2025 Product Wrap-Up: A Year of Building Better Workflows (and Collaborating Better)

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:high_voltage: 2025 Product Wrap-Up: A Year of Building Better Workflows (and Collaborating Better)

As we wrap up the year, we wanted to take a moment to reflect on what’s been an incredibly strong year for the OpenFn platform and to share a big milestone we’re excited to finally put in your hands.

From foundational improvements to powerful new ways to build, run, and collaborate on workflows, 2025 was all about making Lightning faster, more reliable, and more delightful to use.

Here’s a look back at the highlights :backhand_index_pointing_down:

:building_construction: Q1: Strong Foundations for Building & Managing Workflows

We kicked off the year by focusing on workflow creation, governance, and scale:

  • Data Collections to better manage shared data across workflows
  • Audit trails & snapshots for improved traceability and debugging
  • Project-level run concurrency for better performance control
  • Create workflows from templates
  • GitHub Sync improvements to support code-first teams

These updates laid the groundwork for more complex, production-ready integrations.

:toolbox: Q2: Better Builder & Support Experiences

In Q2, we focused on improving how teams build workflows and get support:

  • Grant Support Access to safely troubleshoot issues with the OpenFn team
  • Template publishing to share reusable workflows
  • GDPR compliance tools
  • Better manual runs for faster testing and iteration

:robot: Q3: Smarter, Faster Workflow Creation

Q3 was all about helping you build better workflows, faster:

  • Edit workflows with the AI Assistant
  • Manual & auto layout modes on the canvas
  • Undo / Redo (yes, finally!)
  • Transfer projects between billing accounts
  • Keychain credentials for complex authentication scenarios

These improvements made workflow authoring more flexible and forgiving.

:handshake: Q4: Collaboration Takes Center Stage

And now to the biggest theme of Q4: collaboration.

We introduced powerful new capabilities to help teams work together seamlessly:

  • Visualizing runs directly on the canvas
  • Sandboxes for safe experimentation
  • The Collaborative Editor (more on this below :eyes:)

:brain: AI & Tooling Improvements

We also made meaningful investments in our tooling and AI stack:

  • Faster AI interactions with an additional database (currently in staging)
  • Integrated adaptor documentation
  • CLI v2.0 improvements, with documentation coming soon

:tada: Big Announcement: The Collaborative Editor Is Here

We’re excited to officially announce that the Collaborative Editor is now available and it’s quickly becoming the default way to build workflows in Lightning.

What makes it awesome?

  • :puzzle_piece: Template picker built directly into the editor
  • :robot: AI Assistant embedded where you write and edit jobs
  • :busts_in_silhouette: Real-time collaboration, including:
    • Collaborative cursors and pointers on the canvas
    • Shared run history and selection
  • :artist_palette: A redesigned IDE experience:
    • New header and navigation
    • Improved run, log, input, and output panels
    • Cleaner manual run experience
  • :hammer_and_wrench: A long list of bug fixes and performance improvements that make editing smoother and more reliable

We’re actively working toward making the Collaborative Editor the default editor experience for all users.

:electric_plug: Adaptor & Integration Updates

This year also saw steady progress across our adaptor ecosystem. Expanding coverage, improving reliability, and making it easier to build production-ready integrations.

New & Expanded Adaptors

  • New adaptors introduced, including:
    • eAPTS
    • Stripe
    • Orange Money
    • Memento Database API
    • FormSG
    • Salesforce updates
  • Continued work on Airtel, MoneyGram, WhatsApp, and Browserless adaptors
  • New and improved DHIS2, OpenCRVS, KoboToolbox, SurveyCTO, Google Classroom, and Odoo integrations

Adaptor Improvements

  • Updated schemas and icons for better usability and clarity
  • Improved credential handling and reauthorization flows
  • Performance and stability fixes across frequently used adaptors
  • New helper functions (e.g. retrieving all records in Odoo)
  • Better error handling and validation when working with adaptor-specific logic

Templates Powered by Adaptors

  • Expanded library of workflow templates combining popular adaptors, including:
    • Kobo → DHIS2
    • Odoo → QuickBooks
    • Google Forms → M-Pesa
    • DHIS2 → OpenCRVS
  • Templates are now easier to discover, publish, and reuse: especially within the Collaborative Editor

These updates reflect our ongoing commitment to meeting users where they are, with adaptors that are reliable, well-documented, and ready for real-world use.

:rocket: Looking Ahead

As we head into the new year, we’re excited to continue investing in:

  • Deeper collaboration features
  • More powerful AI-assisted workflow building
  • Continued stability and performance improvements
  • More adaptors!

:christmas_tree::sparkles: Holiday Wishes from the Team

As the year comes to a close, we want to say a heartfelt thank you to everyone in the OpenFn community builders, implementers, partners, and champions for trusting OpenFn to power your integrations and critical workflows.

Whether you’re winding down for the holidays or gearing up for a new year of impact, we hope this season brings you rest, reflection, and time with the people who matter most.

We’re incredibly grateful for your feedback, ideas, and collaboration throughout the year and we can’t wait to keep building together in the year ahead.

Happy holidays and see you in the new year :high_voltage::tada:

The OpenFn Team

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