Backstage plugins

Backstage Search

Created by Spotify

Unified search for Backstage portals, indexing catalog, TechDocs, and more with pluggable backends (Lunr/Elasticsearch) and customizable UI components.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

iFrame

Created by Roadie

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

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.