Condensed financial information (Parent Company only) - Condensed Balance Sheet (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Jul. 24, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 177,150	$ 194,868		$ 32,375	$ 39,240
Total current assets	291,598	287,236
Total assets	1,480,420	1,074,285
Current liabilities:
Current liabilities	286,526	199,598
Total current liabilities	286,526	199,598
Other liabilities	25,640	13,079
Total liabilities	741,994	263,271
Commitments and contingencies
Stockholders’ equity:
Total stockholders’ equity	738,426	811,014		$ 500,722	$ 531,683
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$ 1,480,420	$ 1,074,285
Preferred stock, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 0.001	$ 0.001	$ 0.001
Preferred stock, shares authorized ( in shares)	50,000,000	50,000,000	50,000,000
Preferred stock, shares issued (in shares)	0	0
Preferred stock, shares outstanding (in shares)	0	0
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 0.001	$ 0.001	$ 0.001
Common stock, shares authorized (in shares)	500,000,000	500,000,000	500,000,000
Common stock, shares issued (in shares)	119,426,064	116,992,472
Common stock, shares outstanding (in shares)	119,426,064	116,992,472
Jamf Holding Corp
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 0	$ 0
Total current assets	0	0
Investment in subsidiaries	738,426	811,014
Total assets	738,426	811,014
Current liabilities:
Current liabilities	0	0
Total current liabilities	0	0
Other liabilities	0	0
Total liabilities	0	0
Stockholders’ equity:
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized at December 31, 2021 and 2020; no shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2021 and 2020	0	0
Common stock, $0.001 par value, 500,000,000 and 132,000,000 shares authorized at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively; 102,843,612 and 102,843,612 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively	119	117
Additional paid‑in capital	913,581	903,116
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(7,866)	0
Accumulated deficit	(167,408)	(92,219)
Total stockholders’ equity	738,426	811,014
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$ 738,426	$ 811,014
Preferred stock, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 0.001	$ 0.001
Preferred stock, shares authorized ( in shares)	50,000,000	50,000,000
Preferred stock, shares issued (in shares)	0	0
Preferred stock, shares outstanding (in shares)	0	0
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 0.001	$ 0.001
Common stock, shares authorized (in shares)	500,000,000	500,000,000
Common stock, shares issued (in shares)	119,426,064	116,992,472
Common stock, shares outstanding (in shares)	119,426,064	116,992,472