Scott Chacon
Cofounder CEO at GitButler
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolScott Chacon is a veteran software entrepreneur and engineer based in Berlin with over five decades of experience, best known as a cofounder of GitHub and currently CEO of GitButler, where he's building a next-generation version control client. He blends hands-on systems work—from database schema and migrations for git-scm.com to C bindings and Rust/Tauri clients—with technical writing and tooling, contributing to the Pro Git book, git-scribe, and Git internals documentation. His open-source footprint spans core Git tooling and libraries (libgit2, rugged, grit, ruby-git) and developer utilities like the github-gem, reflecting deep expertise in Git plumbing and repository mechanics. Beyond product leadership, he repeatedly ships full-stack implementations and testing infrastructure and even engineered the documentation database for git-scm.com, an often-overlooked but critical piece of developer UX. He pairs startup-building instincts (Chatterbug, SCNE Accelerator) with rare low-level engineering depth, making him equally at home refining protocols and shaping product direction.
52 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, San Diego
English, French, German, asl, Japanese, Spanish
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (89)
apim10
libgit210
documentations10
testing10
commandline-interface10
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c1110
ruby10
c1710
libgit2sharp10
commandline10
activerecord10
command-line-tool10
ruby-on-rails10
markdown10
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
schacon/git-scribe
Jan 2011 - Sep 2011
basically the best way to write an ebook
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:32 commits in 8 months
Contributions summary:Scott primarily focused on developing and refining the `git-scribe` project, a tool for writing ebooks. Their contributions involved implementing core functionalities such as generating ebooks in various formats (HTML, EPUB, PDF, Mobi, and site), integrating dependencies, and structuring the build process. They worked extensively with Ruby, integrating with AsciiDoc and DocBook XSL stylesheets, and setting up the build process. Their work also included the implementation of template-driven site generation.
ebook
schacon/gitbook
Jul 2008 - Sep 2011
Git Community Book Source
Role in this project:Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:64 commits in 3 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Scott primarily contributed to the Git Community Book project by updating and improving the website's layout and content. The commits show a focus on enhancing the presentation of the book, including adding images, a download link for the PDF, and Google Analytics integration. Furthermore, the user actively migrated content from the user guide and tutorials, refactoring and consolidating information, and addressing feedback to improve the overall user experience.
version-controlgit-clientlibgit2gitbookgit-lfs
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