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Scott Chacon

@schacon

  • @gitbutlerapp
  • Berlin, Germany
  • 5,872
    Total stars
  • 14K
    Followers
  • 125
    Public repos
  • 11K
    Contributions

27 following

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  • Contributions: 10,808. Past 12 months.
  • Followers: 14,219. People who follow you.
  • Total stars: 5,872. Across all repos.
  • Following: 27. People you follow.
  • Public repos: 125. Owned, non-fork.

A living snapshot

Every leaf is a headline number from Scott Chacon’s public GitHub. The canopy fills out as the work grows - sway and all.

  • 11K Contributions Past 12 months
  • 14K Followers People who follow you
  • 5,872 Total stars Across all repos
  • 27 Following People you follow
  • 125 Public repos Owned, non-fork

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10,808
Contributions
Past 12 months
14
Current streak
Jul 27, 2026 – Aug 9, 2026
32
Longest streak
May 26, 2026 – Jun 26, 2026
Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Mon Wed Fri
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Language distribution for schacon XSLT 60.0%, Rust 11.4%, Objective-C 10.2%, C 4.8%, Ruby 3.8%, ActionScript 3.4%, Other 6.4%
  • XSLT 60.0%
  • Rust 11.4%
  • Objective-C 10.2%
  • C 4.8%
  • Ruby 3.8%
  • ActionScript 3.4%
  • Other 6.4%

Frontend Backend Mobile DevOps Data AI Security Embedded Game Dev
  • DevOps 100
  • Embedded 89
  • Frontend 67
  • Backend 56
  • Mobile 33
  • Data 22
  • AI 0
  • Security 0
  • Game Dev 0

Longest streak
32d
May 2026
Favourite coding day
Thursday
2,221 contributions
Most active year
2026
7,729 contributions
Signature language
XSLT
60% of tracked code
Flagship repository
git-scribe
1,351 stars
On GitHub since
2008
18 years and counting

Scott Chacon is a developer on GitHub whose public work is written mostly in XSLT, which accounts for roughly 60% of their committed code, alongside Rust and Objective-C. Their account holds 125 public repositories, collecting 5,872 stars in total, led by git-scribe at 1,351. In the trailing year the account logged 10,808 contributions, including a longest run of 32 consecutive active days. Scott Chacon has been on GitHub since 2008 and is followed by 14,219 developers.

This overview is generated from Scott Chacon’s public GitHub activity at the time of the last refresh. Figures cover public repositories and the trailing twelve months of contributions.

Example file to blink the LED on an Arduino

Arduino 103 ★ 2,236 forks 18 issues 11d ago

basically the best way to write an ebook

XSLT 1,351 ★ 121 forks 20 issues 2mo ago

GIt Smart HTTP Server Rack Implementation

Ruby 391 ★ 80 forks 1 issues 17d ago

command line tool to facilitate github pull requests

Ruby 294 ★ 47 forks 2 issues 11mo ago
hg-git Archived

mercurial to git bridge, pushed to directly from the hg-git plugin in Hg

Python 618 ★ 66 forks 50 issues 11d ago
GPL-2.0 GitHub

git-glance

Simple Git/Hub changelog generator, sprinkled with AI

Rust 19 ★ 2 forks
gitbutler

The GitButler version control client, backed by Git, powered by Tauri/Rust/Svelte

Rust 21,452 ★ 1,007 forks
hungarian-desks

An AirTable backed Hungarian algorithm solution to office desk assignment

Ruby 11 ★ 2 forks
progit2

Pro Git 2nd Edition

CSS 6,550 ★ 2,116 forks

  • git-scribe 1,351 ★

    basically the best way to write an ebook

  • hg-git 618 ★

    mercurial to git bridge, pushed to directly from the hg-git plugin in Hg

  • ticgit 516 ★

    Git based distributed ticketing system, built on git-meta

  • gitbook 469 ★

    Git Community Book Source

  • grack 391 ★

    GIt Smart HTTP Server Rack Implementation

  • git-pulls 294 ★

    command line tool to facilitate github pull requests

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Technology breakdown

Derived from repository languages and topics - horizontal bars, never a pie.

