<s>
(	O
a	O
Git	B-Application
Client	O
)	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
written	O
in	O
Elisp	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
made	O
available	O
through	O
the	O
MELPA	O
package	O
repository	B-General_Concept
,	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
many	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interfaces	I-Application
,	O
Magit	B-Application
provides	O
a	O
visual	O
interface	O
to	O
represent	O
version	B-Architecture
control	I-Architecture
actions	O
;	O
</s>
<s>
however	O
,	O
it	O
uses	O
a	O
keyboard-centric	O
model	O
,	O
and	O
also	O
functions	O
as	O
a	O
text-based	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
issue	O
of	O
key-memorization	O
is	O
mitigated	O
through	O
use	O
of	O
a	O
popup	O
menu	O
which	O
displays	O
the	O
actions	O
available	O
to	O
the	O
user	O
—	O
serving	O
as	O
a	O
mnemonic	B-Device
aid	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Magit	B-Application
was	O
created	O
by	O
Marius	O
Vollmer	O
in	O
2008	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
having	O
contributed	O
code	O
to	O
this	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
project	O
as	O
of	O
September	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
Magit	B-Application
underwent	O
a	O
Kickstarter	O
funding	O
campaign	O
which	O
aimed	O
to	O
fund	O
the	O
maintainer	O
for	O
a	O
year	O
of	O
work	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
the	O
Kickstarter	O
funded	O
period	O
expired	O
donations	O
are	O
encouraged	O
to	O
support	O
the	O
authors	O
development	O
via	O
direct	O
payments	O
,	O
GitHub	B-Application
's	O
sponsorship	O
program	O
and	O
various	O
other	O
crowdfunding	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Magit	B-Application
aims	O
to	O
encapsulate	O
the	O
entire	O
functionality	O
of	O
Git	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Magit	B-Application
's	O
Forge	B-Protocol
provides	O
integration	O
with	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
forges	B-Protocol
,	O
</s>
<s>
namely	O
GitHub	B-Application
and	O
GitLab	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Partial	O
support	O
is	O
also	O
listed	O
for	O
:	O
Gitea	B-Application
,	O
Gogs	O
,	O
Bitbucket	B-Protocol
,	O
Gitweb	O
,	O
Cgit	O
,	O
StGit	O
and	O
SourceHut	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
has	O
been	O
interest	O
in	O
including	O
Magit	B-Application
in	O
Emacs	B-Application
,	O
but	O
there	O
are	O
issues	O
with	O
obtaining	O
FSF	B-Operating_System
copyright	O
assignment	O
from	O
all	O
contributors	O
to	O
the	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
February	O
2023	O
,	O
Magit	B-Application
is	O
the	O
most	O
starred	O
Emacs	B-Application
package	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
