What’s new in Forge

When you build on Forge, you get access to a steady stream of new features and capabilities. Here’s a quick overview of recent notable updates.

Forge got twice as fast

We’ve improved the JavaScript runtime, meaning apps execute 35-40% faster, giving you access to more memory while eliminating compatibility issues with node modules or packages.

You now have more UI building blocks

UI kit lets you quickly build user interfaces consistent with Atlassian Design using pre-built components. Using new faster client-side rendering and more React capabilities, there are now 55 components available to create rich, interactive experiences for your users.

Forge can be used with remote backends

We’ve opened up integration use cases to allow Forge apps to communicate with remote servers. Remotes can, securely through Forge:

• Call your remote backend (from a Forge frontend)
• Access and store data in Forge storage
• Send product and lifecycle events to your remote
• Configure scheduled triggers to invoke your remote backend.

You can now incrementally adopt Forge

For existing Connect developers, we built a bridge to unlock Forge’s capabilities, meaning your app can start using Forge features in under an hour without needing to rewrite a single line of your existing Connect code.

Forge is multiplayer

Multiple devs can now collaborate on the same apps, with clear and distinct roles and privileges. These controls allow you to view deployment and contributor history, manage app environments, and transfer app ownership.

Users have a simplified consent experience

We simplified the consent model so that individual users no longer need to grant consent in most cases - including when they interact with an app for the first time and after major version changes.

You can use complex queries with storage

Forge’s storage API now lets you build complex queries against custom entities, allowing sorting and many conditional methods of filtering.

Improved and exportable metrics and logs

Alongside improving log filtering within the developer console, you can now export app metrics and app logs to external observability tools such as Splunk or Datadog. This allows you to see how your Forge apps are performing across all sites, utilise advanced grouping and filtering metrics, and integrate with incident response tools.

Get started today

Whether you’re new to building Atlassian apps, or new to Forge, we want you to experience the best the Atlassian platform has to offer. Get started with Forge today.

Have an existing Connect app? Adopt Forge incrementally in under an hour.