Backstage.io Library Check Plugin

March 11, 2024 · View on GitHub

This plugin helps you explore project dependency libraries by offering insights and visualizing current, latest, and upcoming versions for your entire organization.

Initial support:

Descriptor FilesLanguagePackage RegistryStatus
package.jsonJavaScript, TSnpm
requirements.txtPythonPyPI
*.csprojC#Nuget
composer.jsonPHPPackagist
pom.xml, build.gradleJavaMaven👩🏻‍💻
go.modGopkg.go.dev
CMakeLists.txt, conanfile.txtC++Conan
pubspec.yamlDartpub.dev
Cargo.tomlRustCrates.io
package.swiftSwiftSwift Package Index
mix.exsElixirHex.pm
package.yamlHaskellHackage
GemfileRubyRubyGems

If you have any suggestions for files/languages, please feel welcome to file an issue. 🙂

Key Features

  1. List of Entity Libraries:

    • Interface to easily list the entity libraries in use.
  2. Summary Overview:

    • Presents a summary of library usage, emphasizing the expected next version (when provided by registry)
  3. Automated Registry Verification:

    • Streamlines the verification process against relevant registries.
  4. Smooth Integration:

    • Integrates seamlessly with the Backstage.io platform, enhancing overall project management and development environment.
  5. Code Occurrences:

    • Search for occurrences of the library in project files (initial support only for GitHub Code Search) ⚠️

Setup

Find installation instructions in our documentation.

Examples

Entity libraries list:

Libraries list

Libraries list

Libraries list

Libraries list

Libraries overview

License

This library is under the MIT license.

Issues

Please feel free to report any issues via github issues page.

Future work

Please see the next features planned here.