backstage/backstage
Backstage is an open framework for building developer portals observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
95/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 87
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 4.0
- age_days: 2413
- days_rel: 8
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 103
Adoption not part of the score
34262 stars · 7590 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Backstage is an open-source framework, originally created by Spotify and now a CNCF Incubation project, for building internal developer portals. It provides a centralized software catalog, scaffolding templates, docs-like-code TechDocs, and a large plugin ecosystem to unify infrastructure tooling and services.
Use cases
- build an internal developer portal for my engineering org
- create a centralized catalog of all microservices and infrastructure
- standardize how new projects are scaffolded with templates
- make technical documentation easy to find and maintain
- give product teams self-service access to infrastructure tooling
- track ownership and metadata of services, libraries, and ML models
When to choose
- you have many microservices and need a single catalog of ownership and metadata
- you want to standardize project scaffolding and tooling across teams
- you need a self-service platform that unifies docs, CI/CD, and infrastructure tools
- you want an extensible portal backed by a large open-source plugin ecosystem
When to avoid
- you are a small team with few services and simple tooling
- you cannot invest in hosting, customizing, and maintaining a portal
- you only need a static documentation site rather than a full developer platform
Facets
framework · maturity active
developer-tools documentation plugin-system web-framework workflow-automation developer-tools microservices web-development self-hosted self-hosted cross-platform developer-portal software-catalog internal-developer-platform techdocs cncf service-catalog developer-experience devops nodejs typescript web-server
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/backstage/backstage · fetched 2026-08-28 · 470437e68483
- homepage: https://backstage.io/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 95c26d2b143d
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| backstage/backstage | main | 95 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="backstage/backstage")
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