Backstage plugins

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.

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.

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.

GitOps Clusters

Created by Weaveworks

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

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).

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.