Metaview

Inspiration

We love software and understand how great tools can make a huge difference in team engagement. With this in mind, we set out on a mission to enhance existing tools like Jira under the guiding principle: “Collaboration starts with a smile!” Our goal is to create a Jira app that ensures teamwork is both productive and enjoyable.

What it does

Metaview revolutionizes how you experience Jira by offering a new way to create dashboard-like views using 40+ widgets. These widgets are categorized into Progress Bars, Key Metrics, Lists, Graphs, and Team Widgets. Users can build custom views to easily compare different filters. Each view can include a team based on Jira users, allowing widgets to display insights like workload, working hours, and estimation analyses. Additionally, Metaview helps teams achieve consistent estimations by using a reference filter. The app cleans historical data with an algorithm and provides estimation frames and indicators based on past issues.

How we built it

Our journey began with publishing an app on the Atlassian Marketplace using Connect. With Codegeist, we saw an exciting opportunity to transition to the Forge platform to unlock more advanced features. For this project, we utilized Forge to build a custom UI using TypeScript and React.

Challenges we ran into

Adopting Forge itself was a challenge as we familiarized ourselves with its unique platform concepts, capabilities, and limitations, especially compared to traditional, less managed infrastructures. Additionally, the limited time during the hackathon posed difficulties—we had many ideas for new Forge features but couldn’t implement them all in time. However, this experience has left us motivated to fully embrace Forge in 2025.

Accomplishments that we’re proud of

We successfully delivered a functional Forge prototype within the hackathon timeframe. Staying true to our motto, “Collaboration starts with a smile!”, our journey through the hackathon began and ended with smiles all around.

What we learned

We gained valuable insights into the Forge platform, its concepts, and APIs. As this was our first hackathon, we also learned an important lesson: plan better for project deadlines—our submission came right at the wire!

What’s next for Metaview

Before Codegeist, we believed Forge lacked some key features. During the hackathon, we discovered the true potential of Forge and fell in love with its capabilities. Our goal for 2025 is to fully transition Metaview to Forge, implementing exciting new features like Team Voting Widgets to gamify the Jira experience and enhance team communication and collaboration.