# @backstage/backend-app-api

> Core API used by Backstage backend apps

Latest version **1.7.3** (published 2026-08-18) · Apache-2.0 license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install @backstage/backend-app-api
pnpm add @backstage/backend-app-api
yarn add @backstage/backend-app-api
bun add @backstage/backend-app-api
```

## Health

**Score 60/100 (C)** — status: active.

Positive: no vulnerabilities; recently updated; high maintenance score; popular repo.

Warnings: low downloads; no types; no esm support.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.7.3 |
| Published | 2026-08-18 |
| First published | 2022-07-09 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| TypeScript types | none |
| Module format | CommonJS |
| Dependencies | 0 |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| GitHub stars | 34202 |
| Maintainers | patriko, freben, marcuseide |
| Keywords | backstage |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@backstage/backend-app-api
- Repository: https://github.com/backstage/backstage
- Homepage: https://backstage.io
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/@backstage/backend-app-api

## Recent versions

- 1.7.3 (latest) — 2026-08-18
- 0.0.0-nightly-20260909022715 (nightly) — 2026-09-09
- 1.7.4-next.1 (next) — 2026-09-08
- 0.0.0-nightly-20260904022803 — 2026-09-04
- 0.0.0-nightly-20260902024315 — 2026-09-02
- 1.7.4-next.0 — 2026-09-01
- 0.0.0-nightly-20260818023149 — 2026-08-18
- 0.0.0-nightly-20260817023522 — 2026-08-17
- 0.0.0-nightly-20260816023538 — 2026-08-16
- 0.0.0-nightly-20260815023121 — 2026-08-15
- 0.0.0-nightly-20260814030239 — 2026-08-14
- 0.0.0-nightly-20260813030414 — 2026-08-13
- 0.0.0-nightly-20260812030228 — 2026-08-12
- 1.7.3-next.1 — 2026-08-11
- 0.0.0-nightly-20260811025108 — 2026-08-11
- … 1429 more at https://npm.io/package/@backstage/backend-app-api/versions

## README

# @backstage/backend-app-api

This package provides the framework API used by Backstage backend apps.

## Installation

Add the library to your backend app package:

```bash
# From your Backstage root directory
yarn --cwd packages/backend add @backstage/backend-app-api
```

## Documentation

- [Backstage Readme](https://github.com/backstage/backstage/blob/master/README.md)
- [Backstage Documentation](https://backstage.io/docs)
- [Backstage Backend System](https://backstage.io/docs/backend-system/)

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