Mergify's 2024 Recap
As we step into 2025, it’s time to reflect on an eventful and transformative 2024 at Mergify. It was a year filled with challenges, growth, and exciting new opportunities to better serve developers worldwide. Here's a look back at what we achieved, what we learned, and what's coming next.
2024: A Year of New Features and Big Changes
This year, we rolled out some exciting new features, including our long-awaited Datadog and Slack integrations, giving teams even more ways to stay connected and informed. We also doubled down on improving our flagship product, Merge Queue, focusing on performance enhancements and a redesigned dashboard to make onboarding and usage easier than ever.
2024 was the year we decided to emphasize more on products than on tech. We challenged ourselves by designing a product from the ground up, with Merge Protections. This was a terrific way for the team to learn new skills and to improve our existing ones. Since its release, we have had dozens of teams adopting Merge Protections to manage their code freeze and merge policy. Great success!
For the first time, we brought a designer onto the team—a game-changer for our branding and user experience. This investment paid off quickly, helping us modernize our look and feel while creating a more intuitive interface.
But we didn't stop there. We began a major initiative to further revolutionize merge queues, setting the stage for a more fluid and developer-friendly experience in 2025. On top of all that, we dedicated substantial resources to R&D, testing bold new ideas inspired by years of working with incredible engineers in CI/CD. You'll see that paying off in 2025.
Welcoming New Customers
We were thrilled to onboard some fantastic new customers in 2024, including PayFit and Pydantic. As longtime users of PayFit and the Pydantic Python library ourselves, it was especially rewarding to support their team with our tools.
One customer, in particular, saw a massive workflow improvement by transitioning from managing their pull request merge order via Google Docs to leveraging Mergify’s Merge Queue. The productivity boost was nothing short of transformative, allowing their team to focus on shipping great code instead of juggling spreadsheets.
Attending events: Devoxx France 2024 & CI/CDay
This year also marked our presence at Devoxx France 2024 in Paris, where we had the chance to connect with developers, customers, and peers. Events like these are invaluable for understanding developer pain points firsthand, sparking fresh ideas, and shaping our vision for the future. We’re already incorporating some of these insights into the products we’re working on for 2025.
We also ran our own event, CI/CDay, the first conference dedicated to CI/CD in Europe. It has been quite a challenge to bring 100 developers in the same room to talk about those subjects, but the feedback of this day has been amazing!
What’s Next for 2025?
2024 laid the groundwork for an ambitious 2025. We’re gearing up to tackle major pain points in CI/CD, including issues with observability stacks, flaky tests, and CI failures. Our mission is simple: to help developers ship faster, with less friction.
While we can’t share all the details just yet, rest assured we’re aiming high. The innovations we’re working on have the potential to redefine how engineering teams interact with their CI/CD pipelines.
Growth and Gratitude
Amidst all the changes, Mergify grew again in 2024— a testament to our team's hard work and customers' support. Growth comes with challenges, but we’re committed to staying agile, focused, and aligned with developers' needs.
As we reflect on 2024, one thing is clear: everything we’ve achieved is thanks to the incredible community of engineers, customers, and supporters who believe in what we’re building. Thank you for being part of our journey.
Here’s to an even more exciting 2025! 🚀