Languages

  • XSLT 60%
  • Rust 11%
  • Objective-C 10%
  • C 5%
  • Ruby 4%
  • ActionScript 3%

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125
Public repos
Owned, non-fork
5,872
Total stars
Across all repos
11K
Contributions
Past 12 months
1,116
Pull requests
Opened this year
98
Public gists
Snippets shared
18 y
Account age
Since 2008
90 %
Profile score
Completeness

Repository explorer

Name Language Stars Forks Size Updated

Coding statistics

Largest repository
69.7 MB
perl
Smallest repository
34 KB
git-glance
Oldest repository
Mar 9, 2008
git-ruby
Newest repository
Sep 25, 2025
slidetty
Most starred
1,351 ★
git-scribe
Most forked
2,236 forks
blink
Most watched
63 watchers
git-scribe
Longest description
119 characters
git-ruby
Most open issues
50 open
hg-git

Contribution patterns

By year

  • 2026
    7,729
  • 2025
    2,573
  • 2024
    1,396
  • 2023
    2,314
  • 2022
    884
  • 2021
    822

By day of week

  • Sun
    665
  • Mon
    1,047
  • Tue
    1,157
  • Wed
    1,246
  • Thu
    2,221
  • Fri
    1,507
  • Sat
    792

Best coding day: Thu

By month (last 12)

  • Sep
    318
  • Oct
    153
  • Nov
    219
  • Dec
    110
  • Jan
    456
  • Feb
    363
  • Mar
    263
  • Apr
    4,204
  • May
    669
  • Jun
    1,362
  • Jul
    162
  • Aug
    250

GitHub journey

  1. January 2008

    Joined GitHub

    Created the @schacon account.

  2. March 2008

    Created first repository

    Published git-ruby, the oldest repository still on the account.

  3. March 2008

    First starred repository

    git-ruby is the earliest-created repository to have earned stars.

  4. September 2008

    Reached 10 repositories

    objective-git was the 10th public repository created.

  5. September 2025

    Latest repository

    slidetty is the most recently created repository.

  6. June 2026

    Most productive year: 2026

    7,729 contributions recorded in 2026, more than any other year on record.

Developer evolution

Your GitHub career, year by year.

2008

Started with Ruby.

ActionScript Objective-C Ruby Rust
Repos this year
15
Total repos
15
Stars, as of today
1.8k
ticgit
2009

Went deeper into Ruby.

Erlang JavaScript Python Ruby
Repos this year
7
Total repos
22
Stars, as of today
3.1k
hg-git
2010

Went deeper into Ruby.

C JavaScript Objective-C Ruby
Repos this year
9
Total repos
31
Stars, as of today
4.0k
git-pulls
2011

Shifted from Ruby to C.

C JavaScript Ruby XSLT
Repos this year
5
Total repos
36
Stars, as of today
5.7k
git-scribe
2013

Shipped 1 repository.

Repos this year
1
Total repos
37
Stars, as of today
5.7k
situation-clock
2014

Started with Arduino.

Arduino
Repos this year
1
Total repos
38
Stars, as of today
5.8k
blink
2024

Shifted from Arduino to Rust.

Rust
Repos this year
1
Total repos
39
Stars, as of today
5.8k
Contributions
1,396
git-glance
2025

Shifted from Rust to Go.

Go
Repos this year
1
Total repos
40
Stars, as of today
5.9k
Contributions
2,573
slidetty

Built from schacon’s public, non-fork repositories. Star totals reflect current counts, not historical snapshots.

Achievements

7 / 9 unlocked

Explorer
Created repositories in 8 or more languages
Builder
More than 50 public repositories
Open Source Enthusiast
100+ stars received across all repositories
Consistent
A 100-day-or-longer contribution streak
Documentation Hero
5 or more repositories with a detailed description
Popular
500 or more followers
Prolific Committer
1,000 or more commits in the past 12 months
Long Timer
5 or more years on GitHub
Star Collector
Starred 100 or more repositories

Open source activity

5,872
Stars received
327
Repositories starred
4,051
Forks received
55
Issues opened
Past 12 months
1,116
Pull requests opened
Past 12 months
2
Reviews given
Past 12 months
98
Public gists

Language evolution

The primary languages of repositories created each year.

2008
  • ActionScript
  • Objective-C
  • Ruby
  • Rust
  • Shell
2009
  • Erlang
  • JavaScript
  • Python
  • Ruby
2010
  • C
  • JavaScript
  • Objective-C
  • Ruby
  • Shell
2011
  • C
  • JavaScript
  • Ruby
  • XSLT
2014
  • Arduino
2024
  • Rust
2025
  • Go

Repository growth

Repositories created per year, and the running total.

15 repositories created in 2008 7 repositories created in 2009 9 repositories created in 2010 5 repositories created in 2011 1 repositories created in 2013 1 repositories created in 2014 1 repositories created in 2024 1 repositories created in 2025 15 total repositories by end of 2008 22 total repositories by end of 2009 31 total repositories by end of 2010 36 total repositories by end of 2011 37 total repositories by end of 2013 38 total repositories by end of 2014 39 total repositories by end of 2024 40 total repositories by end of 2025 2008 2009 2010 2011 2013 2014 2024 2025 40 0
Created that year Cumulative total

Language tree

Built automatically from repository languages and topics.

Programming Languages
  • XSLT
  • Rust
  • Objective-C
  • C
  • Ruby
  • ActionScript