Projects hosted at GitHub used to power GitHub

March 25, 2014
https://github.com/showcases/projects-that-power-github

The projects that interest me:

defunkt/jquery-pjax
pushState + ajax = pjax

elasticsearch/elasticsearch
Open Source, Distributed, RESTful Search Engine

antirez/redis
Redis is an in-memory database that persists on disk. The data model is key-value, but many different kind of values are supported: Strings, Lists, Sets, Sorted Sets, Hashes

jch/html-pipeline
Ever wondered how to get emoji, syntax highlighting, custom linking, input sanitization, and markdown to play nice together? We've extracted several of the HTML utilities that we use internally in GitHub and packaged them into a gem for your enjoyment. This module includes a small framework for defining DOM based content filters and applying them to user provided content. Read an introduction about this project in
https://github.com/blog/1311-html-pipeline-chainable-content-filters

jekyll/jekyll
Jekyll is a simple, blog-aware, static site generator perfect for personal, project, or organization sites. Think of it like a file-based CMS, without all the complexity. Jekyll is the engine behind GitHub Pages, which you can use to host sites right from your GitHub repositories. Read more on the Jekyll website.

gollum/gollum
Gollum is a wiki built on top of Git, and powers the wikis we make available to every project.

mbostock/d3
D3.js is a JavaScript library for manipulating documents based on data that powers the graphs and charts throughout GitHub. D3 helps you bring data to life using HTML, SVG and CSS. D3’s emphasis on web standards gives you the full capabilities of modern browsers without tying yourself to a proprietary framework, combining powerful visualization components and a data-driven approach to DOM manipulation.

cameronmcefee/plax
Plax is a jQuery plugin that makes it suuuuuper easy to parallax elements in your site based on mouse position. You can see it implemented in many places throughout GitHub, including the 404 page, the 500 page, and the about page.

ajaxorg/ace
Ace is a standalone code editor written in JavaScript. Its goal is to create a browser based editor that matches and extends the features, usability and performance of existing native editors such as TextMate, Vim or Eclipse. It can be easily embedded in any web page or JavaScript application, and we use it to power the web-based editing workflow here on GitHub. For demos and more information, check out the Ace website.

madrobby/zepto
Zepto is a minimalist JavaScript library for modern browsers with a largely jQuery-compatible API. If you use jQuery, you already know how to use Zepto. We use Zepto to keep the performance of our mobile web experience nice and snappy.

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