# Brackets

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

Repository: https://github.com/adobe/brackets
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/brackets
Homepage: http://brackets.io
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2022-06-12T08:19:24+00:00
Link (homepage): http://brackets.io
Link (site_page): https://brackets.io/docs/current/modules/brackets.html

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5383, "days_push": 1543, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 33011, forks 7451 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:58.015486+00:00)

## What it is
Brackets is an open-source code editor for web development, built in JavaScript, HTML, and CSS, featuring inline editing and live browser preview. Adobe ended support in 2021, and the community successor is Phoenix Code.

## Use cases
- edit html css and javascript files
- live preview web pages in browser while coding
- lightweight code editor for web development
- extend a code editor with custom extensions
- quick inline editing of css selectors from html

## When to choose
- you want a lightweight editor focused on HTML/CSS/JS with live preview
- you want an editor fully extensible in JavaScript
- you are maintaining a legacy Brackets-based workflow

## When to avoid
- you need an actively maintained editor with current security fixes
- you need broad language support beyond web technologies
- starting a new project - use VS Code or Phoenix Code instead

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: editor, developer-tools, plugin-system
- domain: web-development, frontend, text-editors, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: code-editor, live-preview, html-css-javascript, web-development, discontinued, phoenix-code-successor, macos, linux, desktop

## Member repositories
- adobe/brackets (main) score 10
- adobe/brackets-shell (infra) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:58.015486+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 2026-08-29T16:28:59.185823+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/adobe/brackets (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:58.015486+00:00, sha 21363917f188)
  - homepage: http://brackets.io (fetched 2026-08-29T07:49:03.911810+00:00, sha 4f6c22806d87)
  - site_page: https://brackets.io/docs/current/modules/brackets.html (fetched 2026-08-29T07:49:03.920983+00:00, sha 25fcc508f467)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.