Backstage plugins

AI Assistant

Created by Roadie

Adds Retrieval-Augmented Generation capabilities to Backstage, enabling AI-powered search and answers over internal docs.

API Docs

Created by SDA-SE

API documentation in Backstage using OpenAPI, AsyncAPI, and GraphQL, giving teams a centralized API hub.

API Linter

Created by Zalando

Backstage plugin UI that lints OpenAPI specs against Zalando API rules using Zally, surfacing violations with severity and spec paths.

API Spectral Linter

Created by dweber019

Lint OpenAPI and AsyncAPI specs in Backstage using Spectral, with default or per-entity rulesets via annotation, visual results, docs links, and markdown.

APIs with 3scale

Created by Red Hat

Syncs 3scale APIs into the Backstage catalog on a set schedule, generating ApiEntity entries with custom system and owner labels.

AWS Lambda

Created by Roadie

Explore AWS Lambda functions linked to Backstage entities, with configuration details, versions, and CloudWatch metrics and logs.

AWS Proxy SigV4

Created by Twilio Segment

Provides a Backstage backend module for proxying AWS services with SigV4 signing, enabling secure API calls.

Airbrake

Created by Simply Business

Connects Backstage to Airbrake, adding an entity tab that surfaces project error summaries via airbrake.io/project-id annotation; requires backend API key.

Allure Reports

Created by Deepak Bhardwaj

Adds a Backstage entity service page to display Allure test reports, integrating with your Allure service via the configured allure.baseUrl.

Amplication Resources

Created by Amplication

Synchronizes Amplication templates into Backstage catalog via GraphQL and adds a scaffolder action to create new services from templates.

Announcements

Created by procore-oss

Publish, display, and manage Backstage announcements with pages/admin portal, banner/cards, search, categories/tags, realtime signals and notifications.

Apache Airflow

Created by Spotify

Integrates Airflow DAGs into Backstage, showing pipeline runs, task status, and workflow history.

Apollo Explorer

Created by brizzbuzz

Embed Apollo Studio Explorer in Backstage to query graphs, configure multiple graphRef endpoints, and support Apollo or API-supplied token auth.

Application Topology for Kubernetes

Created by Red Hat

Visualize Kubernetes workloads in Backstage as nodes—Deployments, Jobs, DaemonSets, StatefulSets, CronJobs, Pods, and VMs—with details and pod logs.

Architecture Decision Records

Created by Phil Kuang

Browse ADRs per entity and across catalog via Backstage Search, rendering MADR v2/v3 markdown from paths set by backstage.io/adr-location.

Argo CD

Created by Roadie, in collaboration with American Airlines

Embeds Argo CD app deployments in Backstage, surfacing sync status, history, and environment health.

Artifacts Plugin for JFrog Artifactory

Created by StageCentral

Adds an Artifactory tab to Backstage entities to list and browse binary artifacts matched by name or property (e.g., catalog.component).

AuthN and AuthZ with Keycloak

Created by Red Hat

Imports Keycloak realm users and groups into Backstage's catalog via Keycloak API, with scheduled syncs, custom transformers, and OpenTelemetry metrics.

Azure DevOps

Created by Spotify

Brings Azure DevOps pipelines, repos, and work items into Backstage for end-to-end visibility on projects and builds.

Azure DevOps Wiki Search

Created by Drew Hill

Indexes Azure DevOps wiki pages into Backstage Search via a backend collator, supporting multiple wikis with PAT auth and title suffix customization.

Azure Pipelines

Created by Keyloop

Shows recent Azure Pipelines builds for a repo or build definition on Backstage entity pages, with configurable result limit and multi-org support.

Azure Resources

Created by Martin Ehrnst

Shows Azure resource, security, and cost insights for Backstage entities using Resource Graph queries filtered by an azure.com/tag-selector annotation.

Azure Sites

Created by FRISS

Surface Azure App Service and Functions for catalog entities: list sites by annotation, view status and tags, jump to Azure Overview or Log Stream.

Backstage Kubernetes

Created by Spotify

Shows entity-specific Kubernetes deployments, pods, errors, and metrics on Backstage entity pages, with drilldowns, logs/exec, and dashboard links.

Badges

Created by Andreas Stenius

Generates shareable badges for use outside Backstage, sourced from the catalog (owner, lifecycle, docs), via an entity page dialog with URL obfuscation.

