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COO moved daily work elsewhere after Brackets support ended in 2021

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What happened

Chief Operations Officer at DEQUA Studio reports that Adobe ended support for Brackets in 2021, leading him to move his daily work elsewhere. He mentions that the version most people have installed no longer receives steady fixes, which was the plain reason for his switch.

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  • 4 of 5
    “Adobe, which founded Brackets, ended its support back in 2021, and active development of the original editor stopped there. A community fork has kept the classic editor alive since, and the people behind it have pointed users toward a successor that carries the same ideas forward, so the lineage has not died outright.”

    Luca P., Chief Operations Officer DEQUA Studio | Formerly CTO in MarTechJun 18, 2026View

  • 4 of 5
    “But the version most people still have installed is no longer getting the steady stream of fixes it once did, and that is the plain reason I now write about it in the past tense rather than as my current daily driver. If you are choosing an editor today, this is the first thing to weigh, and it is why I eventually moved my own daily work elsewhere.”

    Luca P., Chief Operations Officer DEQUA Studio | Formerly CTO in MarTechJun 18, 2026View

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Active churn

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Product
Brackets
Star rating
4 of 5
Switching intent
Yes

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Chief Operations Officer DEQUA Studio | Formerly CTO in...
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Chief Operations Officer DEQUA Studio | Formerly CTO in MarTech (decision maker)

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Jul 14, 2026
signal_type
product-reviews
signal_subtype
ActiveChurn

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