Cirulli

Cirulli is an Italian surname. The name is best known in connection with Gabriele Cirulli (born 1994), an Italian software developer who created the puzzle game 2048 in 2014. 2048 is a single-player sliding-tile puzzle played on a 4x4 grid. Players combine tiles with matching numbers to create higher-valued tiles, with the goal of reaching the 2048 tile. Cirulli released the game as a free web application and published the source code under the MIT license, contributing to its rapid spread across web and mobile platforms and inspiring a wide range of clones and remixes. The project is often cited as an example of how simple, well-executed ideas can achieve broad reach in the digital era. Since 2048, Cirulli has continued to work in software development and has participated in discussions about open-source practices and community-driven projects.