Bazaar

Created by Axis Communications AB

Creates an internal project marketplace in Backstage to propose, discover, and join inner-source work, with search, sorting, and catalog entity linking.

Bitrise

Created by SDA SE

Displays recent Bitrise builds and lets you download artifacts within Backstage entity pages via a Bitrise app annotation and API proxy auth.

Black Duck

Created by Deepankumar

Shows Black Duck risk profiles and vulnerability tables on Backstage entity pages, incl. all versions; uses the BlackDuck backend and entity annotations.

Bugsnag

Created by Roadie

Adds an errors overview tab to Backstage entities, surfacing Bugsnag issues for a given org/project via annotation, with links to detailed error pages.

Buildkite

Created by Roadie, officially approved by Buildkite.

Shows Buildkite CI/CD builds in Backstage, supports retriggering, real-time step inspection, and branch/default-branch filtering per entity.

CI/CD Statistics

Created by Spotify

Charts CI/CD build durations, counts, and statuses over time on Backstage catalog entity pages, with filters, stage breakdowns, and a pluggable API.

Catalog Graph

Created by SDA SE

Visualizes relations between catalog entities via entity card and graph page, with navigation, filtering, depth, direction, and custom relations.

Catalog Webhook

Created by Forged Apps

Periodically syncs Backstage catalog entities to a remote webhook, sending only changes via ETags, with configurable filters, batching, and HMAC signing.

CircleCI

Created by CircleCI

Expose CircleCI builds in Backstage entity pages: list recent builds, view steps and logs, paginate results, and retry builds via API token.

Cloudsmith

Created by Roadie

Adds Backstage homepage cards for Cloudsmith: repo stats, quota, audit logs, security scans, and package lists via backend proxy and API key.

Code Coverage

Created by alde & nissayeva

Shows code coverage reports for catalog projects, enabling visibility into test completeness and quality metrics.

CodeScene

Created by Codescene

Integrates CodeScene into Backstage to list projects, explore analyses and project details, and surface KPIs and file summaries on entity pages.

Coder

Created by Coder

Create, view, and manage Coder workspaces in Backstage, link user accounts via tokens, and tie workspaces to catalog entities with repo-aware filtering.

Container Image Registry for Quay

Created by Red Hat

Surfaces Quay registry images in Backstage with tags, last modified, security scan status, size, expiry, manifest, and links to vulnerability details.

Container Registry for Artifactory

Created by Red Hat

Displays container images from your Jfrog Artifactory registry in Backstage, listing versions, repositories, manifests, last modified, and size.

Cost Insights

Created by Spotify

Shows daily cost trends by team and catalog entity, compares against business metrics, and surfaces actionable alerts to optimize cloud spend.

Crossplane

Created by terasky.com

Shows Crossplane claims, XRs, and managed resources for a Backstage component, with YAML viewer (copy/download), events, and a graph of related resources.

DX

Created by DX

Displays DX Scorecards, checks and Tasks for Backstage services, with custom data charts/tables via DX Web API entity identifiers.

Datadog

Created by Roadie

Embed Datadog dashboards and graphs in Backstage via entity annotations; supports multiple dashboards/graphs, graph sizing, and Datadog site selection.

Dependencytrack

Created by TRIMM

Shows OWASP Dependency-Track metrics and findings in Backstage via summary and findings cards, using project-id annotations and a proxied API.

Dev Containers

Created by Coder

Launch VS Code Dev Containers from Backstage using entity tags and React hooks; detect devcontainer support and open repositories via a VS Code launch URI.

Dev Friends Days

Created by Piotr Piątkiewicz

Backstage plugin card showing whether today is Programmer, Tester, or SysAdmin Day, so teams know when to celebrate.

Dev Quotes

Created by Peter Macdonald

Shows random programming quotes in a Backstage homepage card (DevQuote); place it on any page, including entity pages, for quick inspiration.

DevPod

Created by terasky.com

Adds an Open in Devpod button to Backstage component overviews, lets users choose an IDE, and displays the Devpod CLI command to launch from the terminal.

DevTools

Created by Keyloop

Surfaces Backstage runtime diagnostics—OS, Node/Backstage and package versions, live config with secret masking, plus optional external dependency checks.

