Backstage Software Templates

This repository hosts a curated collection of Backstage Software Templates (sometimes called the “Golden Path”).
These templates let engineers bootstrap new services, libraries, or other resources in a consistent, production-ready manner.

Repository layout

templates/            # one sub-directory per template
└── NAME/             # template slug (kebab-case)
    ├── template.yaml # Backstage Template spec (mandatory)
    └── skeleton/     # files copied into the new component
templates.yaml        # aggregator file that Backstage reads

Available templates

Below is a generated catalog of every template in templates/*/template.yaml.

No templates available yet

Tip In Backstage you can paste the raw URL of one of the individual template.yaml files above
to the Register Existing Component flow and preview it before scaffolding.

How to use these templates

1. Via Backstage UI
   • In your Backstage instance, open Create… ➜ Register existing component.
   • Paste the raw URL to this repository’s templates.yaml file
   (e.g. https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ORG/REPO/main/templates.yaml).
   • Browse the templates and click Choose to scaffold.

2. Via Backstage CLI

npx @backstage/create-app --from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ORG/REPO/main/templates.yaml

Contributing a new template

1. Create a new directory under templates/ following kebab-case naming.
2. Author template.yaml describing the template (see other examples).
3. Add a skeleton/ folder containing the files that will be generated.
4. Run yarn backstage-cli validate (or equivalent) to lint the spec.
5. Submit a pull request—CI will ensure the template renders correctly.

License

Apache-2.0 © 2025