Who is behind Zammad?

Behind Zammad is a dedicated team of developers, support professionals and open source enthusiasts. Together we work to make support better, more transparent and more accessible.

How did we come about?

Many years ago, in a software world before our time, Zammad founder Martin Edenhofer already created a successful helpdesk software: OTRS. At some point, it was clear to Martin that these systems will become more and more important in modern times – and none of the existing solutions offer all the functionalities and integrations needed in everyday support life.

In 2014, Martin therefore founded a new open source solution with modern technology together with the core team from the OTRS area and called it Zammad. The result is up-to-date and extensive and has since convinced thousands of users - and new ones are added every day.

While the user group grows, the Zammad team has remained small and familiar and is still held together by the Zammadians, who laid the foundation and whose passion is untarnished to this day. We are scattered all over the world and yet work more closely together than many open-plan offices.

What we have achieved so far makes us proud. What comes next, we will see. But one thing is certain: Zammad is already a success story today.

Zammad in numbers

2016
Established
31
Employees
49
Languages
55K+
Users
Zammad Team

Our Values

Cohesion
Only in a team do we get ahead, because each of us brings different qualities. That's why we appreciate every single Zammadian ... even the one who recently overwrote the code!
Transparency
The cat in the bag? Not with us. We rely on transparency and honesty. Our code is open to view, because we stand behind what we create!
Trust
We know what we have in each other and give each team member their own projects and responsibility. We also trust our users and the community – that they give us honest feedback that makes us grow.
Man before machine
All in the sign of technology? On the contrary. We do not program for the software, but for the people who use it. Your needs drive us every day.

What Makes Us Unique?

Our name has a meaning. Zammad is Bavarian and stands for "together" - and that's what we're all about: together with our users, we solve their problems. Together with our customers, we get involved in things. And together with our community, we work on Zammad.

Our community? Yes, exactly! Zammad is open-source software. Our code is available to everyone for free - and it will stay that way!

But it's not only our spirit that makes us special, it’s also what's inside: Zammad is based on current web technologies like WebApp/HTML5, WebSockets, or REST in the frontend and relies on Ruby on Rails in the backend. Our user interface is clean, modern, and intuitive and was developed by award-winning UI experts.

The Zammad Mission

To support teams all over the world who aspire to work more efficiently and excel in their daily customer service, Zammad is a modern helpdesk software solution accessible to anyone, based on extensive experience and continuously improved by a knowledgeable community.

Milestones

01/2013

The idea is born

The first line of source code is written

10/2014

Zammad Foundation & Zammad GmbH

  • The Zammad Foundation is established as the home of the open-source project
  • Zammad GmbH is founded as a commercial counterpart for services, training, and consulting
05/2015

First paying customer/contract

10/2016

Go Public

Release of Zammad 1.0

11/2016

Bronze OSBAR (Open Source Business Award 2016)

02/2017

100 organizations are using Zammad

03/2017

Thomas-Krenn-Award 2017

08/2017

500 GitHub stars received

Zammad is now available in 28 languages

09/2017

Release of Zammad 2.0

11/2017

120,000 downloads

06/2019

Release of Zammad 3.0

08/2019

Zammad is now available in 42 languages

10/2019

1. Place DINAcon Award

Category „Best Open Source Project“

11/2019

1,200 organizations are using Zammad

03/2020

2,000 GitHub stars received

09/2020

540,000 downloads

03/2021

Release of Zammad 4.0

06/2021

Over 90% annual growth

Plus over 700k downloads and over 2600 GitHub stars

12/2021

Release of Zammad 5.0

05/2022

3,000 GitHub stars received

07/2022

1,210,000 Downloads

10/2022

Zammad is now available in 47 languages

12/2022

1,500 paying customers

02/2023

Zammad is now available in 49 languages

06/2023

Release of Zammad 6.0

08/2023

Over 75% annual growth

Plus over 1,500,000 downloads and over 3,600 GitHub stars

09/2024

Over 45% annual growth

Plus over 2,100,000 downloads and over 4,400 GitHub stars

08/2025

Over 24% annual growth

Plus over 3,200,000 downloads and over 5,100 GitHub stars

Open Source

By the way, Zammad is completely open source - you don't know what that means? Take a look at the open source page!

Understanding Open Source

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