Digital.ai Deploy

Created by digital.ai

Backstage integration for Digital.ai Deploy: monitor active/archived deployments, see statuses and task details per service via frontend and backend.

Digital.ai Release

Created by digital.ai

Integrates Digital.ai Release into Backstage to monitor releases and templates, browse/run workflows, with filters, permissions and multi-instance support.

Dynatrace

Created by Dynatrace

Display Dynatrace DQL results in Backstage entity pages, with Kubernetes presets, custom queries, multi-environment support, and deep links to apps.

Dynatrace for Managed

Created by Dynatrace

Adds a Backstage tab showing Dynatrace Managed problems and synthetic monitor results for entities, via proxy and annotations, with deep links.

End of life

Created by dweber019

Shows end-of-life data for Backstage entities from endoflife.date or custom URLs/sources via annotations, supporting multiple products and version cycles.

Entity Feedback

Created by Phil Kuang

Collect and display ratings for catalog entities with like/dislike or stars, prompt follow-up feedback, and show aggregated results for owners.

Entity Validation

Created by Spreadgroup

Validate Backstage catalog entity YAML via a dedicated page or embeddable component; paste YAML, optionally set file location, and see results instantly.

FOSSA

Created by SDA SE

Displays FOSSA code stats and license compliance in Backstage via entity cards and an overview page, linking to FOSSA; supports org and self-hosted.

Feedback

Created by Red Hat

Let users rate Backstage catalog entities with likes/dislikes or stars, prompt comments on poor ratings, and show owners aggregated feedback and responses.

FireHydrant

Created by FireHydrant

Incident management for Backstage via FireHydrant: view active incidents per service, 30-day metrics, and quick links to create or view incidents.

Firebase Functions

Created by Roadie

Shows Firebase Cloud Functions on Backstage entity pages, with quick links to GCP overview and logs; configured via cloud.google.com/function-ids.

Firefly

Created by Firefly

Integrates Firefly.ai with Backstage to import assets as catalog resources and accounts as systems, map dependencies, and show IaC coverage and metrics.

Flux

Created by Weaveworks

Backstage cards to view Flux resources in Kubernetes: Kustomizations, HelmReleases, Git/OCI/Helm sources, with actions and runtime view across clusters.

GCP Entity Providers

Created by BackToStage

Imports GCP Cloud SQL, Memorystore Redis, and Projects into Backstage Catalog with label-based owner/system mapping, org discovery and scheduling.

GCP Project Creator

Created by trivago

Backstage plugin to list, view, and create Google Cloud projects with pagination, filtering, sorting, column toggles, and links to GCP projects and logs.

GRPC Playground

Created by Zalopay-OSS

Explore and call gRPC services in Backstage: load protos from entity specs, send unary, client/server streaming with TLS, and view markdown docs.

GitHub Actions

Created by Spotify

Shows GitHub Actions workflow runs in Backstage, enabling teams to inspect pipeline health and history.

GitHub Codespaces

Created by Aditya Singhal - Lab45

Backstage plugin to authenticate with GitHub, list user/repo/entity Codespaces, and create/start new ones using custom devcontainer configs; pagination.

GitHub Copilot Adoption Metrics

Created by ESW

Tracks Copilot adoption in Backstage with org/team dashboards: seats assigned/unused, inactivity (7/14/28 days), and engagement in IDE and GitHub.

GitHub Insights

Created by Roadie

Brings GitHub repository insights to Backstage: contributors, languages, README, releases, environments, compliance, and a Code Insights tab.

GitHub Pull Requests

Created by Roadie

Lists GitHub pull requests in Backstage with GitHub-like search, default filters, and PR stats (merge time, coding time, size, files); team/homepage cards.

GitHub Pull Requests Board

Created by DAZN

Visualizes open GitHub PRs across your team's repositories in Backstage, with team/archived filters, PR status and labels, as a card or tab.

GitHub Release Manager

Created by @Spotify

Manage Git releases in Backstage: create RC branches/tags, cherry-pick patches, and promote to releases; supports SemVer/CalVer and CI tag triggers.

GitLab

Created by ImmobiliareLabs

Integrates GitLab into Backstage: cards for pipelines, MRs, issues, releases, README, languages, code owners, MR stats; backend processor; multi-instance

GitOps Clusters

Created by Weaveworks

Create and manage GitOps-managed Kubernetes clusters; provision EKS via GitHub Actions, apply profiles, and monitor status from Backstage.

