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The Team

Who's behind elementary?

    Council Members


  • Daniel ForéProject Leader & Designer

    Launchpad · Email · IRC: DanRabbit
    Daniel started elementary back in 2007 with his now very widely-spread and popular elementary icon set. He works on all design aspects, including the icons, theme, and general direction of the project. As the benevolent dictator, he brings a lot of great ideas to the project and is obviously a core part of the team.
  • Cassidy JamesCommunity Manager

    Launchpad · Email · IRC: cassidyjames
    Cassidy is our community and public relations manager who directs contributors and users alike. He holds a vast amount of information about the project and helps a lot in supporting people using elementary. Cassidy's written much of the content on the site and provides frequent insightful Journal entries.
  • Allen LoweDesktop Developer

    Launchpad · Email · IRC: lallenlowe
    Allen is the genius behind Dexter the contacts app and Contractor. He provides a lot of guidance and feedback while helping with a lot of other platform projects.
  • Fabian ThomaDesktop & Web Developer

    Launchpad · Email · IRC: agent00tai
    Fabian is a talented and knowledgeable developer for both the web and desktop teams who hunts down bugs, helps organize teams, and contributes all over. He's particularly active in elementary OS and WingPanel bug and specification tracking.
  • Christian DywanDesktop Developer

    Launchpad · Email · IRC: kalikiana
    Christian is the mastermind behind the popular web browser, Midori, and the more recent popular mail app, Postler. He works hard to make everything here work as it should. While his projects did not necessarily originate within elementary, we work together to ensure they shine as brightly as possible.
  • Avi RomanoffDesktop Developer

    Launchpad · Email · IRC: aroman
    Avi is our developer behind the Lingo, the dictionary app, and Switchboard, the settings app. He also contributes to many other projects and provides excellent discussion and direction.
  • Cody GarverDesktop Team Leader

    Launchpad · Email · IRC: codygarver
    Coming Soon.
  • Non Council


  • Kiran HampalWeb Team Leader & Web Developer

    Launchpad · Email · IRC: khampal
    Kiran is the mastermind and crazy hard worker behind much of the site, both back- and front-end. He's worked hard on making the theme from scratch and squashing bugs all over the place. He tends to a lot of the configuration and administration stuff as well.
  • XapantuDesktop Developer

    Launchpad · IRC: xapantu
    Xapantu is an awesome desktop developer who hacks on many projects, most notably Marlin and Granite. He's working on his own elementary-styled IDE called Euclide. Xapantu also helps provide feedback to the other developers.
  • Adrien PlazasDesktop Developer

    Launchpad · IRC: kekun
    Adrien created and continues developing his elementary-style comic app, Strip. He is also developing pantheon-terminal, our elementary terminal app.
  • Sergey DavidoffSystems Integrator & Packager

    Launchpad · Email · IRC: shnatsel
    Sergey is our platform maintainer and packager. He's done a great job with all sorts of packaging, is working on our next release, and helps drive our many blueprints.
  • Mario GuerrieroDesktop Developer

    Launchpad · Email · IRC: mefrio
    Mario created and is currently the main developer of Scratch, the elementary text editor. He is also a very active programmer for other elementary applications. Being such a talented programmer, he is always willing to help other developers with any issues they can run into.
  • Ivo NunesDesktop Developer

    Launchpad · IRC: netherblood
    Coming Soon.
  • Tom BeckmannDesktop Developer

    Launchpad · Email · IRC: tom95
    Coming Soon.
  • David ReedWeb Developer

    Launchpad · Email · IRC: davidboy
    Coming Soon.
  • David GomesDesktop Developer

    Launchpad · Email · IRC: munchor
    David started hacking on Scratch, and soon joined the elementary Team. After noticing that Pantheon Terminal was a dead project, he picked it up and is now its lead developer. Recently he also started managing the elementary Translator Teams.
  • Victor EduardoDesktop Developer

    Launchpad · IRC: victored
    Coming Soon.
  • Andrea BassoDesktop Developer

    Launchpad · Email · IRC: voluntatefaber
    Coming Soon.
  • Aiden CottWeb Developer

    Launchpad · Email · IRC: AidenC
    Coming Soon.
  • ...And everyone else who has contributed but isn't listed.