Instead of Brackets, try one of these 3.
Every alternative is lined up against Brackets on what people actually switch for: price, open source, self-hosting, offline use and platforms. Brackets sits in the first row, so you can see what you give up.
Price colours on the Visit buttons: FreeFreemiumPaid
How to read this. The first row is Brackets itself, for comparison. “Yes” means fully supported by the maker. “Partial” means it works with caveats. Likes reflect community popularity; vendors can’t pay for them or for placement. How we compare.
Brackets alternatives at a glance
Brackets is a free productivity app. We compared 3 alternatives: 3 are open source, 3 are completely free, 0 can be self-hosted and 3 work fully offline. The most popular is Komodo Edit, with 218 likes.
Free editor with smart completion for web languages.
Free · Open source · Works offlineNative Mac editor with bundles and project-wide search.
Free · Open source · Works offlineCompact Notepad replacement with coding-oriented features.
Free · Open source · Works offline