I spent two years trying to do what Backstage does for free

Re:I spent two years trying to do what Backstage does for free by x3ro on Thursday September 22, 2022 @11:29AM (#32940272)

Curious, I just started a project to integrate Backstage at a Fortune 500, with > 10000 repositories. It does seem like a good foundation so far. Their idea of what it’s supposed to accomplish internally is mostly the same as what this blogpost describes.

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Re:I spent two years trying to do what Backstage does for free by citruscomputing on Thursday September 22, 2022 @11:59AM (#32940789)

Anything you've learned worth sharing? How has your experience with Backstage been? Why did you choose it over other options? I might be working on a similar project soon.

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Re:I spent two years trying to do what Backstage does for free by x3ro on Thursday September 22, 2022 @04:58PM (#32944552)

It’s too early to say, unfortunately (which is why my initial post was not super useful, admittedly). All I can say for now is that, in all likelihood, a _lot_ of customization will be needed. Ask me again in two months :D

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Re:I spent two years trying to do what Backstage does for free by moralestapia on Thursday September 22, 2022 @12:01PM (#32940830)

Are there other good options?

Edit: Thanks everyone!

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Re:I spent two years trying to do what Backstage does for free by thisisbrians on Thursday September 22, 2022 @01:09PM (#32941755)

We've just started using Atlassian Compass (https://www.atlassian.com/software/compass) for our software catalog, but it appears to be much less featured than Backstage. We're taking a look at replacing it with Backstage, and curious if anyone else has notes on the comparison.

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Re:I spent two years trying to do what Backstage does for free by gsdatta on Thursday September 22, 2022 @12:53PM (#32941523)

(Shameless plug) – founder of https://www.cortex.io (YC W20) here! We build an off-the-shelf developer portal. Backstage is great if you have lots of time/very niche requirements, but most of our users need a system that "just works" to drive ownership/best practices without adding a ton of overhead

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Re:I spent two years trying to do what Backstage does for free by derkoe on Thursday September 22, 2022 @05:30PM (#32944873)

Just saw this video where a similar platform is introduced https://youtu.be/Abdp_BnRIx0 This is the website https://kustodian.io/

It has more features including onboarding, access control, etc

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Re:I spent two years trying to do what Backstage does for free by tecleandor on Thursday September 22, 2022 @01:06PM (#32941711)

We didn't have enough time for testing, but there's also Clutch, coming from the Lyft team. (Checking right now I'm not able to see a "releases" page with versions and that stuff...)

https://clutch.sh/

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Re:I spent two years trying to do what Backstage does for free by jdwithit on Thursday September 22, 2022 @02:00PM (#32942449)

First time seeing this, but reading the docs it looks more like a modern take on Rundeck[0]. A way to give developers one-click access to operational tasks. Rather than a service catalog and developer portal like Backstage.

[0] https://www.rundeck.com/

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Re:I spent two years trying to do what Backstage does for free by password4321 on Thursday September 22, 2022 @04:02PM (#32943918)

Might find some near previous mentions:

https://hn.algolia.com/?query=backstage.io%2F&sort=byDate&ty...

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Re:I spent two years trying to do what Backstage does for free by agmiklas on Thursday September 22, 2022 @12:14PM (#32941014)

opslevel.com is worth checking out.

(Disclosure — I’m an investor.)

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Re:I spent two years trying to do what Backstage does for free by kenrose on Thursday September 22, 2022 @03:37PM (#32943660)

Thanks Andrew. (Disclosure: I'm a founder/CTO).

Backstage is super configurable, but requires that you build your own developer portal. That generally requires a dedicated team of people at your company to think about dev workflows to support, building plugins, plus hosting/maintenance.

At OpsLevel, we're focused on a much more turnkey solution. We want to get you up and running in under an hour, not weeks / months.

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