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By Mhammed Talhaouy (3 listings) · VS Code Marketplace · Other

A customizable extension for colorizing matching brackets and make your code amazing.

View on VS Code Marketplace Fresh · Oct 20, 2026

Rainbow Brackets has 601,477 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace, ranking #762 of 2,501 tracked listings.

Installs
601,477
Official API · Oct 20, 2026
7-day growth
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90-day growth
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Rank
#762
Among tracked VS Code Marketplace listings

Rating: 4.43 / 5 from 7 ratings

About Rainbow Brackets

<h1 align="center"> <br> <img src="https://github.com/tal7aouy/RainbowBrackets/raw/HEAD/icon.png" alt="logo" width="200"> <br><br> Rainbow Brackets <br> <br> </h1> <h5 align="center">This extension allows matching brackets to be identified with colours. The user can define which characters to match, and which colors to use.</h5> <p align="center"> <a href="https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=tal7aouy.rainbow-bracket"><img src="https://vsmarketplacebadge.apphb.com/version-short/tal7aouy.rainbow-bracket.svg?style=for-the-badge&colorA=252526&colorB=43A047&label=VERSION" alt="Version"></a>&nbsp; <a href="https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=tal7aouy.rainbow-bracket"><img src="https://vsmarketplacebadge.apphb.com/rating-short/tal7aouy.rainbow-bracket.svg?style=for-the-badge&colorA=252526&colorB=43A047&label=Rating" alt="Rating"></a>&nbsp; <a href="https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=tal7aouy.rainbow-bracket"><img src="https://vsmarketplacebadge.apphb.com/installs-short/tal7aouy.rainbow-bracket.svg?style=for-the-badge&colorA=252526&colorB=43A047&label=Installs" alt="Installs"></a>&nbsp; <a href="https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=tal7aouy.rainbow-bracket"><img src="https://vsmarketplacebadge.apphb.com/downloads-short/tal7aouy.rainbow-bracket.svg?style=for-the-badge&colorA=252526&colorB=43A047&label=Downloads" alt="Downloads"></a> </p>

Supported languages

Java, Scala, Clojure, Kotlin, Python, Haskell, Agda, Rust, JavaScript, TypeScript, Erlang, Go, Groovy, Ruby, Elixir, ObjectiveC, PHP, HTML, XML, SQL, Apex language, C#, Dart, Pug/Jade, Bash, Vue.js, C# Razor Pages, GLSL(the OpenGL Shading Language), Go Template, C++, C...

Author's choice

Rainbow Brackets + Theme + Error Lens +Monolisa (Font)

install

  1. Open the extensions sidebar on Visual Studio Code
  2. Search for Rainbow Brackets
  3. Click Install
  4. Click Reload to reload your editor
  5. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Rate five-stars 😃

Screenshots

  • Python

  • Typescript

  • Vue

Settings

// default is 200
"RainbowBrackets.timeOut":200

Configure how long the editor should be idle for before updating the document.

Set to 0 to disable.

"RainbowBrackets.forceUniqueOpeningColor": true | false

Disabled > Enabled

"RainbowBrackets.forceIterationColorCycle": true

Enabled

Commands

These commands will expand/undo the cursor selection to the next scope

"rainbow-brackets.expandBracketSelection"
"rainbow-brackets.undoBracketSelection"

Quick-start:

	{
		"key": "shift+alt+right",
		"command": "rainbow-brackets.expandBracketSelection",
		"when": "editorTextFocus"
	},
	{
		"key": "shift+alt+left",
		"command": "rainbow-brackets.undoBracketSelection",
		"when": "editorTextFocus"
	}
HTML_Configuration

An example configuration for HTML is:

    "RainbowBrackets.consecutivePairColors": [
    "()",
    "[]",
    "{}",
    ["teal", "yellow", "tomato"],
    "Revioletd"
  ]

settings.json

{
  "editor.RainbowBrackets.enabled": true,
  "editor.guides.bracketPairs": "active"
}

Screenshot:
Screenshot


Features

User defined matching characters

By default (), [], and {} are matched, however custom bracket characters can also be configured.


CHANGELOG


Issues&Suggestion

For any issues or suggestions, please use GitHub issues.

Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.

  • bracket
  • brackets
  • color
  • colorizer
  • colorizer-bracket
  • pair
  • Rainbow
  • Rainbow Brackets
  • Rainbow-Brackets

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Charts

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Adoption over time

Rainbow Brackets installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 601,477 installs as of Oct 20, 2026.Rainbow BracketsInstalls on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days601,477installs601K601.1K601.2K601.3K601.4K601.5KJul 22Aug 6Aug 21Sep 5Sep 20Oct 5Oct 20installsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026 · 5 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
Rainbow Brackets installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 601,477 installs as of Oct 20, 2026.

7/30/90-day growth

Rainbow Brackets installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.Rainbow BracketsInstalls growth on VS Code Marketplace601,477installs now7-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient history30-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient history90-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient historyGrowth vs. nearest observation to each baseline date · Updated Oct 20, 2026pluginstats.com
Rainbow Brackets installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.

Ranking history

Rainbow Brackets VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #762 (by installs).Rainbow BracketsVS Code Marketplace ranking · by installs · Last 90 days#762current rank#759#760#761#762#763#764Jul 22Aug 6Aug 21Sep 5Sep 20Oct 5Oct 20rankOct 16, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026 · 5 observations · Updated Oct 20, 2026pluginstats.com
Rainbow Brackets VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #762 (by installs).

Ratings over time

Rainbow Brackets ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 7 ratings as of Oct 20, 2026.Rainbow BracketsRatings on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days7ratings6.26.46.66.877.27.47.67.8Jul 22Aug 6Aug 21Sep 5Sep 20Oct 5Oct 20ratingsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026 · 5 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
Rainbow Brackets ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 7 ratings as of Oct 20, 2026.

Listing placement

All VS Code Marketplace2,501 listings · 126 pages · 1,252 shown · page 39, #2 (overall #762)
All VS Code Marketplace: every listing in installs order

Listing placement

Other761 listings · 39 pages · page 10, #20 (overall #200)
Other: every listing in installs order

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Recent observations

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Recent installs observations for Rainbow Brackets
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Data source

Install counts, average rating, and rating counts come from the public Visual Studio Marketplace gallery API. Installs are cumulative and exclude updates.

Listing: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=tal7aouy.rainbow-bracket. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 20, 2026. See the methodology.