Codegeist 2025: Atlassian Williams Racing Edition

The best innovations are born from real-world experience- those sharp turns, pit-stops, and problem-solving moments that push us to create something new. This year, Codegeist challenges developers everywhere to build solutions that accelerate how teams work, whether that’s in your industry, your workplace, or across the global developer community.

Just like in Formula 1, where engineers, strategists, and drivers push every system to its limits, your expertise can fuel the next big breakthrough. This is your chance to test ideas at full throttle and see how far you can take them.

What is Codegeist?

Codegeist is Atlassian’s annual hackathon where developers from around the world unleash creativity on Forge, Atlassian’s serverless app development platform. By extending Atlassian products with custom apps and integrations, participants reimagine how teams plan, track, and deliver work.

Why Join?

  • Learn & Build: Get hands-on with Forge and discover new ways to integrate with Atlassian’s platform.

  • Extend & Innovate: Create workflows, automations, and features that help teams operate like high-performance pit crews.

  • Connect & Compete: Collaborate with a global developer community and go head-to-head for prizes in three exciting categories.

  • Push the Limits: Show how your idea can transform the future of teamwork.

Get Started

  • Register for the hackathon

  • Set up your Forge development environment

  • Explore tutorials, docs, and resources

  • Start brainstorming your winning idea

Together with Williams Racing—a team known for speed, precision, and innovation—we’re celebrating the developers who build at the speed of change. 🏎️💨

We can’t wait to see what you create!

Requirements

What to Build 

Build an app using Atlassian’s Forge platform and integrate with at least one Atlassian product or platform capability (Jira, Confluence, Jira Service Management, Bitbucket, or Compass) in one of the following categories:

  • Apps for Software Teams - Want to make life easier for other developers? Build apps that help software teams perform like a finely tuned pit crew—fast, precise, and always in sync. From accelerating code reviews to streamlining deployments and keeping issues on track, your app should remove friction so developers can collaborate, innovate, and ship with confidence.

  • Apps for Business Teams - See opportunities to help colleagues in marketing, sales, HR, finance, support, or legal? Create apps that keep business teams aligned, moving fast, and making the right calls when it matters most. Your app should remove friction and give teams the clarity and speed they need to stay ahead of the competition.

  • Apps for Specialized Industries - Have a background in healthcare, banking, automotive, manufacturing, or another field? Turn your insider knowledge into powerful apps tailored to the unique demands of specialized industries. Build solutions that solve real-world challenges and help professionals in your industry work smarter, faster, and with greater impact.

Bonus Prizes

  • 6 Best Runs on Atlassian Apps: $2,000 to 6 projects that also meet the requirements of the Runs on Atlassian program

  • 6 Best Rovo Apps: $2,000 to 6 projects that use Forge rovo:agent and action modules to configure agents and enable agents to perform specific tasks

  • 6 Best App built using Rovo Dev: $2,000 to 6 projects that were built using Rovo Dev. Submission must include (1) a summary explaining how Entrant used Rovo Dev for the Project and (2) a link to a social media post about Entrant’s use of Rovo Dev.

What to Submit

Access. Provide access to an installation link for the judges and review team to test your application. To create an installation link, follow the instructions to Start sharing your app.

Demo Video. Include a video (under 5 minutes) that demonstrates your project and any relevant bonus prize specifics. Videos must be uploaded to YouTube or Vimeo, and made public.

Category. Identify which category and bonus prizes you are submitting to. Provide any necessary materials for the bonus prizes.

Submit. Before the deadline, complete the entire submission form on Devpost.

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$120,000+ in prizes
+ other prizes
1st Place
$15,000 in cash
3 winners

• $15,000 USD
• 2 tickets TEAM 2026 (AMER) for first-place winners (travel not included)
• Recognition at Atlas Camp 2026
• Signed limited edition Atlassian Williams Racing swag

2nd Place
$8,000 in cash
3 winners

• $8,000 USD
• Opportunity to be featured on the winner announcement on the Atlassian blog

3rd Place
$5,000 in cash
3 winners

• $5,000 USD
• Opportunity to be featured on the winner announcement on the Atlassian blog

Bonus: Best Runs on Atlassian Apps
$2,000 in cash
6 winners

Bonus: Best Rovo Apps
$2,000 in cash
6 winners

Bonus: Best App built using Rovo Dev
$2,000 in cash
6 winners

Participation Prize
300 winners

Atlassian Developer Swag Pack

** Awarded on a first-come, first-serve basis to Entrants of Eligible Submissions, including participating members of a Team or Organization, while supplies last (max 4 per Submission)

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

A qualified panel of judges

A qualified panel of judges

Judging Criteria

  • Quality of the Idea
    Includes creativity and originality of the idea.
  • Implementation of the Idea
    Includes how well the idea was executed by the developer.
  • Potential Impact
    Includes the extent to which the solution can help the most Atlassian users.

Questions? Email the hackathon manager

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