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Scott Chacon

@schacon

  • @gitbutlerapp
  • Berlin, Germany
  • 5,896
    Total stars
  • 14K
    Followers
  • 129
    Public repos
  • 11K
    Contributions

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  • Contributions: 10,997. Past 12 months.
  • Followers: 14,238. People who follow you.
  • Total stars: 5,896. Across all repos.
  • Following: 27. People you follow.
  • Public repos: 129. 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
  • 5,896 Total stars Across all repos
  • 27 Following People you follow
  • 129 Public repos Owned, non-fork

Data from GitHub API · refreshed in real time

What your GitHub says

Based on public GitHub activity · how this is calculated

  • XSLT is the largest language share across analyzed repositories, at 58%.

    High confidence

  • Public GitHub activity is implementation-heavy: commits account for 83% of tracked contribution activity.

    Medium confidence

  • Most analyzed repositories (36 of 40) show no public activity in over a year.

    Medium confidence

  • This analysis covers 40 of 129 public repositories (31%); broader totals may differ.

    High confidence

Profile health

Signals from analyzed public data

Activity 85

Strong

  • 10,997 contributions in the trailing year
  • 32-day longest streak on record
Portfolio 34

Needs work

  • 2 of 40 analyzed repositories are actively maintained
  • 5,896 stars across analyzed repositories
Discoverability 39

Needs work

  • 3 of 40 analyzed repositories have no description
  • 40 of 40 have no topic tags
Maintenance 5

Needs work

  • 2 of 40 analyzed repositories were pushed to in the last 6 months
  • 36 show no public activity in over a year
Collaboration 26

Needs work

  • 1,115 pull requests and 2 code reviews in the trailing year
  • 327 repositories starred

Recruiter snapshot

A skim of public evidence, not a hiring judgement

Technical focus
XSLT / Rust / Objective-C / C

Largest language shares across analyzed repositories

Project depth
2 of 40

Analyzed repositories rated established or maintained

Collaboration
1,115 PRs / 2 reviews

Public pull requests and code reviews in the trailing year

Community signals
5,896 stars / 4,048 forks

Summed across analyzed repositories

Recent activity
12 of last 12 months

Calendar months with at least one tracked contribution

Strongest signals

  • 10,997 contributions in the trailing year

10,997
Contributions
Past 12 months
0
Current streak
No active streak
32
Longest streak
May 26, 2026 – Jun 26, 2026
Sep Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Mon Wed Fri
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Language distribution for schacon XSLT 58.1%, Rust 11.0%, Objective-C 9.9%, C 4.6%, Ruby 3.7%, ActionScript 3.3%, Other 9.4%
  • XSLT 58.1%
  • Rust 11.0%
  • Objective-C 9.9%
  • C 4.6%
  • Ruby 3.7%
  • ActionScript 3.3%
  • Other 9.4%

Frontend Backend Mobile DevOps Data AI Security Embedded Game Dev
  • DevOps 100
  • Embedded 80
  • Frontend 60
  • Backend 60
  • Mobile 40
  • Data 30
  • AI 0
  • Security 0
  • Game Dev 0

Longest streak
32d
May 2026
Favourite coding day
Thursday
2,263 contributions
Most active year
2026
8,239 contributions
Signature language
XSLT
58% of tracked code
Flagship repository
git-scribe
1,349 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 58% of their committed code, alongside Rust and Objective-C. Their account holds 129 public repositories, collecting 5,896 stars in total, led by git-scribe at 1,349. In the trailing year the account logged 10,997 contributions, including a longest run of 32 consecutive active days. Scott Chacon has been on GitHub since 2008 and is followed by 14,238 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.

  1. 01

    Review git-glance

    High impact

    git-glance is pinned to your profile but hasn't been pushed to in over a year.

    git-glance →
  2. 02

    Add topics to git-glance

    High impact

    git-glance is pinned but has no topic tags, making its stack harder to identify.

    git-glance →
  3. 03

    Consider featuring ticgit instead of git-glance

    Medium impact

    ticgit shows stronger recent activity and discoverability signals than git-glance, which is currently pinned.

    ticgit →
  4. 04

    Add topics to blink

    Low impact

    blink has no topic tags, making its technology harder to discover.

    blink →
  5. 05

    Add topics to git-scribe

    Low impact

    git-scribe has no topic tags, making its technology harder to discover.

    git-scribe →
  6. 06

    Add topics to ticgit

    Low impact

    ticgit has no topic tags, making its technology harder to discover.

    ticgit →
  7. 07

    Add topics to gitbook

    Low impact

    gitbook has no topic tags, making its technology harder to discover.

    gitbook →

How these are calculated: see the methodology page .

blink

Example file to blink the LED on an Arduino

Arduino 105 ★ 2,238 forks 18 issues 2d ago
GitHub
git-scribe

basically the best way to write an ebook

XSLT 1,349 ★ 121 forks 20 issues 12d ago
MIT GitHub
grack

GIt Smart HTTP Server Rack Implementation

Ruby 391 ★ 80 forks 1 issues 2mo ago
GitHub
git-pulls

command line tool to facilitate github pull requests

Ruby 294 ★ 47 forks 2 issues 1y ago
MIT GitHub
hg-git Archived

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

Python 617 ★ 66 forks 50 issues 1mo ago
GPL-2.0 GitHub

Most popular
git-scribe

1,349 stars

Most recently active
ticgit

Last pushed 2mo ago

Longest maintained
ticgit

Active for 18.5y

Most discoverable
ticgit

75% of discoverability signals present

git-glance

Simple Git/Hub changelog generator, sprinkled with AI

Rust 20 ★ 2 forks
gitbutler

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

Rust 21,697 ★ 1,018 forks
hungarian-desks

An AirTable backed Hungarian algorithm solution to office desk assignment

Ruby 11 ★ 2 forks
progit2

Pro Git 2nd Edition

CSS 6,598 ★ 2,121 forks

  • git-scribe 1,349 ★

    basically the best way to write an ebook

  • hg-git 617 ★

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

  • ticgit 524 ★

    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

All repositories →

Public visibility is moderately spread across several repositories rather than one or two.

