# Unified Search and Roadie Local enter beta, extended GitHub & GHES support, OpenSearch for all, and new plugins arrive

*Published: June 30, 2025 | Author: Sam Nixon | Tags: changelog*

*The latest features and updates from Roadie.*

## OpenSearch for all

The OpenSearch rollout began last month and has not reached general availability.

If you missed it last month that means:

- Casing is better handled: camelCase, kebab-case and snake_case are factored in, so the user doesn’t need to know which was used when they’re searching
- Partial search terms and descriptions are better handled: for example, skipping some-word in camel-some-word-case and just typing camel case will be returned as a result.
- Word fragments allow for partial word matches. We’re currently using 4-7 chars for the ngrams, so fragments of words should be well matched

But that's not the only thing happening with search...

## Unified Search enters [beta] 

We've also tweaked the UI to create a new search UI that captures more information and provides a generally slicker interaction with search. 

The new UI allows you to:

- Use keyboard shortcuts (Cmd-K from anywhere in the app to bring it up)
- Navigate as well as search (try searching for “Catalog”) for example.
- Do things a little faster than before (performance is improved)

Unified search not only enables greater discoverability within Roadie, but is also our first step in enabling RAG AI-enhanced searching of the Catalog and Tech Docs. In fact, it'll be the entry point for a few different AI features we're dreaming up.

We're already seeing search volume and click-through to an entity that then doesn't result in a new search (i.e. "Yay, I found what I was looking for") go up as result.

More on that over the next couple of months as our AI journey continues...

![Unified Search](//images.ctfassets.net/hcqpbvoqhwhm/6OJVV0cUIceAdHybGS9UU2/bea134385601142396d69b0fae251469/Screenshot_2025-07-31_at_18.02.37.png)

## Supporting both GitHub.com & GitHub Enterprise Server

As our customers grow, so do the number of different SCMs deployed in any given organisation.

For a while we've dealt with the GitHub Cloud <> BitBucket combo. 

Now we can handle the GitHub.com <> GHES combo too. Aside from setting up both SCMs there's nothing additional you'll need to do - it's all handled by a new GitHub switcher.

Nice.

## Roadie Local [beta] begins

Roadie Local, the locally runnable version of Roadie you can deploy on your infrastructure, has entered beta.

We weren't expecting a long beta but who knows when you get into the weird and wacky world of on-prem deployment. More to come here I'm sure...

### Rootly Plugin

The [Rootly plugin](https://github.com/rootlyhq/backstage-plugin) recently released v1.0.0 of their plugin, which we've dutifully upgraded. It comes with a lot of new fun stuff, including the ability to:

- View and search a list of entities
- View and search a list of services
- View and search a list of functionalities
- View and search a list of teams
- View and search a list of incidents

Rootly <> Roadie customers: enjoy. https://roadie.io/docs/integrations/rootly/

![rootly-global-page](//images.ctfassets.net/hcqpbvoqhwhm/3cCnt0Yr0TzrQ2dHmr9iQ2/a37148a822bcd486481951560ce1af28/rootly-global-page.png)

### Terraform Plugin

We also introduced the [Terraform plugins](https://github.com/globallogicuki/globallogic-backstage-plugins/tree/main/plugins/terraform) to help Terraform Cloud users manage their infrastructure.

Docs on it can be found here: https://roadie.io/docs/integrations/terraform/

![terraform-resources-tab-1](//images.ctfassets.net/hcqpbvoqhwhm/3AuiZsq4pPuF0ovgvy3g7J/0b61062d38262fff21badf5d8d26c1ec/terraform-resources-tab-1.webp)

### Upgrade to v1.39

Last but not least, Roadie is now on [Backstage](/backstage-spotify/) version 1.39.

Full change notes for that update can be found here: https://backstage.io/docs/releases/v1.39.0/