# Backstage Software Catalog API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/scalable-software-and-systems/backstage/  
**Provider:** Scalable Software and Systems — https://apis.io/providers/scalable-software-and-systems/  
**Documentation:** https://backstage.io/docs/features/software-catalog/software-catalog-api

Backstage Software Catalog API is one of 9 APIs that [Scalable Software and Systems](https://apis.io/providers/scalable-software-and-systems/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Developer Portal, Internal Developer Platform, Software Catalog, and Systems Design. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

Backstage by Spotify provides a software catalog API and developer portal platform for managing all software components, services, websites, and infrastructure at scale. Its catalog API enables registering, tracking, and discovering software components across an organization.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **Documentation** — https://backstage.io/docs/features/software-catalog/software-catalog-api
- **GitHub** — https://github.com/backstage/backstage
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/scalable-software-and-systems/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other Scalable Software and Systems APIs (8)

- [CloudEvents API](https://apis.io/apis/scalable-software-and-systems/cloudevents/)
- [Apache Kafka Admin API](https://apis.io/apis/scalable-software-and-systems/kafka-admin/)
- [NATS Management API](https://apis.io/apis/scalable-software-and-systems/nats/)
- [Dapr API](https://apis.io/apis/scalable-software-and-systems/dapr/)
- [OpenTelemetry API](https://apis.io/apis/scalable-software-and-systems/opentelemetry/)
- [Argo CD API](https://apis.io/apis/scalable-software-and-systems/argocd/)
- [Scalable Software and Systems Entities API](https://apis.io/apis/scalable-software-and-systems/scalable-software-and-systems-entities-api/)
- [Scalable Software and Systems Locations API](https://apis.io/apis/scalable-software-and-systems/scalable-software-and-systems-locations-api/)

## Tags

Developer Portal, Internal Developer Platform, Software Catalog, Systems Design

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