The State of Backstage in 2025
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025 · Session
This talk, presented by Backstage maintainers from Spotify, offers a comprehensive update on the project's significant advancements and strategic direction in 2025. Celebrating its 5th anniversary, Backstage, the open-source developer portal, has seen remarkable growth and maturity, driven by a vibrant community and continuous innovation. The presentation delves into critical project area updates, framework enhancements, and crucial insights from running Backstage at Spotify's immense scale.
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This is a must-see for anyone serious about internal developer platforms, or frankly, anyone interested in how large-scale open-source projects evolve and tackle real-world scaling challenges. The maintainers from Spotify delivered a masterclass, detailing significant architectural advancements like the new frontend system's middleware extension factories and the Canon design system, alongside battle-tested, open-sourced solutions for scaling Backstage to nearly half a million entities. The deep dives into the Backstage Yarn plugin for simplified upgrades and the Gateway plugin for frontend…