How Atlassian drives innovation with 10+ years of hackathons on Devpost

More than 15,000 developers, over a decade of hackathons, and across 90+ countries—discover how Atlassian has grown its app marketplace, expanded its developer ecosystem, and engaged its developer community with Devpost.

Summary

For over a decade, Atlassian has hosted hackathons on Devpost, including its renowned annual Codegeist. By leveraging Devpost’s services and vibrant community, Atlassian has connected with more than 15,000 developers across 90+ countries.

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Why Atlassian chooses Devpost for 10+ years of hackathons

Codegeist is Atlassian's annual hackathon that encourages developers from around the world to unleash their creativity and build apps that extend Atlassian products, including Jira, Jira Service Management, Confluence, Bitbucket, and Compass. 

Devpost is proud to have powered Atlassian’s Codegeist hackathons since 2013. As the technologies used in the hackathons have evolved in the last 10+ years, this annual event allows developers to learn new capabilities of Atlassian products and build new projects. It also fosters long-lasting relationships between Atlassian and the developers, who often participate year after year.

These hackathons deliver multiple benefits:

• Re-engaging users with Atlassian products
• Increasing awareness of new capabilities, like Rovo and Forge
• Expanding Atlassian’s marketplace with fresh, innovative apps
• Growing Atlassian’s developer ecosystem through annual hackathons‍
• Encouraging developers to build new applications or update their work

Devpost users like Jack Graves participate in multiple Codegeist hackathons! You can check out his team’s winning project for Codegeist 2024 here. 

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Featured hackathons and highlights

With 10+ years of great hackathons, it wasn’t easy to narrow down the list to just a few! Here are some of our favorite recent Atlassian hackathons on Devpost:

Codegeist 2024

Details: This hackathon challenged participants to create impactful apps that solve real-world problems and shape the future of teamwork. Developers were invited to build an app using Atlassian’s Forge platform in one of four categories: Apps for Teamwork foundations, Apps for world-class software development, Apps for high-velocity service management, and Apps for executive strategy and planning.

Highlights: Close to 4,000 participants took part in the most recent Codgeist hackathon! There was a wide range of winning projects, including a robust image asset library and manager for Confluence, an app to integrate Google Analytics into JIRA, a Compass Whiteboard, and an app that uses Atlassian Rovo to read playbooks/documentation and dynamically integrate them into JIRA.  

‍“This was my first experience using Atlassian Forge, and I found Forge Tunnel incredibly effective in speeding up the development process,” said one of the winners of Codegeist 2024.

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Devs Unleashed

Details: Participants were invited to build a game leveraging data from Atlassian SaaS products in fun and interesting ways using Atlassian Forge and REST APIs. 

Highlights: Over 1,300 participants explored Atlassian’s REST and GraphQL APIs in this hackathon. “The Saga of the Super Dev” took home first place and was the winner of the Players’ Choice Award for its game that allows users to gain XP by finishing tasks in JIRA, opening/merging PRs on Bitbucket, and creating/updating pages on Confluence. Check out the hackathon’s project gallery to see all the submitted projects. 

“I’ve participated in two Atlassian hackathons,” said Guilherme Andraschko, one of the winners of this hackathon. “The first was Devs Unleashed, which we won with ‘The Saga of the Super Dev,’ a game and learning system that won the Stage prize, and for which we were sent to Las Vegas for the Atlassian event. The second hackathon was Codegeist Unleashed, where we won with the code reviewer assistant ‘ADA AI.’"

Guilherme was also featured in a Devpost user story—check it out here.

Codegeist Unleashed

Details: This installment of the Codegeist hackathon challenged participants to build an AI app using Atlassian’s Forge platform in one of the following categories: AI Apps for Developer Experience, AI Apps for Collaboration, and AI Apps for Data-Driven Insights.

Highlights: Nearly 2,000 participants joined this hackathon to build apps that use Atlassian products and improve productivity. Each category had a first-place winner, which included an app to turn Confluence pages into databases, a built-in code review tool, and an app that assigns sentiments to customer support issues.

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Engaging with the Devpost community

The success of Atlassian's hackathons is deeply intertwined with the vibrant and diverse Devpost community. With over 4 million users, Devpost provides a powerful platform for connecting Atlassian with developers from around the globe.

Atlassian's hackathons have drawn participants from over 90 countries, showcasing the international reach and impact of these events. This global participation brings a wealth of diverse perspectives and skill sets, enriching the innovation that emerges from each hackathon.

Fostering a long-lasting community with Devpost

One of the key strengths of this partnership is the ability to foster long-lasting relationships between Atlassian and developers. Many participants return year after year, building on their previous experiences and deepening their engagement with the Atlassian ecosystem. 

For example, Devpost user Christian Klaussner has participated in four Codegeist hackathons and even secured first place in Codegeist Unleashed, demonstrating the ongoing dedication and enthusiasm within the community.

Driving innovation forward

Atlassian's remarkable 10+ year journey with Devpost demonstrates the long-term value of developer-focused events. Through Codegeist and other hackathons, thousands of developers worldwide have built incredible apps and strengthened their connection with the Atlassian ecosystem.

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