# brackets-cont/brackets

An open source code editor for the web, written in JavaScript, HTML and CSS.

Repository: https://github.com/brackets-cont/brackets
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/brackets-cont-brackets
Homepage: http://brackets.io
Language: JavaScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-03-30T21:32:08+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 56/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 74, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1919, "days_push": 156, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1514, forks 195 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:56.423422+00:00)

## What it is
Brackets is an open-source code editor for web development, built entirely in JavaScript, HTML, and CSS, with features like inline editors and live browser preview. Active development has moved to the Phoenix Code project, and this repository is in maintenance mode accepting only security patches.

## Use cases
- edit html css and javascript files
- live preview web pages while editing code
- lightweight code editor for web development
- extend a code editor with extensions
- work with css and html preprocessors

## When to choose
- you want a lightweight, web-focused code editor with live preview
- you need an editor extensible via JavaScript extensions
- you want to contribute to or fork a JavaScript-based editor codebase

## When to avoid
- you need a general-purpose editor for non-web languages
- you want actively developed features - use Phoenix Code instead
- you need an IDE with full debugging and refactoring tooling

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: editor
- domain: web-development, text-editors, frontend, developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: code-editor, html, css, javascript, live-preview, web-development-ide, phoenix-code, desktop

## Member repositories
- brackets-cont/brackets (main) score 56

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:56.423422+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 2026-08-30T04:32:12.205971+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/brackets-cont/brackets (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:56.423422+00:00, sha f371693b6b6d)
  - homepage: http://brackets.io (fetched 2026-08-29T11:36:04.017836+00:00, sha 4f6c22806d87)
  - site_page: https://brackets.io/docs/current/modules/brackets.html (fetched 2026-08-29T11:36:04.027321+00:00, sha 25fcc508f467)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.