Atlassian Codegeist 2025

Atlassian Codegeist 2025: Atlassian Williams Racing Edition was the annual online hackathon of Atlassian, the software company headquartered in Sydney, Australia. Developers built apps on Atlassian's Forge platform for products such as Jira and Confluence and competed for a prize pool of US$120,000 in cash. This edition is closed: submissions ended on 22 December 2025 at 10:00 am Pacific Time, and the official pages name no date for a future edition, so treat this page as a guide to how Codegeist works and watch the Devpost page for the next one.

What the program offered

The cash prizes were: first place of US$15,000 (about ₹14.25 lakh) in each of three categories, second place of US$8,000 (about ₹7.6 lakh) per category, and third place of US$5,000 (about ₹4.75 lakh) per category. On top of those nine category prizes there were bonus prizes of US$2,000 (about ₹1.9 lakh) each: six for apps that meet Atlassian's "Runs on Atlassian" programme, six for the best Rovo apps, six for the best apps that use Forge's agent and action modules, and six for apps built using Rovo Dev. Together the money adds up to the headline US$120,000.

First-place winners also received two tickets to the TEAM 2026 conference (travel not included), recognition at Atlas Camp 2026 and Atlassian Williams Racing swag. Second and third place could be featured on the Atlassian blog, and the first 300 entrants with eligible submissions received a developer swag pack.

Who could apply

Entry was open to individuals who had reached the age of majority where they live, to teams of such individuals, and to organisations (companies, non-profits and other legal entities). It was not open to residents of, or organisations based in, places where US or local law bans taking part or receiving a prize, such as Brazil, Quebec, Russia, Belarus, Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, Sudan and Myanmar, or to people and companies on US sanctions or denied-party lists. Employees and close family of Atlassian and Devpost, judges and their employers, and anyone whose entry would create a conflict of interest were also excluded. India is not on the excluded list, so Indian developers, startups and teams could enter and be paid.

It suited developers and small product teams already comfortable building web apps who wanted to put an app in front of the Atlassian ecosystem. It did not suit anyone who had already received funding, a contract or a commercial licence from Atlassian or Devpost for the same project.

How to apply

Entrants registered for free on the Codegeist page on Devpost, set up a free Atlassian Cloud developer licence, and built an app on Forge that works with at least one of Jira, Confluence, Jira Service Management, Bitbucket or Compass. The app had to fit one of three categories: apps for software teams, apps for business teams, or apps for specialised industries. A submission needed a demonstration video of under five minutes uploaded publicly to YouTube, Vimeo, Facebook Video or Youku, an installation link so judges could test the app, setup instructions, and a text description of the features. Everything had to be in English or come with an English translation. New apps were fine, and older apps qualified if they were updated or rebuilt on Forge during the submission period.

How submissions were judged and what happened next

Judges first ran a pass/fail check that the project fitted the theme and used the required Forge tools. Passing submissions were then scored on three equally weighted criteria: quality of the idea, implementation of the idea, and potential impact for Atlassian users. Judging ran from 19 to 30 January 2026, and winners were due on or around 9 February 2026. Prizes were paid by bank transfer or cheque only after winners returned an affidavit and other forms within ten business days. Non-US winners could be asked for a W-8BEN form, and winners were responsible for their own taxes and for any wiring or currency-exchange fees.

About Atlassian

Atlassian Pty Ltd, based in Sydney, makes team-collaboration software including Jira and Confluence. Codegeist is its annual developer hackathon, run with the contest administrator Devpost, and focuses on apps built on Forge, Atlassian's serverless app platform.

Things to check before you apply

• This edition has ended; no later round was announced on the pages we read.
• Prizes are cash, but winners handle their own tax and bank-transfer costs, so Indian winners should check tax and foreign-receipt rules with an adviser.
• Your entry must be your own original work, solely owned by you, and the sponsor may promote winning entries.
• A practical tip: record the demo video early and test the installation link from a fresh Atlassian account, because judges may score from the video and description alone.