SoftwareLore

Chronology 1972–2025

A timeline of software companies and products

When the companies on SoftwareLore were founded and when their best-known software first shipped, in order.

Showing all 96 events

1970s

  1. 1972 Company founded SAP Weinheim, West Germany
  2. 1977 Company founded Oracle Santa Clara, California, United States
  3. 1979 Software released Oracle Database Oracle · Databases

1980s

  1. 1982 Company founded Autodesk Mill Valley, California, United States
  2. 1982 Software released AutoCAD Autodesk · 3D, CAD & Engineering
  3. 1983 Company founded Intuit Palo Alto, California, United States
  4. 1984 Software released TurboTax Intuit · Finance, Accounting & Tax

1990s

  1. 1991 Company founded Epic Games Potomac, Maryland, United States
  2. 1992 Software released QuickBooks Intuit · Finance, Accounting & Tax
  3. 1993 Software released SAP Concur SAP · Finance, Accounting & Tax
  4. 1995 Software released Java Oracle · Developer Tools
  5. 1995 Software released MySQL Oracle · Databases
  6. 1996 Company founded Valve Kirkland, Washington, United States
  7. 1996 Company founded Zoho New Jersey, United States
  8. 1998 Software released Autodesk Maya Autodesk · 3D, CAD & Engineering
  9. 1998 Software released NetSuite Oracle · ERP, HR & Operations
  10. 1998 Software released Unreal Engine Epic Games · Games & Game Engines

2000s

  1. 2000 Company founded JetBrains Prague, Czech Republic
  2. 2000 Software released Revit Autodesk · 3D, CAD & Engineering
  3. 2001 Software released IntelliJ IDEA JetBrains · Developer Tools
  4. 2001 Software released Mailchimp Intuit · CRM & Marketing
  5. 2001 Software released SAP SuccessFactors SAP · ERP, HR & Operations
  6. 2002 Company founded Atlassian Sydney, Australia
  7. 2002 Software released Jira Atlassian · Project Management
  8. 2003 Company founded Palantir Palo Alto, California, United States
  9. 2003 Software released Steam Valve · Games & Game Engines
  10. 2003 Software released Thunderbird Mozilla · Communication & Community
  11. 2003 Software released WordPress Automattic · Browsers & Web Publishing
  12. 2004 Company founded ServiceNow San Diego, California, United States
  13. 2004 Software released Confluence Atlassian · Productivity & Collaboration
  14. 2004 Software released Firefox Mozilla · Browsers & Web Publishing
  15. 2005 Company founded Automattic United States
  16. 2005 Company founded Mozilla Mountain View, California, United States
  17. 2005 Software released Zoho CRM Zoho · CRM & Marketing
  18. 2006 Company founded HubSpot Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  19. 2006 Software released ServiceNow AI Platform ServiceNow · ERP, HR & Operations
  20. 2006 Software released ServiceNow IT Service Management ServiceNow · ERP, HR & Operations
  21. 2007 Company founded Dropbox Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  22. 2007 Company founded MongoDB New York City, United States
  23. 2007 Software released HubSpot Marketing Hub HubSpot · CRM & Marketing
  24. 2007 Software released Tumblr Automattic · Communication & Community
  25. 2008 Software released Bitbucket Atlassian · Developer Tools
  26. 2008 Software released Credit Karma Intuit · Finance, Accounting & Tax
  27. 2008 Software released Dropbox Dropbox · Productivity & Collaboration
  28. 2008 Software released Palantir Gotham Palantir · Data & AI Platforms
  29. 2008 Software released Zoho Mail Zoho · Communication & Community
  30. 2009 Company founded Cloudflare San Francisco, California, United States
  31. 2009 Software released MongoDB MongoDB · Databases

2010s

  1. 2010 Software released Apache Spark Databricks · Data & AI Platforms
  2. 2010 Software released Cloudflare CDN Cloudflare · Cloud & Infrastructure
  3. 2010 Software released PyCharm JetBrains · Developer Tools
  4. 2010 Software released SAP HANA SAP · Databases
  5. 2011 Company founded CrowdStrike Orange County, California, United States
  6. 2011 Software released GitLab GitLab · Developer Tools
  7. 2011 Software released Kotlin JetBrains · Developer Tools
  8. 2011 Software released Trello Atlassian · Project Management
  9. 2011 Software released WooCommerce Automattic · Browsers & Web Publishing
  10. 2011 Software released Zoho Books Zoho · Finance, Accounting & Tax
  11. 2012 Company founded Canva Sydney, Australia
  12. 2012 Company founded Discord United States
  13. 2012 Company founded Figma San Francisco, California, United States
  14. 2012 Company founded Snowflake San Mateo, California, United States
  15. 2012 Software released Dropbox Sign Dropbox · Productivity & Collaboration
  16. 2013 Company founded Databricks Berkeley, California, United States
  17. 2013 Company founded Notion San Francisco, California, United States
  18. 2013 Software released Autodesk Fusion Autodesk · 3D, CAD & Engineering
  19. 2013 Software released Canva Canva · Design & Creative
  20. 2013 Software released CrowdStrike Falcon CrowdStrike · Cybersecurity
  21. 2013 Software released Dota 2 Valve · Games & Game Engines
  22. 2014 Company founded GitLab Utrecht, Netherlands
  23. 2014 Software released Databricks Data Intelligence Platform Databricks · Data & AI Platforms
  24. 2014 Software released DocSend Dropbox · Productivity & Collaboration
  25. 2014 Software released HubSpot Smart CRM HubSpot · CRM & Marketing
  26. 2015 Software released Discord Discord · Communication & Community
  27. 2015 Software released SAP S/4HANA SAP · ERP, HR & Operations
  28. 2015 Software released Snowflake AI Data Cloud Snowflake · Data & AI Platforms
  29. 2016 Software released Figma Figma · Design & Creative
  30. 2016 Software released Loom Atlassian · Productivity & Collaboration
  31. 2016 Software released MongoDB Atlas MongoDB · Databases
  32. 2016 Software released Notion Notion · Productivity & Collaboration
  33. 2016 Software released Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Oracle · Cloud & Infrastructure
  34. 2016 Software released Palantir Foundry Palantir · Data & AI Platforms
  35. 2017 Software released Fortnite Epic Games · Games & Game Engines
  36. 2017 Software released Zoho One Zoho · ERP, HR & Operations
  37. 2018 Software released 1.1.1.1 Cloudflare · Cybersecurity
  38. 2018 Software released Cloudflare Workers Cloudflare · Developer Tools
  39. 2018 Software released Epic Games Store Epic Games · Games & Game Engines
  40. 2018 Software released MLflow Databricks · Data & AI Platforms
  41. 2019 Software released Streamlit Snowflake · Developer Tools

2020s

  1. 2020 Software released Cloudflare One Cloudflare · Cybersecurity
  2. 2021 Software released FigJam Figma · Design & Creative
  3. 2023 Software released Counter-Strike 2 Valve · Games & Game Engines
  4. 2023 Software released GitLab Duo GitLab · Developer Tools
  5. 2023 Software released Palantir AIP Palantir · Data & AI Platforms
  6. 2024 Software released Notion Calendar Notion · Productivity & Collaboration
  7. 2025 Software released Affinity Canva · Design & Creative

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