We use Git, an open source distributed version control system to help us quickly and efficiently collaborate and communicate changes as we write code. On GitHub, you can fork both the Mifos X platform and Community App repositories.

Mifos X on GitHub serves as a symbolic centralized repository, acting as the upstream repo. All contributors should fork this repo rather than directly making a pull request. There are two main branches, master and develop with develop serving as our integration branch. Features should never interact directly with master. For each release, a new supporting feature branch off of develop is created. Once that feature is completed, it’s merged into develop and once develop has sufficient features for a release, develop is merged into master and a product is released by creating a release branch off of master. View our Git and Release workflow for  an overview and diagrams of this process.

Our product roadmap is community-driven, guided by the direct needs and requests of our partners and our users.  All feature requests are made as tickets into JIRA where they’re analyzed and prioritized by the Global Product Manager.  Features developed by the core team are those with the most commonality of need and potential impact across the community. To accelerate the inclusion or the development of feature on the roadmap, you can sponsor the development financially or contribute the feature directly yourself. Our roadmap serves as both a forward-looking guide for our users and a blueprint for where partners and volunteers can assist by contributing.