Assembla has changed. Here's what's different, and where we're headed.
Assembla is the source code management and project management platform trusted by development teams for over 20 years. We've spent the past year listening to users, fixing what was broken, and modernising the interface. This page is an honest account of what we did and what we're working on next.
This is a focused modernization, not a full platform rebuild, and we're not framing it as one. We refreshed the visual foundation, cleared a significant bug backlog, and sharpened the areas of daily usability where friction had built up. Here's what changed in practice.
Interface modernization
A platform that looks like 2026
Typography, spacing, colours, layout: all updated across the platform. Dark mode ships properly implemented, not bolted on. If you've been reluctant to open Assembla on a screen share, that specific friction is gone.
Reliability improvements
A backlog of bugs: fixed
Since 2024, we've worked through a substantial list of issues flagged in interviews and surveys. Unglamorous work, but every fix removes a friction point your team was working around without knowing it.
Search
Search you can actually rely on
Search now works the way it should. We resolved the 404 errors and missing results that were eroding trust in search. There's still room to improve, and we will.
See the difference
The same workflows your team depends on, in an interface that no longer feels like it was built in 2012.
The ticket view, cardwall, and project dashboard have all been updated. Your data, your integrations, and your workflows are exactly where you left them. What's changed is the surface.
What Assembla users told us : the full picture
Real feedback from real teams, gathered across 2024 and 2025. We're sharing both sides of what we heard, not just the positive.
"It just works. Of all the ticketing tools I've used in decades of work, it's the one I've actually been most impressed with, to be honest."
Yorick Phoenix, CTO — healthcare software
"A small player in the space, kind of outdated. We've had to do a lot of work to make it work for us."
Jim Edelstein, Director of Engineering
Two customers. Both long-term. Both telling it straight. Assembla's reliability and workflow depth earned that first quote over twenty years. This release closes the interface gap that drives the second.
No false timelines. We ship when it's right and we'll keep you in the loop when it is.
Git and merge request workflows
Stronger MR workflows, better diff readability, a code review experience that keeps pace with how modern teams actually ship. This is where our next meaningful investment is going.
Comment editor
Markdown support, resizable input, proper quote formatting. The current editor has served its time. A serious upgrade is next.
Click-to-edit on ticket descriptions
Read mode and edit mode need to be clearly separated. A targeted fix with outsized impact on daily use. It's on the list.
