[Deprecated] Bracket Pair Colorizer 2 installs statistics
By CoenraadS · VS Code Marketplace · Other
A customizable extension for colorizing matching brackets
[Deprecated] Bracket Pair Colorizer 2 has 6,761,245 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace, ranking #140 of 2,502 tracked listings.
Rating: 4.49 / 5 from 186 ratings
About [Deprecated] Bracket Pair Colorizer 2
🎄 Christmas Notice ☃️
This project started on 3 Dec 2016. Now 5 years later, it has become a native feature in VSCode.
This extension has seen wilder success then I could over ever dreamed of, with over 10M+ downloads.
I'm glad so many people found it useful, however it no longer has a purpose entering 2022 so development will no longer continue.
If you enjoyed it, a coffee donation is appreciated:
🎁 Donate 🎁
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
How to enable native bracket matching:
settings.json
{
"editor.bracketPairColorization.enabled": true,
"editor.guides.bracketPairs":"active"
}
Bracket Pair Colorizer 2
This extension allows matching brackets to be identified with colours. The user can define which tokens to match, and which colours to use.
Screenshot:

F.A.Q.
- Differences between v1 and v2?
- v2 Uses the same bracket parsing engine as VSCode, greatly increasing speed and accuracy. A new version was released because settings were cleaned up, breaking backwards compatibility.
Release Notes
Settings
"bracket-pair-colorizer-2.colors"
Define the colors used to colorize brackets. Accepts valid color names, hex codes, andrgba()values.
"bracket-pair-colorizer-2.colors": [
"Gold",
"Orchid",
"LightSkyBlue"
]
"bracket-pair-colorizer-2.forceUniqueOpeningColor"
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"bracket-pair-colorizer-2.forceIterationColorCycle"
"bracket-pair-colorizer-2.colorMode"
Consecutive brackets share a color pool for all bracket types
Independent brackets allow each bracket type to use its own color pool
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"bracket-pair-colorizer-2.highlightActiveScope"
Should the currently scoped brackets always be highlighted?
"bracket-pair-colorizer-2.activeScopeCSS"
Choose a border style to highlight the active scope. Use{color}to match the existing bracket color
It is recommended to disable the inbuilteditor.matchBracketssetting if using this feature
"bracket-pair-colorizer-2.activeScopeCSS": [
"borderStyle : solid",
"borderWidth : 1px",
"borderColor : {color}",
"opacity: 0.5"
]
"bracket-pair-colorizer-2.showBracketsInGutter"
Show active scope brackets in the gutter
"bracket-pair-colorizer-2.showBracketsInRuler"
Show active scope brackets in the ruler
"bracket-pair-colorizer-2.rulerPosition"
Decoration position in the ruler
"bracket-pair-colorizer-2.showVerticalScopeLine"
Show a vertical line between the brackets? Enabled by default
"bracket-pair-colorizer-2.showHorizontalScopeLine"
Show a horizontal line between the brackets? Enabled by default
"bracket-pair-colorizer-2.scopeLineRelativePosition"
Disable this to show the vertical line in column 0
"bracket-pair-colorizer-2.scopeLineCSS"
Choose a border style to highlight the active scope. Use{color}to match the existing bracket color
"bracket-pair-colorizer-2.scopeLineCSS": [
"borderStyle : solid",
"borderWidth : 1px",
"borderColor : {color}",
"opacity: 0.5"
]
"bracket-pair-colorizer-2.excludedLanguages"
Exclude a language from being colorized
Commands
These commands will expand/undo the cursor selection to the next scope
"bracket-pair-colorizer-2.expandBracketSelection"
"bracket-pair-colorizer-2.undoBracketSelection"
Quick-start:
{
"key": "shift+alt+right",
"command": "bracket-pair-colorizer-2.expandBracketSelection",
"when": "editorTextFocus"
},
{
"key": "shift+alt+left",
"command": "bracket-pair-colorizer-2.undoBracketSelection",
"when": "editorTextFocus"
}
Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.
- bracket
- brackets
- color
- colour
- multi-root ready
- pair
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Listing: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=CoenraadS.bracket-pair-colorizer-2. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 21, 2026. See the methodology.







