# @backstage/config-loader

> Config loading functionality used by Backstage backend, and CLI

Latest version **1.11.3** (published 2026-09-15) · Apache-2.0 license · 330.2K weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install @backstage/config-loader
pnpm add @backstage/config-loader
yarn add @backstage/config-loader
bun add @backstage/config-loader
```

## 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 | 1.11.3 |
| Published | 2026-09-15 |
| First published | 2020-06-08 |
| Weekly downloads | 330.2K |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| TypeScript types | bundled |
| Module format | ESM + CommonJS |
| Dependencies | 15 |
| Unpacked size | 293.8 KB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| GitHub stars | 34429 |
| Maintainers | patriko, freben, marcuseide |
| Keywords | backstage |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@backstage/config-loader
- Repository: https://github.com/backstage/backstage
- Homepage: https://backstage.io
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/@backstage/config-loader

## Dependencies (15)

- [ajv](https://npm.io/package/ajv.md) ^8.10.0
- [yaml](https://npm.io/package/yaml.md) ^2.0.0
- [lodash](https://npm.io/package/lodash.md) ^4.17.21
- [chokidar](https://npm.io/package/chokidar.md) ^3.5.2
- [fs-extra](https://npm.io/package/fs-extra.md) ^11.2.0
- [minimist](https://npm.io/package/minimist.md) ^1.2.5
- [typescript](https://npm.io/package/typescript.md) ^5.9.3
- [@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
- [json-schema-traverse](https://npm.io/package/json-schema-traverse.md) ^1.0.0
- [@backstage/cli-common](https://npm.io/package/@backstage/cli-common.md) ^0.3.1
- [json-schema-merge-allof](https://npm.io/package/json-schema-merge-allof.md) ^0.8.1
- [ts-json-schema-generator](https://npm.io/package/ts-json-schema-generator.md) ^2.9.0

## Recent versions

- 1.11.3 (latest) — 2026-09-15
- 0.0.0-nightly-20260909022715 (nightly) — 2026-09-09
- 1.11.3-next.0 (next) — 2026-09-08
- 1.11.2 — 2026-08-18
- 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
- 0.0.0-nightly-20260811025108 — 2026-08-11
- 0.0.0-nightly-20260810025551 — 2026-08-10
- 0.0.0-nightly-20260809025047 — 2026-08-09
- 0.0.0-nightly-20260808024620 — 2026-08-08
- … 1190 more at https://npm.io/package/@backstage/config-loader/versions

## README

# @backstage/config-loader

This package provides config loading functionality used by the backend, and CLI.

## Installation

Do not install this package directly, it is an internal package used by [@backstage/cli](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@backstage/cli), and [@backstage/backend-common](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@backstage/backend-common). Depend on either of those instead.

## Documentation

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

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