GoCD

Created by SoundCloud

Displays recent GoCD builds and DORA insights in Backstage entity tabs via gocd.org/pipelines annotation, with links back to your GoCD instance.

Google Analytics

Created by Spotify

Sends Backstage Analytics events to Google Analytics 4 as users navigate, with optional user IDs, plugin-based content grouping, and custom dimensions.

Google Calendar

Created by Spotify

Integrate Google Calendar with Backstage to display events, schedules, and availability directly on the home page.

Google Cloud Build

Created by Trivago

Shows Google Cloud Build history in Backstage CI/CD, filtered by repo or trigger; uses entity annotations for GCP project and location.

Grafana

Created by K-Phoen

Lists Grafana alerts and dashboards for Backstage entities, with cards driven by entity annotations and viewers to embed overview or any dashboard.

GraphQL Catalog

Created by Frontside Software

Adds GraphQL schema and resolvers to access the Backstage Catalog, enabling queries for entities, relations, and connections via the GraphQL backend.

GraphQL Voyager

Created by PostNL

Visualizes your entire GraphQL schema in Backstage as an interactive graph, with tabs for multiple API URLs and configurable introspection.

GraphiQL

Created by Spotify

Integrates GraphiQL into Backstage to browse and test GraphQL endpoints with preconfigured auth/headers, custom fetchers, and plugin support.

Harbor

Created by @BESTSELLER

Integrates Harbor registry into Backstage to display Docker image details on an entity page and an overview widget.

Harmonix on AWS

Created by Amazon Web Services

Adds AWS-focused UI, backend APIs (AWS SDK, git providers), and scaffolder actions to Backstage, enabling AWS app catalogs and resource management.

Harness CI/CD

Created by Harness

Backstage plugin to view and re-run Harness NextGen CI/CD top 50 runs, showing status, timing, triggers and services, filtered by pipelines or services.

Harness Chaos Engineering

Created by harness.io

Integrates Backstage with Harness Chaos Engineering to list/run experiments, filter by infra or app-map tags, and view last 10 runs, status, and scores.

Harness Cloud Cost Management

Created by Harness

Adds Harness Cloud Cost Management to Backstage entity pages, linking services to Harness Perspectives and showing an overview card for cost visibility.

Harness Feature Flags

Created by Harness

View Harness Feature Flags for your Backstage service: list and filter by environment, see on/off state, type, and last modified/created info.

Harness IaaC Management

Created by harness.io

Link Backstage services with Harness Infrastructure as Code Management workspaces, browse resources, and deep-link to pipelines.

Harness Service Reliability Mgmt

Created by harness.io

Connects Backstage services to Harness SRM to browse Monitored Services, health scores, changes, SLO status, burn rate, and error budget.

Hashicorp Terraform

Created by GlobalLogic UK&I

Displays Terraform workspace runs, latest run status, and health cards (drift, validation), with deep links; supports multiple workspaces in Backstage.

Hetzner Cloud

Created by Gluo NV

Integrates Hetzner Cloud into Backstage to sync, visualize, and catalog servers, volumes, and primary IPs via an overview page and resource cards.

Home

Created by Spotify

Compose a customizable Backstage home page with widgets, saved per-user layouts, and cards for search, starred entities, and recent visits.

Humanitec Platform Orchestratorr

Created by Humanitec

Shows environments, workloads and resources deployed via Humanitec Platform Orchestrator in Backstage; includes backend route and scaffolder actions.

Incident.io

Created by Incident.io

Connects incident.io with Backstage, letting teams initiate, track, and resolve incidents directly from catalog entities

InfraWallet

Created by Electrolux Group

Aggregate, categorize, and visualize multi-cloud costs in Backstage (AWS, Azure, GCP and more) with tag filters, cached reports, and configurable mappings.

Infracost

Created by VeeCode Platform

Visualizes Terraform-based Infracost estimates in Backstage, showing provider costs by resource and detailed cost components for each catalog entity.

JFrog Artifactory Libs plugin

Created by Vity

Shows JFrog Artifactory artifact details in Backstage: latest version, copyable install snippets, and browsing for Maven/Gradle/PyPI/Docker/NPM/Yarn/NuGet.

