Backstage

Founded 2020

Build and manage a developer portal with a unified catalog

Cost

Free

Rating

★ People love it

Time to value

Long Setup (> 1 day)

You can use Backstage to build an internal developer portal that tracks all your software services, libraries, websites, and data pipelines in one place. Engineers can register components, create new microservices from pre-built templates with best practices included, and browse auto-generated documentation. The search feature lets anyone find any service or doc across your infrastructure. Kubernetes deployments are visible per service without switching dashboards. Teams can extend functionality by adding or building custom plugins.

What Backstage does

Register and catalog services, libraries, and data pipelines using YAML metadata filesCreate new microservice repositories from standardized templates with pre-configured CI/CDBrowse and search all software assets and their owners across the organizationView Kubernetes deployment status for a service without switching cloud dashboardsWrite and publish Markdown documentation directly alongside source codeInstall open source plugins to add new infrastructure tool integrations to the portalBuild custom internal plugins to connect proprietary tools to the developer portalFilter and star frequently accessed services for quick retrievalCentralized software catalog that tracks ownership and metadata for all services, libraries, and data pipelinesSoftware templates let engineers spin up new microservices with org best practices pre-configuredAuto-generated TechDocs documentation sites created alongside every new projectBuilt-in search that indexes the software catalog, docs, and external sources like ConfluenceKubernetes plugin shows all service deployments in one view without needing cluster admin accessPlugin marketplace lets you add open source plugins or build custom internal onesYAML metadata files stored in source control keep component info always up to dateDiscoverability features prevent orphaned services by making all software and its owners findable

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