diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 377ceccf2..9490623dc 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
     "autoflow": "0.1.0",
     "command-logger": "0.1.0",
     "gfm": "0.1.0",
+    "gists": "0.1.0",
     "image-view": "0.1.0",
     "spell-check": "0.1.0",
     "terminal": "0.3.0",
diff --git a/src/packages/gists/keymaps/gists.cson b/src/packages/gists/keymaps/gists.cson
deleted file mode 100644
index fa7699100..000000000
--- a/src/packages/gists/keymaps/gists.cson
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-'body':
-  'alt-meta-g': 'gist:create'
diff --git a/src/packages/gists/lib/gists.coffee b/src/packages/gists/lib/gists.coffee
deleted file mode 100644
index ca181da69..000000000
--- a/src/packages/gists/lib/gists.coffee
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-$ = require 'jquery'
-{$$} = require 'space-pen'
-module.exports =
-class Gists
-  @activate: -> new Gists
-
-  constructor: ->
-    rootView.command 'gist:create', '.editor', => @createGist()
-
-  createGist: ->
-    editor = rootView.getActiveView()
-    return unless editor?
-
-    gist = { public: false, files: {} }
-    gist.files[editor.getBuffer().getBaseName()] =
-      content: editor.getSelectedText() or editor.getText()
-
-    $.ajax
-      url: 'https://api.github.com/gists'
-      type: 'POST'
-      dataType: 'json'
-      contentType: 'application/json; charset=UTF-8'
-      data: JSON.stringify(gist)
-      beforeSend: (xhr) ->
-        if token = require('keytar').getPassword('GitHub.com', 'github')
-          xhr.setRequestHeader('Authorization', "bearer #{token}")
-      success: (response) =>
-        pasteboard.write(response.html_url)
-        notification = $$ ->
-          @div class: 'notification', =>
-            @span class: 'icon icon-gist mega-octicon'
-            @div class: 'content', =>
-              @h3 "Gist #{response.id} created", class: 'title'
-              @p "The url is on your clipboard", class: 'message'
-        rootView.append(notification.hide())
-        notification.fadeIn().delay(2000).fadeOut(complete: -> $(this).remove())
diff --git a/src/packages/gists/package.cson b/src/packages/gists/package.cson
deleted file mode 100644
index 74aff3d23..000000000
--- a/src/packages/gists/package.cson
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-'main': './lib/gists'
-'description': 'Create a Gist from the selected text or current editor contents.'
-'activationEvents':
-  'gist:create': '.editor'
diff --git a/src/packages/gists/spec/gists-spec.coffee b/src/packages/gists/spec/gists-spec.coffee
deleted file mode 100644
index 58866b892..000000000
--- a/src/packages/gists/spec/gists-spec.coffee
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-RootView = require 'root-view'
-$ = require 'jquery'
-
-describe "Gists package", ->
-  [editor] = []
-
-  beforeEach ->
-    window.rootView = new RootView
-    rootView.open('sample.js')
-    atom.activatePackage('gists')
-    editor = rootView.getActiveView()
-    spyOn($, 'ajax')
-
-  describe "when gist:create is triggered on an editor", ->
-
-    describe "when the editor has no selection", ->
-      [request, originalFxOffValue] = []
-
-      beforeEach ->
-        editor.trigger 'gist:create'
-        expect($.ajax).toHaveBeenCalled()
-        request = $.ajax.argsForCall[0][0]
-
-      it "creates an Ajax request to api.github.com with the entire buffer contents as the Gist's content", ->
-        expect(request.url).toBe 'https://api.github.com/gists'
-        expect(request.type).toBe 'POST'
-        requestData = JSON.parse(request.data)
-        expect(requestData.public).toBeFalsy()
-        expect(requestData.files).toEqual 'sample.js': content: editor.getText()
-
-      describe "when the server responds successfully", ->
-        beforeEach ->
-          request.success(html_url: 'https://gist.github.com/1', id: '1')
-
-        it "places the created Gist's URL on the clipboard", ->
-          expect(pasteboard.read()[0]).toBe 'https://gist.github.com/1'
-
-        it "flashes that the Gist was created", ->
-          expect(rootView.find('.notification')).toExist()
-          expect(rootView.find('.notification .title').text()).toBe 'Gist 1 created'
-          advanceClock(2000)
-          expect(rootView.find('.notification')).not.toExist()
-
-    describe "when the editor has a selection", ->
-      beforeEach ->
-        editor.setSelectedBufferRange [[4, 0], [8, 0]]
-
-      it "creates an Ajax with the selected text as the Gist's content", ->
-        editor.trigger 'gist:create'
-        expect($.ajax).toHaveBeenCalled()
-        request = $.ajax.argsForCall[0][0]
-        requestData = JSON.parse(request.data)
-        expect(requestData.files).toEqual 'sample.js': content: editor.getSelectedText()