The company was officially opened in 2005, and was headed by Andy Singleton, creator of PowerSteering Software.[5][6]
Initially, Assembla offered free on-demand tools such as Trac and Subversion hosting. However, starting from October 2008, Assembla implemented a pricing model for certain products.[7]
In 2012, Assembla partnered with Perforce Software to provide on-demand versions of Perforce’s Software Version Management tool, Helix Core. This integration includes team tools from Assembla, available for an additional fee..[8]
In 2013, Assembla released a set of tools related to Agile development and Continuous Delivery processes called "Renzoku."[9] These are now included as part of the core offering for the team and enterprise plans.[10]
In May 2016, Assembla was purchased by Venture Equity provider Scaleworks. The company is currently based in San Antonio, Texas.[1]
On Jan 18th 2018, Assembla acquired Cornerstone, a Subversion client for macOS.[2]
Assembla is a source code management tool specializing in providing cloud-based version control services for code projects and agile software development.[11] For users of their cloud repositories, Assembla also provides an additional project management tool.
Assembla hosts more than 100,000 client projects. Their customer base includes game development firms, consultants, outsourcers, and digital agencies. Assembla offers Apache Subversion, Git, and Perforce code repositories. Additionally, Assembla integrates with tools such as Slack, GitHub, and JIRA.