Backstage plugins

Announcements

Created by procore-oss

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

Bulletin Board

Created by v-ngu

Share team news, ideas and links in Backstage: create, edit, delete posts; tag and filter cards; homepage shows latest updates first.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.