Scott Chacon
Cofounder & CEO at GitButler
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolScott Chacon is a veteran software entrepreneur and engineer with over five decades of experience building developer tools, open-source projects, and companies. As cofounder and former CIO of GitHub and now CEO of GitButler, he blends deep Git internals expertise with product leadership to reimagine version control for modern workflows. He authored and contributed to foundational Git resources—Pro Git and Git Internals—and has driven core improvements across libgit2, rugged, and numerous tooling projects that power the Git ecosystem. Scott is equally at home in backend systems, test automation, and full-stack client work, having implemented Ruby and Rust integrations, CLI utilities, and ebook/tooling infrastructure. Beyond code, he’s a repeat founder and investor who scales teams and documentation as deliberate product levers. Based in Berlin, he quietly marries rigorous technical craftsmanship with a knack for clear, developer-focused writing and tooling.
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
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git
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version-control
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Github Skills (78)
apim10
libgit210
testing10
command-line-interface10
c1110
ruby10
c1710
libgit2sharp10
activerecord10
command-line-tool10
ruby-on-rails10
self-organization10
markdown10
javascript10
object-oriented-programming10
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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