# ActiveMerchant version 1.9 released

DevFeed: [ActiveMerchant version 1.9 released](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/activemerchant-version-1-9-released-1287.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://shopify.engineering/activemerchant-version-1-9-released>)

Author: Shopify Engineering

Published: 2010-10-15T13:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Shopify Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shopify-engineering.md>), [Shopify Engineering - Shopify Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shopify-engineering-shopify-engineering.md>)

Topics: [Shopify](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/shopify.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [Ruby](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ruby.md>), [Pull Request](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/pull-request.md>)

Tags: [contributors](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/contributors.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [payment](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/payment.md>), [pull-request](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pull-request.md>), [release](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release.md>), [ruby](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ruby.md>), [shopify](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/shopify.md>)

## AI overview

Shopify announces ActiveMerchant version 1.9, adding seven payment gateways and bringing the total to 63. The release incorporates community contributions and internal integrations, expanding payment support across multiple countries.

## Source excerpt

A little bit of background history As some of you may know, quite a while ago Shopify extracted all of its payment gateway related code into the open source project ActiveMerchant. Since then the project has evolved into one of the most successful Ruby libraries with over 400 "forks" (meaning that other developers customized the code to their needs and added functionality as required). Whenever developers think their changes are a contribution to the official project (e.g.