Top 1 repository 23% of stars
Top 3 repositories 42% of stars
Top 5 repositories 57% of stars

Leading repository: git-scribe (1,349 stars, 5,896 total across analyzed repositories)

Technology breakdown

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

Languages

  • XSLT 58%
  • Rust 11%
  • Objective-C 10%
  • C 5%
  • Ruby 4%
  • ActionScript 3%

README, contributing-guide and GitHub Actions badges below are detected by exact filename on each repository’s default branch - they report presence, not quality.

  • ticgit Established
    Popularity 43
    Discoverability 75
    Maintenance 85
    README No contributing guide CI: 1 workflow
  • git-scribe Dormant
    Popularity 91
    Discoverability 50
    Maintenance 0
    No README No contributing guide No CI workflow
  • slidetty Maintained
    Popularity 3
    Discoverability 50
    Maintenance 85
    README No contributing guide No CI workflow
  • micro-manager Experimental
    Popularity 3
    Discoverability 50
    Maintenance 85
    README No contributing guide CI: 2 workflows
  • blink Dormant
    Popularity 100
    Discoverability 25
    Maintenance 0
    README No contributing guide No CI workflow
  • gitbook Dormant
    Popularity 39
    Discoverability 75
    Maintenance 0
    No README No contributing guide No CI workflow
  • cowsay Dormant
    Popularity 19
    Discoverability 75
    Maintenance 0
    No README No contributing guide No CI workflow
  • hg-git Archived
    Popularity 41
    Discoverability 50
    Maintenance 0
    README No contributing guide No CI workflow
  • whygitisbetter Dormant
    Popularity 13
    Discoverability 75
    Maintenance 0
    No README No contributing guide No CI workflow
  • git-ruby Dormant
    Popularity 3
    Discoverability 75
    Maintenance 0
    No README No contributing guide No CI workflow
  • ghapp.sinatra.min Dormant
    Popularity 2
    Discoverability 75
    Maintenance 0
    README No contributing guide No CI workflow
  • git-pulls Dormant
    Popularity 21
    Discoverability 50
    Maintenance 0
    README No contributing guide No CI workflow

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Contato
Experiência
Formação

129
Public repos
40 analyzed
5,896
Total stars
Across all repos
11K
Contributions
Past 12 months
1,115
Pull requests
Opened this year
98
Public gists
Snippets shared
18 y
Account age
Since 2008
90 %
Profile score
Completeness

Repository explorer

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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
Jul 30, 2026
micro-manager
Most starred
1,349 ★
git-scribe
Most forked
2,238 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
    8,239
  • 2025
    2,576
  • 2024
    1,396
  • 2023
    2,314
  • 2022
    884
  • 2021
    822

By day of week

  • Sun
    705
  • Mon
    1,078
  • Tue
    1,158
  • Wed
    1,294
  • Thu
    2,263
  • Fri
    1,606
  • Sat
    819

Best coding day: Thu

By month (last 12)

  • Oct
    153
  • Nov
    219
  • Dec
    110
  • Jan
    456
  • Feb
    363
  • Mar
    263
  • Apr
    4,204
  • May
    669
  • Jun
    1,362
  • Jul
    176
  • Aug
    476
  • Sep
    270

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. June 2026

    Most productive year: 2026

    8,239 contributions recorded in 2026, more than any other year on record.

  6. July 2026

    Latest repository

    micro-manager is the most recently created repository.

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
8
Total repos
30
Stars, as of today
4.0k
git-pulls
2011

Shifted from Ruby to C.

C JavaScript Ruby XSLT
Repos this year
5
Total repos
35
Stars, as of today
5.7k
git-scribe
2013

Shipped 1 repository.

Repos this year
1
Total repos
36
Stars, as of today
5.7k
situation-clock
2014

Started with Arduino.

Arduino
Repos this year
1
Total repos
37
Stars, as of today
5.8k
blink
2024

Shifted from Arduino to Rust.

Rust
Repos this year
1
Total repos
38
Stars, as of today
5.8k
Contributions
1,396
git-glance
2025

Shifted from Rust to Go.

Go
Repos this year
1
Total repos
39
Stars, as of today
5.9k
Contributions
2,576
slidetty
2026

Shifted from Go to Swift.

Swift
Repos this year
1
Total repos
40
Stars, as of today
5.9k
Contributions
8,239
micro-manager

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

5,896
Stars received
327
Repositories starred
4,048
Forks received
55
Issues opened
Past 12 months
1,115
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
2026
  • Swift

Repository growth

Repositories created per year, and the running total.

15 repositories created in 2008 7 repositories created in 2009 8 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 1 repositories created in 2026 15 total repositories by end of 2008 22 total repositories by end of 2009 30 total repositories by end of 2010 35 total repositories by end of 2011 36 total repositories by end of 2013 37 total repositories by end of 2014 38 total repositories by end of 2024 39 total repositories by end of 2025 40 total repositories by end of 2026 2008 2009 2010 2011 2013 2014 2024 2025 2026 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