diff --git a/basis/editors/brackets/brackets.factor b/basis/editors/brackets/brackets.factor
index 3a25bfada9..6b1f2c0255 100644
--- a/basis/editors/brackets/brackets.factor
+++ b/basis/editors/brackets/brackets.factor
@@ -1,33 +1,22 @@
 ! Copyright (C) 2015 Dimage Sapelkin.
 ! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
-USING: editors kernel make math.parser namespaces sequences quotations system alien.data alien.strings 
-       windows.advapi32 windows.registry windows.types windows.errors windows.registry.private combinators ;
+USING: editors io.pathnames io.standard-paths kernel make
+namespaces system vocabs ;
 IN: editors.brackets
 
 SINGLETON: brackets-editor
-brackets-editor \ editor-class set-global
+brackets-editor editor-class set-global
 
-! SYMBOL: brackets-path
+HOOK: brackets-path os ( -- path )
 
-! HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\Brackets.exe
-
-<PRIVATE
-
-: windows-get-brackets-path ( -- path )
-    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE "SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\App Paths\\Brackets.exe" KEY_READ
-    [ f f f registry-value-max-length TCHAR <c-array> reg-query-value-ex ] with-open-registry-key
-    alien>native-string
-;
-
-PRIVATE>
+M: macosx brackets-path
+    "io.brackets.appshell" find-native-bundle [
+        "Contents/MacOS/Brackets" append-path
+    ] [
+        f
+    ] if* ;
 
 M: brackets-editor editor-command ( file line -- command )
-    [ os { 
-         { [ dup windows? ] ! only windows implemented so far, though Brackets is a cross-platform app
-           [ drop windows-get-brackets-path ] }
-         { [ t ] [ drop "brackets" ] }
-      } cond
-      ,
-      drop ,
-    ] { } make ;
+    [ brackets-path "brackets" or , drop , ] { } make ;
 
+os windows? [ "editors.brackets.windows" require ] when
diff --git a/basis/editors/brackets/windows/platforms.txt b/basis/editors/brackets/windows/platforms.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8e1a55995e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/basis/editors/brackets/windows/platforms.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+windows
diff --git a/basis/editors/brackets/windows/windows.factor b/basis/editors/brackets/windows/windows.factor
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..39194e3a90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/basis/editors/brackets/windows/windows.factor
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+! Copyright (C) 2015 Dimage Sapelkin.
+! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
+USING: alien.data alien.strings combinators editors kernel make
+math.parser namespaces quotations sequences system
+windows.advapi32 windows.registry windows.registry.private
+windows.types windows.errors ;
+
+IN: editors.brackets.windows
+
+M: windows brackets-path
+    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
+    "SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\App Paths\\Brackets.exe"
+    KEY_READ [
+        f f f
+        registry-value-max-length TCHAR <c-array>
+        reg-query-value-ex
+    ] with-open-registry-key alien>native-string ;