ActiveOSI-approved OSSDeveloper Tools Developer Infrastructure

Backstage

Backstage is an open framework for building developer portals

Website GitHub Discord Changelog

Data confidence96/100

Source coverage86/100

Publish confidence92/100

Evidence checkedJul 31, 2026

Score Breakdown

Public signal read

How to read this

These bars are a reader-facing view of the ToolVitals evidence model. They summarize maintenance, shipping, confidence, and decay signals.

Activity: Recent commits, releases, changelog, package, and product-motion signals.
Reliability: Maintenance posture from recency, release evidence, availability, and repo signals.
Adoption: Public footprint from GitHub stars, forks, and watchers when available.
Sustainability: Longer-term posture combining health, activity, adoption, confidence, and decay risk.

ToolVitals97/100Health95/100Shipping100/100Zombie Risk0/100

Overall Score97Active

Activity100

Reliability95

Adoption94

Sustainability97

Score History

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About this tool

What ToolVitals knows about Backstage

Backstage is an open framework for building developer portals

This tool has an OSI-approved open-source license signal.

Maintenance and shipping signals are strong.

Source-visible projectDeveloper InfrastructureOSI-approved OSSScored Intelligence

Repository

GitHub Activity

backstage/backstage

Stars33,984

Forks7,516

Watchers33,984

Open Issues446

Primary Language: TypeScript
Last Commit: Today
Releases 90d: 17
Default Branch: master
License: Apache-2.0
Repository Status: Active repository

Evidence

Signal Quality

Data Confidence96/100Strong

Source Coverage86/100Strong

Publish Confidence92/100Strong

ConfidenceHigh-confidence score from multiple public signals.

Zombie RiskNo meaningful zombie signal right now.

How ToolVitals scores work

Openness

License Evidence

Class: OSI-approved OSS
License: Apache-2.0

This tool has an OSI-approved open-source license signal.

Sources

Tracked Sources

Websitehttps://backstage.io GitHubbackstage/backstage Discordhttps://discord.gg/backstage-687207715902193673 Changelog RSShttps://backstage.io/blog/rss

Profile

Classification

Category: Developer Tools
Use Case: Developer Infrastructure
Openness: OSI-approved OSS
License: Apache-2.0
Tool Mode: Source-visible project
Score Model: Open Source Maintenance
Score Visibility: Scored Intelligence
Status: Active

Maintainers

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Latest

Recent Updates

Release Notes

Jul 29, 2026v1.53.1 Jul 28, 2026v1.54.0-next.1 Jul 21, 2026v1.54.0-next.0 Jul 14, 2026v1.53.0 Jul 7, 2026v1.53.0-next.2

Blog Posts

Apr 20, 2026Backstage in Amsterdam: Highlights from BackstageCon and KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2026 Feb 25, 2026Get a jump on ContribFest with the new web app

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