket-colorization, deprecated, syntax-highlighting

## Member repositories
- CoenraadS/Bracket-Pair-Colorizer-2 (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:11.445347+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:50:05.186073+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/CoenraadS/Bracket-Pair-Colorizer-2 (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:11.445347+00:00, sha ee04cd7eea5a)
  - homepage: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=CoenraadS.bracket-pair-colorizer-2 (fetched 2026-08-29T11:22:50.021592+00:00, sha 178428b27748)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.