# @backstage/backend-plugin-api

> Core API used by Backstage backend plugins

Latest version **1.10.1** (published 2026-09-15) · Apache-2.0 license · 803.8K weekly downloads

## Install

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

## Health

**Score 90/100 (A)** — status: active.

Positive: moderate downloads; has types; esm support; no vulnerabilities; recently updated; high maintenance score; high quality score; popular repo.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.10.1 |
| Published | 2026-09-15 |
| First published | 2022-07-09 |
| Weekly downloads | 803.8K |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| TypeScript types | bundled |
| Module format | ESM + CommonJS |
| Dependencies | 13 |
| Unpacked size | 278.1 KB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| GitHub stars | 34433 |
| Maintainers | patriko, freben, marcuseide |
| Keywords | backstage |

## Links

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

## Dependencies (13)

- [zod](https://npm.io/package/zod.md) ^3.25.76 || ^4.0.0
- [knex](https://npm.io/package/knex.md) ^3.0.0
- [luxon](https://npm.io/package/luxon.md) ^3.0.0
- [@types/luxon](https://npm.io/package/@types/luxon.md) ^3.0.0
- [@types/express](https://npm.io/package/@types/express.md) ^4.17.6
- [@backstage/types](https://npm.io/package/@backstage/types.md) ^1.2.2
- [@backstage/config](https://npm.io/package/@backstage/config.md) ^1.3.9
- [@backstage/errors](https://npm.io/package/@backstage/errors.md) ^1.3.1
- [@types/json-schema](https://npm.io/package/@types/json-schema.md) ^7.0.6
- [@backstage/cli-common](https://npm.io/package/@backstage/cli-common.md) ^0.3.1
- [@backstage/plugin-auth-node](https://npm.io/package/@backstage/plugin-auth-node.md) ^0.7.6
- [@backstage/plugin-permission-node](https://npm.io/package/@backstage/plugin-permission-node.md) ^0.11.4
- [@backstage/plugin-permission-common](https://npm.io/package/@backstage/plugin-permission-common.md) ^0.9.11

## Recent versions

- 1.10.1 (latest) — 2026-09-15
- 0.0.0-nightly-20260925022940 (nightly) — 2026-09-25
- 1.10.2-next.0 (next) — 2026-09-22
- 0.0.0-nightly-20260924023050 — 2026-09-24
- 0.0.0-nightly-20260923023054 — 2026-09-23
- 0.0.0-nightly-20260922023058 — 2026-09-22
- 0.0.0-nightly-20260921023416 — 2026-09-21
- 0.0.0-nightly-20260920023043 — 2026-09-20
- 0.0.0-nightly-20260919022921 — 2026-09-19
- 0.0.0-nightly-20260909022715 — 2026-09-09
- 1.10.1-next.1 — 2026-09-08
- 0.0.0-nightly-20260904022803 — 2026-09-04
- 0.0.0-nightly-20260902024315 — 2026-09-02
- 1.10.1-next.0 — 2026-09-01
- 1.10.0 — 2026-08-18
- … 1422 more at https://npm.io/package/@backstage/backend-plugin-api/versions

## README

# @backstage/backend-plugin-api

This package provides the framework API used by Backstage backend plugins and modules.

## Installation

Add the library to your backend plugin or module package:

```bash
# From your Backstage root directory
yarn --cwd plugins/<plugin>-backend add @backstage/backend-plugin-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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