For clarity, Tarsius is not the original creator of Magit, that would be Marius Vollmer (https://github.com/mvollmer). Tarsius is "just" the current maintainer and most prolific contributor. I'd strongly recommend contributing to the kickstarter if you use Magit, however. I donated $100 and felt that was not near what it's actually been worth to me. Don't think that just because it's fully funded you shouldn't bother, there's good reason to keep contributing: https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/71viq3/the_magit_kic...