I am running brackets v14 and the plugin manager is not loading after a fresh install of brackets (through the software center).
In the debug tools I am seeing the following error:
NodeConnection.js:84 WebSocket connection to 'ws://localhost:37055/' failed: Error in connection establishment: net::ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED
Any ideas on how to debug this? (in the software center I see many reports with regards to the plugins not working, but no solution so far)
My node version is: 10.15.2
This is a known issue of Brackets. you should take it up with his developer:
https://github.com/adobe/brackets/issues/13730
There is a quick fix though : you can change the language under "debug" from "system default" to "English(US)".