A completely free alternative to Rainbow Brackets for IntelliJ Platform IDEs. Colors nested curly braces {} based on nesting depth across all programming languages.
- 🌈 Universal Language Support - Works with C#, Java, Kotlin, JavaScript, Python, and all languages
- 🎨 6 Color Levels - Handles deeply nested code structures
- ⚙️ Fully Customizable - Set your own colors in Settings → Editor → Color Scheme → Free Bracket Colorer
- 💰 100% Free - No subscriptions, no limitations, completely open source
- ⚡ Lightweight - Minimal performance impact
- Open your IDE (IntelliJ, Rider, PyCharm, WebStorm, etc.)
- Go to
File→Settings→Plugins - Search for "Free Colorflow Brackets"
- Install and restart your IDE
- Download the latest release from Releases
- In your IDE:
File→Settings→Plugins→ ⚙️ →Install Plugin from Disk - Select the downloaded
.zipfile
Customize bracket colors in:
Settings → Editor → Color Scheme → Free Bracket Colorer
Each nesting level can have its own:
- Text color
- Background color
- Font effects (bold, italic, etc.)
- IntelliJ IDEA (Ultimate & Community)
- JetBrains Rider
- PyCharm (Professional & Community)
- WebStorm
- PhpStorm
- CLion
- Android Studio
- All other JetBrains IDEs
Contributing
Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.
Fork the repository
Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
Push to the branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
Open a Pull Request
License
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details. Acknowledgments
Inspired by the need for a free, open-source bracket colorizer
Built for the IntelliJ Platform community
Support
🐛 Found a bug? Open an issue
💡 Have a feature request? Start a discussion
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