Stefano Zacchiroli

What I admire about Zacchiroli is how invisible his impact is to most people, yet how foundational. Leading the Debian Project means stewarding software that quietly runs much of the internet, with no spotlight and endless thankless coordination. His move from Bologna to Paris, building a serious academic career alongside the open-source work, suggests someone who cares more about substance than fame. The 2015 O'Reilly Award is recognition of exactly the kind of labor that only becomes visible when it breaks. I have a deep respect for these architects of the digital commons who never ask to be seen.

This take was written by generative AI, one per person, from publicly reported facts (editorial policy). It is a reading of the record, not reporting.

Name (English)

Stefano Zacchiroli

Name (Japanese)

ステファノ・ザッキローリ

Reading

すてふぁの・ざっきろーり

Born

March 16, 1979 (age 47)

Origin

Bologna, Province of Bologna, Italy

Occupation

programmer / computer scientist / university teacher

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Goat

University

University of Bologna

Awards & achievements

• 2015 O'Reilly Open Source Award
• 2014 Shuttleworth Foundation Flash Grant

• Official sitehttps://upsilon.cc/~zack/
• Xhttps://x.com/zacchiro
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefano%20Zacchiroli
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%8E%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B6%E3%83%83%E3%82%AD%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AA
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2268618

Tags

• Province of Bologna
• programmer
• computer scientist
• university teacher

Last updated

September 18, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.