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Backstage.io

An open platform for building developer portals.

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Overview

Backstage is an open-source platform for building developer portals. It provides a framework and a set of core features, including a software catalog, software templates, and a documentation solution (TechDocs), that enable organizations to create a centralized and customized portal for their developers. Backstage is highly extensible through a plugin architecture, allowing teams to integrate their existing tools and build new functionality.

✨ Key Features

  • Software Catalog
  • Software Templates (Scaffolder)
  • TechDocs (Docs-as-code)
  • Extensible Plugin Architecture
  • Kubernetes Monitoring
  • Search Platform

🎯 Key Differentiators

  • Open-source and highly extensible
  • Large and active community
  • Backed by the CNCF

Unique Value: Provides a flexible and extensible open-source framework for building a custom developer portal that unifies an organization's tooling and infrastructure.

🎯 Use Cases (5)

Creating a centralized service catalog Standardizing new service creation Centralizing technical documentation Building a unified UI for existing tools Improving developer onboarding

✅ Best For

  • Building a custom developer portal for a large engineering organization
  • Creating a single source of truth for microservices and their ownership

💡 Check With Vendor

Verify these considerations match your specific requirements:

  • Teams without the engineering resources to build and maintain a portal
  • Organizations looking for a quick, out-of-the-box solution

🏆 Alternatives

Port Cortex OpsLevel Roadie

Offers ultimate flexibility and control at the cost of higher implementation and maintenance overhead compared to commercial SaaS products.

💻 Platforms

Web Self-hosted

🔌 Integrations

GitHub GitLab Bitbucket Jenkins CircleCI Kubernetes PagerDuty Jira Snyk Many more via plugins

💰 Pricing

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Free Tier Available

Free tier: Open-source, self-hosted

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