# @backstage/core-plugin-api

> Core API used by Backstage plugins

Latest version **1.12.10** (published 2026-09-15) · Apache-2.0 license · 218.7K weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install @backstage/core-plugin-api
pnpm add @backstage/core-plugin-api
yarn add @backstage/core-plugin-api
bun add @backstage/core-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 | 1.12.10 |
| Published | 2026-09-15 |
| First published | 2021-06-01 |
| Weekly downloads | 218.7K |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| TypeScript types | bundled |
| Module format | ESM + CommonJS |
| Dependencies | 7 |
| Unpacked size | 198.8 KB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| GitHub stars | 34428 |
| Maintainers | patriko, freben, marcuseide |
| Keywords | backstage |

## Links

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

## Dependencies (7)

- [zod](https://npm.io/package/zod.md) ^3.25.76 || ^4.0.0
- [history](https://npm.io/package/history.md) ^5.0.0
- [@backstage/types](https://npm.io/package/@backstage/types.md) ^1.2.2
- [@backstage/config](https://npm.io/package/@backstage/config.md) ^1.3.9
- [@backstage/errors](https://npm.io/package/@backstage/errors.md) ^1.3.1
- [@backstage/version-bridge](https://npm.io/package/@backstage/version-bridge.md) ^1.0.12
- [@backstage/frontend-plugin-api](https://npm.io/package/@backstage/frontend-plugin-api.md) ^0.18.1

## Recent versions

- 1.12.10 (latest) — 2026-09-15
- 0.0.0-nightly-20260909022715 (nightly) — 2026-09-09
- 1.12.10-next.1 (next) — 2026-09-08
- 0.0.0-nightly-20260904022803 — 2026-09-04
- 0.0.0-nightly-20260902024315 — 2026-09-02
- 1.12.10-next.0 — 2026-09-01
- 1.12.9 — 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
- 1.12.9-next.1 — 2026-08-11
- … 1083 more at https://npm.io/package/@backstage/core-plugin-api/versions

## README

# @backstage/core-plugin-api

This package provides the core API used by Backstage plugins.

## Installation

Install the package via Yarn:

```sh
cd <package-dir> # if within a monorepo
yarn add @backstage/core-plugin-api
```

## Documentation

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

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