Jaeger Tracing

Created by Deepankumar

Adds Jaeger traces and spans table to Backstage service pages via a JaegerCard, powered by the Backstage proxy and catalog annotations.

Jenkins

Created by @timja

Displays Jenkins build pipelines in Backstage, letting users trigger jobs and monitor status from the catalog.

Jira

Created by Roadie

Displays Jira issues linked to Backstage entities, enabling teams to track tickets and project progress directly from the catalog.

Jira Dashboard

Created by AxisCommunications

Shows entity Jira issues in Backstage; custom JQL, filters, and components; includes incoming, open, and assigned to you; supports Jira Cloud & Software.

Kafka

Created by @nirga

Adds a Backstage entity tab to view Kafka topic and consumer group offsets across clusters, with dashboard links using kafka.apache.org annotations.

Kiali Service Mesh

Created by Red Hat

Embed Kiali views into Backstage to explore Istio mesh topology, traffic, metrics, and health across services, workloads, and namespaces.

Knative Event Mesh

Created by Knative Community

Backstage integration to view and manage Knative Eventing resources via a cluster-side backend that queries the Kubernetes API (brokers, event types).

Kubecost

Created by suxess-it

Adds Kubecost cost and forecast views to Backstage, mapping deployments via annotation; supports multicluster, timeframes, and direct Kubecost link.

Kubelog

Created by Julio Fernandez

Backstage plugin to stream real-time Kubernetes pod logs per entity via Kwirth, with permissioned pod restarts and namespace/pod access control.

Kubernetes GPT Analyzer

Created by VeeCode

AI-powered Backstage plugin that surfaces Kubernetes app errors via k8sgpt, explains root causes, suggests fixes, and rechecks on a configurable interval.

Kubernetes Ingestor

Created by terasky.com

Ingest Kubernetes workloads and Crossplane resources into the catalog, generate XRD templates and API entities and map relationships.

KwirthLog

Created by Julio Fernandez

Live-stream Kubernetes logs for Backstage entities inside Backstage via Kwirth, with cluster/namespace/pod/container selection and backend-enforced access.

Kyverno Policy Reports

Created by Terasky

Displays Kyverno policy reports for Backstage components, with error/fail/pass/skip/warn counts and a YAML viewer with copy and download options.

LDAP Auth

Created by ImmobiliareLabs

Adds LDAP login to Backstage with customizable backend and login UI; manages tokens, supports Postgres-backed validation, and pairs with LDAP catalog sync.

LaunchDarkly

Created by Roadie

Displays LaunchDarkly feature flags in Backstage with project and context views, env statuses, variations, flag links, and tag/query filtering.

Lighthouse

Created by Spotify

Run on-demand Lighthouse audits via lighthouse-audit-service and track accessibility, performance, SEO, and best-practices scores over time in Backstage.

Linguist

Created by Keyloop

Card for Backstage Catalog entities showing language breakdown of the configured repo via UrlReader (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure, GCS, S3).

Matomo Analytics

Created by Red Hat

Opinionated Backstage Analytics API implementation sending navigation and usage events to Matomo; configure host/siteId, optional identity tracking.

Microcks

Created by Microcks

Syncs APIs from Microcks into Backstage, auto-importing API entities, mapping owners/systems, and linking mock endpoints and conformance tests.

Microsoft Calendar

Created by StatusNeo

Backstage card to view Outlook calendars, browse day events, switch calendars, hover for details, see attendee responses, and jump into meetings.

Microsoft Forms

Created by ZcMander

Embeds Microsoft Forms into Backstage entity pages via forms.office.com annotations, enabling per-entity tabs to display and collect form responses.

Microsoft Teams Scaffolder Actions

Created by Gaurav Pandey

Provides Backstage Scaffolder backend action ms-teams:sendMessage to post messages to Microsoft Teams via webhook, from app-config or step input.

Multi Cluster View (OCM)

Created by Red Hat

Integrates Backstage with OCM to discover ManagedClusters, show real-time status, versions, capacity, and link to OpenShift Cluster Manager.

NPM

Created by Christoph Jerolimov

Shows npm package info, current tags, and version history on Backstage Catalog entities; supports private/custom registries and configurable stable tag.

