Backstage Reference Data
Controlled vocabularies for Backstage catalog entity annotations.
Component Lifecycle
Lifecycle stages for Backstage components.
experimental
Component is in early development or proof-of-concept stage.
production
Component is actively maintained and serving production traffic.
deprecated
Component is scheduled for removal and should not be used for new work.
Component Type
Well-known component types in the Backstage catalog.
service
A backend service, typically exposing an API.
website
A website or web application.
library
A software library consumed as a dependency.
API Type
Well-known API specification types in the Backstage catalog.
openapi
An API defined using the OpenAPI (Swagger) specification.
asyncapi
An API defined using the AsyncAPI specification for event-driven architectures.
graphql
An API defined using the GraphQL schema definition language.
grpc
An API defined using Protocol Buffers for gRPC services.