Brackets Information Reviews & Insights

Score10 out of 10

33 Reviews and Ratings

Community insights

TrustRadius Insights for Brackets are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.

Pros

Live Preview Feature: Many users have found the Live Preview feature extremely helpful, as it has allowed them to make real-time adjustments to their CSS and instantly see the effects on the page they are coding. This feature has been praised for its convenience and efficiency in streamlining the coding process.

File Tree Tool: The recently added file tree feature has been widely praised as a time-saving tool by users. They appreciate being able to drag and drop files without needing to minimize the program, which enhances productivity and makes organizing files much easier.

Extensibility: Users have consistently mentioned that one of their favorite features of Brackets is its ability to update the core program with extensions. These extensions range from simple ones like themes to more advanced ones that offer assistance in coding tasks such as generating Lorem Ipsum text. The availability of these extensions has greatly enhanced users' experience with Brackets, making it a versatile tool for various coding needs.

Reviews

5 Reviews

Information

The brackets Live preview feature is a must have

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

January 7, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use Brackets everyday for coding emails or landing pages. I work mostly with html, css and JavaScript. It’s a great simple to use editor. You can add extensions that help you code. It’s great for the live preview feature that I can see my edits in browser in real time.

Pros

Html
Css
Javascript
Mass update

Cons

Live preview is buggy to get launched
Better error findings
More formatting options like make all text upper or lowercase.
Better indentation

Likelihood to Recommend

Great for coding html and css based websites or emails. Very clean and simple to use.

Less appropriate for large scale projects maybe.

Crystal Pacheco

Sr. Web Developper in Information Technology at Merge (Computer Software, 501-1000 employees)

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8 years of experience

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Brackets Rules

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

April 23, 2020

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I currently use Brackets as a way to edit XML files. We have a client that submits XML files to our production team. Brackets is a simple program that allows you to edit the code. I'm not a coder but this program is easy enough to use and to get the job done. Currently, I am the only one using the software.

Pros

Easy coding
Simple interface
Only need a basic understanding of code to use

Cons

Without being a coder and never having used other html software, I can't say I have any cons of Brackets. Brackets was recommended to me and that's all I've used. It works for my purposes.

Likelihood to Recommend

Brackets is a simple to use code editor. I use it for basic HTML and XML document editing. I can't say that there's any scenario where Brackets is an inappropriate program. Maybe for coders that are coding all day long, but from what I can tell Brackets can handle any and all coding efforts.

Verified User

Manager in Customer Service (Publishing company, 11-50 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

Brackets: A Modern Web Application Development IDE.

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

January 29, 2020

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Brackets have been used for many years for developing web applications based on HTML, CSS, and BootStrap. It is being preferred over the other IDE because of its feature of live preview, which allows seeing the result of the developing application live and as fast as possible. It is not only used for developing web-based applications but also used for writing software codes in various supported languages such as Java, C/C++, Python, Groovy, etc. This IDE supports all the modern languages, and It is very light in weight. Moreover, it is available to use freely.

Pros

Live preview is best feature of the Brackets.
Intellisense for the many languages is available.

Cons

Takes more time on startup.
Sometime Live preview automatically shut down.

Likelihood to Recommend

Brackets is an excellent Development IDE for Web applications. It is straightforward to use and can be used by both experts as well as novice programmers. The Brackets IDE supports many languages, and plug-ins are available for different languages for additional features. It is free to use and openly accessible over the Internet for downloading.

Kunal Verma

Software Engineer Intern in Research & Development at UBC (Computer Software, 11-50 employees)

Vetted Review

5 years of experience

Best Application for Web Designer

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

June 11, 2019

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Bracket is an open source code editor that helps us to create new web pages or sites. I have been using this application for the last few years and it seems it provides a simple interface to web designers. Many members of our team used this application to create websites as well, as it helps to manage multiple pages at once.

Pros

Live preview of web page
Inline editor
simple user interface
Easily switch between the tabs or pages

Cons

Some ready-made code
Unexpected shutdown (Not Responding)
Auto save option

Likelihood to Recommend

If you are a beginner in the web designing field and you need the best application from which you can manage web pages easily then this is a perfect opportunity to use Bracket without any cost. This is a nice application for an earlier stage. With Bracket, it is hard to know the start and end point of Div, Section, or Class. You need to maintain it from the starting point.

Somit Vishwakarma

SEO Executive in Information Technology at Mails Daddy Software Private Limited (Computer Software, 51-200 employees)

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1 year of experience

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Best for web developers, OK for everyone else

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

December 18, 2018

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Brackets is used by me in my role managing my company website's codebase as well as some other websites that I run. I also use it for development of browser extensions for Firefox and Chrome. It is a very web-focused text editor that has a good number of useful plugins to extend functionality.

Pros

A clean simple UI with an excellent dark theme
There are plenty of customization options and extensibility via plugins
It is pretty fast and very smart when working with front-end website files
The live preview mode is a nice feature when coding as part of a presentation
The implementation of code-completion feels natural and effortless

Cons

It has some readability issues with the fonts being too small on my personal laptop.
It isn't as powerful as some new competitors.

Likelihood to Recommend

If you are just developing for the front end of the web, Brackets is a great option. It is cross-platform works well. If you rely on all the extras that an IDE gives you, Brackets probably won't satisfy you.

James Pautz II

Senior Technical Consultant at Digital Measures (Computer Software, 11-50 employees)

Vetted Review

4 years of experience

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