New Relic

Created by @timwheelercom

Displays New Relic APM metrics inside Backstage: response time, throughput, error rate, instance count, Apdex; uses Backstage proxy for secure API access

New Relic Dashboard

Created by @timwheelercorn

Shows New Relic APM data in Backstage—app name, response time, throughput, error rate, instances, Apdex—in a searchable, sortable table via the proxy.

Nexus Repository Manager

Created by Red Hat

Displays Nexus Repository Manager build artifacts in Backstage, adding a Build Artifacts tab with versions, repository type, manifests, dates, and sizes.

Nobl9

Created by Nobl9

Adds a Backstage SLOs tab showing Nobl9 burn rate, remaining error budget, and labels for annotated entities via a backend proxy to the SLO Status API.

OPA Permissions Wrapper

Created by Peter Macdonald

Wraps Backstage's Permission Framework to offload policy decisions to OPA/Rego, enabling dynamic, per-plugin authorization without redeploys.

Octopus Deploy

Created by jmezach

Shows deployment status of recent Octopus Deploy releases for a project in the Backstage catalog, plus UI links and scaffolder dropdown field extensions.

Okta Organization Entity Provider

Created by Roadie

Syncs Okta users and groups into the Backstage catalog with filters, naming strategies, group hierarchies, and scheduled runs; OAuth or API token auth.

OpenCost

Created by Matt Ray

Embeds the OpenCost UI in Backstage, letting teams view cost data via your OpenCost API, with optional access through the Backstage proxy.

OpenDORA

Created by Devoteam

See DORA metrics for your teams within Backstage, backed by the OpenDORA API, with a dedicated page and sidebar navigation.

OpsGenie

Created by K-Phoen

View OpsGenie alerts and incidents inside Backstage.

PagerDuty

Created by @samiramkr

Expose incidents, change events, and on-call info in Backstage; trigger new incidents and standardize access with a secure backend.

Parseable Dataset Plugin

Created by Parseable

Embed Parseable datasets in Backstage entity pages to browse and copy logs, select accessible datasets, using parseable.io/base-url and credentials.

Periskop

Created by Periskop

Adds a Backstage catalog entity card that lists Periskop-aggregated errors, supports multiple instances, and deep-links to details in Periskop.

Pipelines with Tekton

Created by Red Hat

Visualizes Tekton PipelineRuns in Backstage's CI/CD tab with run details, task graphs, pod logs, vulnerability counts, SBOM links, and EC/ACS reports.

Playlist

Created by Phil Kuang

Create, share, follow and manage custom collections of Backstage catalog entities with index/detail pages, add-from-entity dialog, filtering and search.

Policy Reporter

Created by kyverno

Integrates Policy Reporter with Backstage to display Kyverno policy reports for entities and Kubernetes clusters, with optional links to custom docs.

Prometheus

Created by Roadie

Pull Prometheus metrics into Backstage, showing service health, alerts, and time-series data to help monitor catalog entities effectively.

Pulumi

Created by @pulumicorp

Surface Pulumi stack metadata and activity in Backstage, letting you view and manage infrastructure info per entity.

PuppetDB

Created by TDabasinskas

Integrates PuppetDB into Backstage to view resource entities' reports, logs, and events, using the proxy and puppet.com/certname for node mapping.

PuppetDB Entity Provider

Created by TDabasinskas

Ingests PuppetDB nodes as Backstage Resource entities via a catalog backend provider, with query filtering, scheduling, and custom transformers.

Q&A

Created by drodil

Collaborative Q&A, articles and links for Backstage with collections, votes, follows, notifications, AI answers, search, stats, and permissions.

Readme

Created by AxisCommunications

Shows each entity's README on the Backstage EntityPage from its source location; supports Gerrit/GitLab and .md/.rst/.txt. Requires Readme Backend.

Relations

Created by dweber019

Enhances Backstage catalog graph and entity pages with relation cards, arrows, and filters, integrating custom relation pairs from the relations processor.

Rollbar

Created by @andrewthauer

Displays Rollbar data in Backstage, listing catalog entities annotated with rollbar.com/project-slug and showing top active error items by environment.

Rootly

Created by Rootly

Backstage plugin to browse Rootly services, functionalities, teams, and incidents, with entity cards/tabs and a processor to sync entities; multi-org.

