backstage vs software-templates

backstage

Backstage is an open platform for building developer portals [Moved to: https://github.com/backstage/backstage] (by spotify)

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Backstage Scaffolder Templates used by Roadie (by RoadieHQ)

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backstage		software-templates
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3	Mentions	1
9,663	Stars	14
-	Growth	-
10.0	Activity	8.4
about 3 years ago	Latest Commit	13 days ago
TypeScript	Language	TypeScript
Apache License 2.0	License	-

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backstage

Posts with mentions or reviews of backstage. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-05-29.

Gatus: Automated Service Health Dashboard
2 projects | /r/golang | 29 May 2021

This could be a pretty cool integration for backstage
Becoming a Platform Engineer
1 project | /r/sre | 9 Mar 2021

I feel like most DevOps folks should already be familiar with this, but I have to say that https://github.com/spotify/backstage is probably the gold standard for productising infrastructure for developers. I think working towards a similar goal (whether using backstage or something else) is probably what majority of DevOps/Platform Engineers should strive for.
Self Service Infrastructure?
1 project | /r/devops | 13 Feb 2021

Waiting on https://github.com/spotify/backstage to fulfill that dream.

software-templates

Posts with mentions or reviews of software-templates. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-08-09.

Tips and tricks for Backstage Software Templates
4 projects | dev.to | 9 Aug 2023

Roadie's Github where you can find some tips to debug your templates

What are some alternatives?

When comparing backstage and software-templates you can also consider the following projects:

clutch - Extensible platform for infrastructure management

backstage-plugin-gitlab - Backstage plugin for Gitlab

Clutch - Fast iOS executable dumper

software-templates - Software Template (Backstage)

api-management-developer-portal - Developer portal provided by the Azure API Management service.

software-templates - Backstage Software Templates for creating a new software component

gatus - ⛑ Automated developer-oriented status page

backstage - Backstage is an open platform for building developer portals

backstage-plugin-opsgenie - OpsGenie plugin for Backstage

litmus - Litmus helps SREs and developers practice chaos engineering in a Cloud-native way. Chaos experiments are published at the ChaosHub (https://hub.litmuschaos.io). Community notes is at https://hackmd.io/a4Zu_sH4TZGeih-xCimi3Q

developer-portal - VA Lighthouse (aka VA API Platform) website and documentation.