Chris Wanstrath
Programmer; co-founded GitHub and was its CEO, and created the Mustache templating language and Resque.
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Uses Acorn
For basic image manipulation I use Acorn and for basic "todo" stuff I use Things.
usesthis.com 3 Dec 2010
Uses LaunchBar
The very first piece of non-Apple software I bought for OS X was LaunchBar back in 2005 and I haven't stopped using it since.
usesthis.com 3 Dec 2010
Uses Caffeine
my computer screen doesn't dim unless I want it to thanks to Caffeine, and I take pictures of myself all the time with Photo Booth.
usesthis.com 3 Dec 2010
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Uses Arq
My files gets backed up to S3 using Arq, my computer screen doesn't dim unless I want it to thanks to Caffeine
usesthis.com 3 Dec 2010
Loved Magit
For version control I use git on the command line and through magit, which is perhaps the greatest of all Emacs modes.
usesthis.com 3 Dec 2010
Uses Aquamacs
I write code and prose in Aquamacs. I've even written a few plugins ("modes") for it: textmate.el and coffee-mode.
usesthis.com 3 Dec 2010
Loved Skitch
Same thing with Skitch. Fantastic app that changed the way I work with other people.
usesthis.com 3 Dec 2010
Loved Campfire
As for work, we spend all day in Campfire by way of Propane. I don't remember life before Campfire. I'm sure it was horrible.
usesthis.com 3 Dec 2010
Loved Pastebot
I'm also in love with pretty much anything Tapbots does - Pastebot and Calcbot especially.
usesthis.com 3 Dec 2010
Loved Simplenote
Kindle, Dropbox, and Simplenote bring me great joy.
usesthis.com 3 Dec 2010
Loved Dropbox
Right now I'm obsessed with software that transparently syncs between my devices. Kindle, Dropbox, and Simplenote bring me great joy.
usesthis.com 3 Dec 2010
Liked Reiter8
I carry my stuff in a laptop bag by Reiter8. It's water resistant, which is important because I lose every umbrella I touch.
usesthis.com 3 Dec 2010
Loved Logitech MX518
I also have a Logitech MX518 mouse and it's amazing. I've used the same one for five years and it still feels futuristic. It fits my hand perfectly, has buttons exactly where I want them (mapped to whatever I want with USB Overdrive), and the precision is outrageous.
usesthis.com 3 Dec 2010
Liked MacBook Air
Boring Apple stuff, mostly: MacBook Air, iPad, iPhone 4. The Air is great because I lug it everywhere and hardly notice it.
usesthis.com 3 Dec 2010
Where they publish
Blog chriswanstrath.com His personal site.
Link verified 4 Sept 2026.
GitHub defunkt His open-source work, including Resque and Mustache.
Recent
- gist — Potentially the best command line gister. 19 Jun 2026
- unicorn — Unofficial Unicorn Mirror. 9 Apr 2025
- github-gem — `github` command line helper for simplifying your GitHub experience. 1 Apr 2024
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- facebox — Facebook-style lightbox, built in jQuery 22 Feb 2024
- ircamp — IRC <-> Campfire Bridge 5 Dec 2023
- coffee-mode — Emacs Major Mode for CoffeeScript 8 Sept 2023
- colored — Colors in your terminal. Unmaintained. 24 Aug 2023
- defunkt.github.com — My GitHub Page 12 Jun 2023
- gist.el — Yet another Emacs paste mode, this one for Gist. 4 Dec 2022
- jquery-pjax — pushState + ajax = pjax 30 Nov 2022
- hurl — Hurl makes HTTP requests. 27 Aug 2022
- pystache — Mustache in Python 30 Sept 2021
- ooc-markdown — A Discount binding for ooc 24 Feb 2021
- textmate.el — Basic emulation of awesome TextMate features for Emacs. 20 Jan 2021
- repl — Sometimes you need a REPL. Unmaintained, sorry. 25 Jul 2020
- gem-man — RubyGems plugin to view a gem's manpage. 23 Nov 2019
- resque — Moved to resque/resque 10 Jun 2019
- gibberish — Dead simple Rails localization. 9 Jun 2019
- Zen — Distraction free writing for Atom. 15 Feb 2019
- markdown-mode — Emacs Markdown mode 4 Sept 2018
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