backstage-plugin-qeta
December 19, 2025 · View on GitHub
Qeta is a comprehensive Q&A and knowledge sharing plugin for Backstage, inspired by Stack Overflow. It allows your engineering teams to ask questions, share answers, write articles, and build a knowledge base directly within your developer portal.
✨ Features
- Q&A Platform: Ask questions, provide answers, and comment on discussions.
- Knowledge Base: Write and publish articles for longer-form content.
- Organization: Use tags and collections to organize content effectively.
- Social Features: Vote on content, mark favorites, and follow users or tags.
- Gamification: View statistics and top contributors (users, specific entities).
- AI Integration: Optional integration with AI models to assist in answering questions.
- Entity Integration: Link questions to specific components or resources in your catalog.
- Notifications: innovative notification system for new questions, answers, and mentions.
📚 Documentation
Detailed documentation is available in the docs directory:
| Topic | Description |
|---|---|
| Getting Started | Overview and quick start guide. |
| Setup | Installation instructions for frontend and backend. |
| Configuration | detailed configuration options. |
| Integrations | How to integrate with Search, Signals, Notifications, and more. |
| AI Assistants | API and setup for AI-powered answers. |
| Migration | Guide for upgrading between major versions. |
| Permissions | Setting up RBAC and permission policies. |
🔌 Integrations
Qeta integrates seamlessly with many Backstage plugins:
- Search: Index questions and answers in Backstage global search.
- Catalog: Link questions to catalog entities.
- Notifications: Receive alerts for relevant activity.
- Signals: Real-time updates.
- Home: Widgets for your homepage.
[!IMPORTANT] > Version 2.0.0+ requires the new Backstage backend system. Use version 1.24.5 for the old backend system.
Version 3.22.0+ requires Backstage 1.36.0 or later due to permission integration changes.
🤝 Contributing
We welcome contributions! Please see CONTRIBUTING for details. If your organization uses Qeta, please add yourself to our ADOPTERS list! ❤️
📄 License
This library is under the MIT license.