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@backstage/backend-plugin-api
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- 239K -5.55%
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@backstage/backend-plugin-api
This package provides the framework API used by Backstage backend plugins and modules.
Installation
Add the library to your backend plugin or module package:
# From your Backstage root directory
yarn --cwd plugins/<plugin>-backend add @backstage/backend-plugin-api
Documentation
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Core API used by Backstage backend plugins
The npm package @backstage/backend-plugin-api receives a total of 199,485 weekly downloads. As such, @backstage/backend-plugin-api popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @backstage/backend-plugin-api demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 3 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
Package last updated on 03 Oct 2025
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