Atlassian has announced the timeline for phased end of support for Connect.
From Sep 17, 2025, only Forge apps can be submitted to the Atlassian Marketplace. All new extensibility features will be delivered only on Forge.
Have an existing Connect app? Find out how to incrementally adopt Forge from Connect.
One guided path from app idea to something you can ship, share, and keep improving — with every Forge tool, doc, and next step in one place.
The Forge journey
Forge is Atlassian's cloud app platform — hosting, authentication, storage, and product APIs, all managed for you. Explore what teams are building today, then pick the path that matches your ambition.
Build AI-powered experiences
Add intelligent summaries, generation, and workflows powered by Rovo — right inside Jira, Confluence, and more.
Automate team workflows
Wire triggers, webhooks, and background scripts to eliminate the manual work that slows your team down.
Extend Jira or Confluence
Add issue panels, macros, dashboard gadgets, and custom UIs to reshape the surfaces your team lives in.
Build a Rovo Agent
Ship agents that reason across your Atlassian data — powered by Forge Skills and MCP.
Browse the full example gallery → · About Forge
Install the Forge CLI, get AI tools wired up, and stand up a free developer site — Forge's test mode, where you can install, break, and rebuild without any risk to real users.
Set up the Forge CLI
Requires Node.js 18+. Works on macOS, Linux, and Windows. forge login uses an API token from your Atlassian account.
Install the CLI →Set up AI tools
Turn your IDE and Rovo into a Forge co-pilot — build with AI from your first prompt, and package your app as skills agents can call.
Create a free developer site
Your personal sandbox with Jira, Confluence, and JSM — where you'll install and iterate on your Forge app.
Create a developer site →Prefer to learn by doing? Try a Hello World in Jira or Confluence before continuing to Build.
Two ways to build. Same journey either way. Choose the workflow that fits how you like to develop.
Choose how you want to build. Toggle any time — both paths merge at Deploy.
Open your MCP-enabled IDE
Cursor, Claude Code, or VS Code with Forge MCP installed (Stage 01).
Paste a starter prompt
Vetted natural-language prompts for common Forge patterns.
Watch Forge scaffold your app
Real code appears in seconds — deploy from the same chat window.
Try this prompt →
Jira issue panelBuild a Jira issue panel that shows the assignee's other open work in the same project, sorted by priority.
Scaffold with a template
Run forge create and pick a template + product surface.
Deploy to development
Run forge deploy to push your app to Atlassian's cloud.
Install on your developer site
Run forge install — then see it live in the real product UI.
Hot reload: Run forge tunnel — save a file, see it live in the product without redeploy.
Debug logs: Run forge logs for structured invocation logs streaming to your terminal.
Studio App Builder (a no-code path) is on the roadmap — it'll appear as a third option when it ships.
Ship apps that stand out. Marketplace-quality Forge apps rank higher, convert faster, and get featured — start with a real quality check before you publish.
Install on your developer site and tunnel with forge tunnel — exercise every extension point as a real user would, not just the happy path.
Learn about tunneling →Audit the OAuth scopes and data access your app requests. Reviewers reject apps that over-scope — trim to the minimum before you publish.
Security best practices →Stream forge logs during install and real use. Fix noisy warnings and stalls before reviewers ever see them.
Logs & observability →Trim cold-start time, payload size, and API rate. These are the metrics that separate listed apps from featured ones.
Cloud Fortified quality bar →Validate the experience with a small audience, then choose how to distribute — share a private installation link with your team, or list your app on the Atlassian Marketplace to reach real users. Top new apps on the Marketplace generate meaningful revenue in their first 90 days.
Pick a distribution path
Enable sharing in the developer console to generate an installation link. Perfect for internal apps, beta testing, or handing off to a specific team — no Marketplace listing needed.
Distribute your app → Option BPublish your app to reach millions of Atlassian customers. The Marketplace handles discovery, licensing, billing, and subscriptions for paid apps.
Create a Marketplace listing →Listing on the Marketplace? Continue with the Partner Onboarding Guide → for pricing, listing review, and post-launch support.
Launch is the start, not the finish. Monitor adoption and performance, ship updates, learn from your users, and keep improving the app over time.
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