Brackets Themes
By default, Brackets has 2 themes. They are –
- Brackets Dark
- Brackets Light (Default)
To navigate to Themes, Click on the View -> Themes..
From the Theme settings, you can change:
- Themes – All the themes installed on the Brackets editor are shown here.
- Use Themes Scrollbars – By default, it is checked. If checked, it will use the Theme scrollbar
- Font Size – If you wish to change the size of your font, you can set the value here.
- Font Family – This displays the current Font family. You can change this if you wish.
How to install new Themes
To install a new Theme, Go to File -> Extension Manager..
Click On “Theme” and click on “Install” button for the theme which you like.
41 Best Themes available in Brackets
Bonus Tips
The idea is that if you like dark background, then install an dark theme. If you like a lighter background, install a light theme.
If you use Bootstrap, try installing a theme which makes your visual good for bootstrap coding.
Similarly, if you use JavaScript excessively, try to use a theme where JavaScript code looks good.
In this Brackets Theme Tutorial, we are going to list the best brackets themes based on our personal choices are.
To browse the complete list of Themes, you can visit the brackets themes github repository.
Our personal favorite list-
1. Monokai Dark Soda
The Monokai Dark Soda theme is one of the most popular Bracket Theme.
This is a Dark theme and is build on Sublime text’s Monokai Dark Soda.
Our Rating:
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Very Popular
2. New Moon
The New Moon theme is moderate contrast Bracket Theme.
This is best suited for Web Development and Design.
Our Rating:
Top 10 brackets themes.
Very Popular
3. Monokai
Another popular Theme based on Sublime Text’s Monokai Color Scheme is Monokai.
Our Rating:
Top 10 brackets themes.
Very Popular
4. Visual Studio Dark
Based on the idea of visual studio 2013, the
The Visual Studio Dark stands apart from other themes. It’s syntax coloring feature differs from language to language.
Our Rating:
Top 10 brackets themes.
Very Popular
5. Raven
The Raven is another Dark theme. If you like the Raven Theme from Dreamweaver CC, then you would certainly love this theme.
Our Rating:
Top 10 brackets themes.
Very Popular
6. Delkos Dark Theme
The Delkos Dark Theme is a dark theme which makes the code look easy readable and elegant.
Our Rating:
Top 10 brackets themes.
Very Popular
7. Sweet dark
The Sweet dark is a dark theme to make code look more readable as per its author.
Our Rating:
Top 10 brackets themes.
Very Popular
9. Monokai Darker Soda
As per the author, if you like coding in late night, then you will love the Monokai Darker Soda theme.
Our Rating:
Top 10 brackets themes.
Very Popular
10. New One Dark
Atom Text Editor is a popular code editor and a popular theme in Atom is One Dark Theme. The New One Dark takes inspiration from the One Dark Theme.
Our Rating:
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Popular
11. OS X Style - Flat & Dark
The OS X Style – Flat & Dark theme is Deprecated. The author is not actively maintaining this theme but it is still very popular as it is based on iOS 7 color palette.
13. Codepen
The Codepen is a very popular online code editor and the Codepen Theme looks like the default Codepen theme.
Our Rating:
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Popular
14. Infinite
The infinite is a moderate dark theme and does not have very contrasting colors, rather a moderate one.
15. Chrome Theme
The Chrome Theme theme is a light gray theme which uses less colors and looks simple.
16. Monokai Dark Juice
Suppose, you are looking for a combination of Dark Soda, Monokai Color Schemes and Stripper theme, then the Monokai Dark Juice theme will be perfect for you.
17. Hacker Theme
A black terminal with green texts portrays a picture of a Hacker and the Hacker Theme theme resembles a black terminal with green texts all over it.
20. Tonight's Specials
The Tonight’s Specials includes Coda 2 and is a remake of the ‘Specials Board’ theme.
22. Neon Morning
The Neon Morning uses the Neon color as its base color. It is similar to Neon theme.
24. One Dark Material Theme
The One Dark Material Theme is a dark theme. The developer is not maintaining this theme actively.
25. EditedTwilight
The EditedTwilight theme claims that you would fall in love with this theme.
But, we did not like the color combination of this theme.
26. Hopscotch
Hopscotch learning is popular for kids and the Hopscotch theme takes inspiration from the Hopscotch platform.
27. Convergent
The Convergent theme is good for PHP & HTML/XML coding. It is a based on the dark theme of Brackets.
32. New Sun
The New Sun takes inspiration from Twilight, Tomorrow Night Eighties and GitHub/Gist, based on the New Moon Theme.
34. Hakoiko Syntax Theme
Inspired by the tumblr’s HTMl editor, the Hakoiko Syntax Theme theme is another dark theme which has little different color combination compared to other themes.
35. Smooth Neutrals
The Smooth Neutrals theme is not maintained by its developer but few designers prefer it. We do not recommend this theme.
40. Magpie
Based on the color of the magpies, the Magpie theme has made its base color. We do not recommend this theme, although few designers prefer this.
41. Flotsam
The Flotsam theme is based on light navy blue background with white text as the main color.