UpStage was completely rebuilt during 2020-21, using Python, Postgresql & MongoDB, MQTT, nginx, VueJS, HTML5 and ES6. It is open source and in active ongoing development – we welcome any interested developers to join the team..
Development team
The team is currently led by Gloria W. and includes Paul Rohrlach, Nguyen Hong Phat and Wu.
Interface design for the new platform was led by Elisa de Castro Guerra, with assistance from Riad Salameh.
Previous developers include James Liew, Tu Nguyen and Tuyet Giang (2022), Martin Eisenbarth (2013-14) and programming students from Auckland University of Technology (2006-19). Paul Rohrlach was the lead developer from 2010 until 2022 and remains involved with the team. UpStage was originally designed and built by Douglas Bagnall, who worked on the project from 2003-10.
How to get involved:
- visit the UpStage repo on Github: https://github.com/upstage-org/upstage
- check out the Contribute page on the Moblise/Demobilise website;
- join the developers’ mailing list.
Developers’ Blog
- Announcing UpStage v3! May 26, 2025
Announcing the release of UpStage v3.0.0, with lots of user enhancements as well as big changes behind the scenes!
- /ETC Presentation June 21, 2024
On Friday 7th June, Petra Schmidt from CCT and Helen Varley Jamieson from UpStage presented the Mobilise/Demobilise project and rebuilt UpStage platform at the Eclectic Tech Carnival (/ETC) in Berlin.
The /ETC is a gathering of ... - Another release … April 16, 2022
Our amazing developers are releasing so often that it’s hard to keep up! Today’s release is UpStage v1.19.0 – code-named Rheineck-19, and as well as some security fixes and geeky back=end stuff, here’s a summary of the things that artists creating UpStage will want to know about.
- LGM 2021 – Recording April 13, 2022
Here’s the recording of a talk given by Helen and Gloria at the 2021 LGM.
- UpStage at FOSSASIA Summit 2022 April 7, 2022
On Saturday 9 April, co-founder Vicki Smith and developer Nguyen Hong Phat will present an overview of the UpStage rebuild at the FOSSASIA Summit 2022.
This lightning talk will gives an update from our presentation at FOSSASIA 2021 when the rebuild was just beginning; since then it has been completed and launched in ...