S3 Viewer

Created by Spreadgroup

Browse AWS S3 from Backstage: pick endpoints and buckets, view metadata, list objects, preview small images, download files, with auth and permissions.

Scaffolder .NET Actions

Created by Alef Carlos

Extends Backstage Scaffolder with .NET CLI actions to create projects/solutions, manage NuGet, and run restore/build/test/pack/push.

Scaffolder AWS CLI actions

Created by roadie.io

Provides Backstage Scaffolder actions for AWS: s3 cp workspace upload, ECR repo creation, and Secrets Manager secrets, with optional credential provider.

Scaffolder Backend Module Rails

Created by Rogerio Angeliski

Adds a Backstage Scaffolder backend action to generate Rails apps via rails new, with configurable arguments and optional Docker image support.

Scaffolder Git Actions

Created by Drew Hill

Adds generic git and git:clone actions to Backstage Scaffolder backend to run git commands and clone repos in the workspace (requires Git).

Scaffolder Jenkins Client Actions

Created by robertonav20

Provides Scaffolder actions to create, build, copy, enable, disable, and destroy Jenkins jobs via Jenkins API; configure baseUrl, username, and apiKey.

Scaffolder Utility Actions

Created by Roadie

Utility actions for Backstage Scaffolder: zip files, sleep, write/append/replace, parse/serialize/merge JSON/YAML, and transform data with JSONata.

Scaffolder: HTTP Requests

Created by Roadie

Execute HTTP requests as a Scaffolder action in Backstage, allowing templates to call external APIs or services during scaffolding workflows

ScaleOps

Created by terasky.com

Shows ScaleOps insights on Kubernetes entities in Backstage components: potential/realized savings, links to ScaleOps dashboard, multi-cluster support.

Scalr

Created by Scalr

Integrates Scalr into Backstage: link environments/workspaces to entities, browse modules by namespace, filter by env or tag, optionally trigger runs.

Security Insights

Created by Roadie

Displays GitHub vulnerabilities and Dependabot alerts on Backstage entity pages, with filtering, search, and overview widgets for vulnerability stats.

SendGrid Scaffolder Action

Created by CodeVerse-GP

Backstage Scaffolder action sendgrid:email:send to send emails via SendGrid; configure apiKey and defaults in app-config.yaml or pass inputs in templates.

Sentry

Created by Spotify

Displays Sentry issues on Backstage entity pages, with 24h/14d stats, query filters, and per-entity view.

Serverless Backend Template

Created by Roadie

Provides scaffolder actions to interact with AWS, like creating ECR repos, uploading to S3, or managing secrets.

Serverless Frontend Template

Created by Roadie

Provide a set of Backstage scaffolder actions that integrate with AWS (like uploading to S3, creating ECR, managing secrets) for use in templated setups.

Shortcut

Created by Roadie

Show Shortcut stories and project status in Backstage, linking software work tracking directly with catalog entities.

Should I Deploy Today?

Created by NandoRFS

Backstage card and page that tell if today is a good day to deploy, with changing phrases/background colors by day and UTC or specified time zone.

Simple Icons

Created by dweber019

Adds Simple Icons to Backstage, providing colored or monochrome icons for links and EntityPresentationApi via simpleicons.org/icon-slug annotations.

Slack Scaffolder Actions

Created by Drew Hill

Backstage Scaffolder backend actions to send Slack messages via webhook or bot token, targeting conversations by ID or name; config via app-config.yaml.

Snyk

Created by Snyk

Displays Snyk vulnerabilities in Backstage via an entity tab and overview widget, using org/target/project annotations and a proxy with SNYK_TOKEN.

SonarQube

Created by SDA-SE

Embed SonarQube/SonarCloud code quality in Backstage via entity cards and related-entities table, with quality gate, bugs, vulnerabilities, coverage.

Spacelift.io

Created by Spacelift.io

Integrates Backstage with Spacelift to list stacks, view recent runs, and link to resources; backend proxies Spacelift GraphQL API with API key auth.

Splunk On-Call

Created by Rémi Doreau

Shows Splunk On-Call incidents and on-call schedules in Backstage; trigger, acknowledge, and resolve incidents via team or routing-key annotations.

Stack Overflow

Created by Spotify

Integrates Stack Overflow Q&A into Backstage with search result type and list item plus a homepage questions card; works with the Stack Overflow indexer.

