# @backstage/connections

> Connections framework used by Backstage to better manage external connections used by integrations and plugins

Latest version **0.3.0** (published 2026-08-18) · Apache-2.0 license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install @backstage/connections
pnpm add @backstage/connections
yarn add @backstage/connections
bun add @backstage/connections
```

## Health

**Score 75/100 (B)** — status: active.

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

Warnings: low downloads; pre 1.0.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.0 |
| Published | 2026-08-18 |
| First published | 2026-06-09 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| TypeScript types | bundled |
| Module format | ESM + CommonJS |
| Dependencies | 4 |
| Unpacked size | 314.6 KB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| GitHub stars | 34393 |
| Maintainers | patriko, freben, marcuseide |
| Keywords | backstage |

## Links

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

## Dependencies (4)

- [zod](https://npm.io/package/zod.md) ^4.0.0
- [@backstage/types](https://npm.io/package/@backstage/types.md) ^1.2.2
- [@backstage/config](https://npm.io/package/@backstage/config.md) ^1.3.8
- [@backstage/errors](https://npm.io/package/@backstage/errors.md) ^1.3.1

## Recent versions

- 0.3.0 (latest) — 2026-08-18
- 0.0.0-nightly-20260909022715 (nightly) — 2026-09-09
- 0.4.0-next.0 (next) — 2026-09-08
- 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
- 0.3.0-next.2 — 2026-08-11
- 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
- … 64 more at https://npm.io/package/@backstage/connections/versions

## README

## Connections

Shared connection types and schemas for Backstage, providing a common foundation
for integrations and plugins that connect to external services.
More details can be found in [BEP-14](https://github.com/backstage/backstage/pull/33921).

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