StackStorm

Created by Expedia Group

Integrates Backstage with StackStorm API to list and inspect workflow executions, browse packs and actions, with deep links to the StackStorm Web UI.

Statuspage.io

Created by AxisCommunications

Embed Statuspage.io components, groups, or full pages in Backstage via an entity card and route, driven by catalog annotations and backend config.

Sysdig

Created by Sysdig

Displays Sysdig Secure vulnerability and posture reports in Backstage, linked via annotations to Kubernetes runtime, image registry, and pipeline scans.

System scoring

Created by Oriflame

Visualizes engineering maturity for Backstage entities with scoreboards and entity scorecards; loads JSON scores via config or catalog annotations.

TODO

Created by Spotify

Shows a table of TODO/FIXME comments from source code on Backstage entity pages; uses Leasot parsing and requires the Todo Backend.

Tech Insights

Created by Roadie

Provide insights and scorecards for Backstage entities, helping teams measure quality, compliance, and operational health

Tech Radar

Created by Spotify

Zalando-style tech radar for Backstage showing quadrants, rings, and entry timelines to track adoption of languages, frameworks, infra and processes.

TimeSaver

Created by tduniec

Tracks hours saved from Backstage Scaffolder templates; backend scheduler aggregates data, with charts by team/template and Analytics API support.

Tips

Created by dweber019

Displays contextual tips on Backstage entity pages via a dialog; extend with custom tips using activation logic and Markdown-rendered content.

Toolbox

Created by drodil

Backstage plugin offering an extensible developer toolbox (converters, validators, JWT/QR/barcode) with favorites, i18n, and optional backend.

Travis CI

Created by Roadie

Lists Travis CI builds for Backstage entities, lets you retrigger builds, provides an overview card, and links entities via repo-slug annotation.

Twilio Segment

Created by Twilio Segment

An opinionated implementation of the Backstage Analytics API for Segment, from the folks at Segment.

Umami Analytics

Created by AxisCommunications

Sends Backstage clicks, navigations, searches to Umami as events/pageviews; supports distinct user IDs via identityApi. Config: trackingId, dataDomain.

Vault

Created by Spread Group

Lists HashiCorp Vault secrets for a catalog entity, listing items at a path and linking to view/edit in Vault UI with LIST-only access; per-entity engine.

VeeCode GitHub Workflows

Created by VeeCode Platform

Trigger GitHub workflows on-demand from Backstage; list and filter repo workflows, handle inputs, and view run details and logs.

VeeCode Gitlab Pipelines

Created by VeeCode Platform

Integrates GitLab CI into Backstage entity pages to list recent pipelines, trigger/cancel runs, and run variable-driven jobs or groups via annotations.

VeeCode Kong Service Manager

Created by VeeCode Platform

Manage Kong services across instances in Backstage—view service details, create/edit routes, apply plugins, and update OpenAPI specs via Git PRs.

WSDL / SOAP viewer

Created by dweber019

Renders WSDL/SOAP APIs in Backstage API Docs via XSLT, showing service operations and types. Requires the companion backend plugin.

Wheel of Names

Created by intive

Customizable spinning wheel for Backstage that pulls users and groups from the Backstage catalog to randomly pick a winner for decisions or fun.

Wiz

Created by Roadie

Show Wiz security insights in Backstage, surfacing cloud misconfigurations, risks, and compliance findings directly for catalog entities.

XCMetrics

Created by Spotify

Visualizes Xcode build metrics from XCMetrics in Backstage: trends, status timelines, detailed build info, and build browsing with filtering & pagination.

dbt Docs

Created by IIBenII

Visualize dbt docs in Backstage from manifest/catalog on GCS or S3: list models/tests, see docs, stats, columns, dependency graph, and raw/compiled SQL.

iFrame

Created by Roadie

Embeds any external webpage or dashboard within Backstage, useful for displaying third-party tools alongside entity data.

iLert

Created by iLert

Displays iLert incidents, on-call, and uptime in Backstage, with actions to trigger, acknowledge, resolve, reassign, and start maintenance.

xkcd comic

Created by Vity

Shows XKCD comics in Backstage as a card, homepage widget, or /xkcd page, with browse nav, optional Explain link, and support for a specific comic.