diff --git a/.changeset/dull-taxis-carry.md b/.changeset/dull-taxis-carry.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1466f1246a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/dull-taxis-carry.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-adr': minor
+'@backstage/plugin-adr-backend': patch
+---
+
+The ADR plugin can now work with sites other than GitHub. Expanded the ADR backend plugin to provide endpoints to facilitate this.
+
+**BREAKING** The ADR plugin now uses UrlReaders. You will have to [configure integrations](https://backstage.io/docs/integrations/index#configuration) for all sites you want to get ADRs from. If you would like to create your own implementation that has different behavior, you can override the AdrApi [just like you can with other apis.](https://backstage.io/docs/api/utility-apis#app-apis) The previously used Octokit implementation has been completely removed.
diff --git a/packages/backend/package.json b/packages/backend/package.json
index b38fafa8f2..f3508bfb18 100644
--- a/packages/backend/package.json
+++ b/packages/backend/package.json
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
     "@backstage/catalog-model": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/config": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/integration": "workspace:^",
+    "@backstage/plugin-adr-backend": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/plugin-app-backend": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/plugin-auth-backend": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/plugin-auth-node": "workspace:^",
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/index.ts b/packages/backend/src/index.ts
index 371ce40358..a721c443d6 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2020 The Backstage Authors
+ * Copyright 2022 The Backstage Authors
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ import badges from './plugins/badges';
 import jenkins from './plugins/jenkins';
 import permission from './plugins/permission';
 import playlist from './plugins/playlist';
+import adr from './plugins/adr';
 import { PluginEnvironment } from './types';
 import { ServerPermissionClient } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-node';
 import { DefaultIdentityClient } from '@backstage/plugin-auth-node';
@@ -139,6 +140,7 @@ async function main() {
   const appEnv = useHotMemoize(module, () => createEnv('app'));
   const badgesEnv = useHotMemoize(module, () => createEnv('badges'));
   const jenkinsEnv = useHotMemoize(module, () => createEnv('jenkins'));
+  const adrEnv = useHotMemoize(module, () => createEnv('adr'));
   const techInsightsEnv = useHotMemoize(module, () =>
     createEnv('tech-insights'),
   );
@@ -175,6 +177,7 @@ async function main() {
   apiRouter.use('/permission', await permission(permissionEnv));
   apiRouter.use('/playlist', await playlist(playlistEnv));
   apiRouter.use('/explore', await explore(exploreEnv));
+  apiRouter.use('/adr', await adr(adrEnv));
   apiRouter.use(notFoundHandler());
 
   const service = createServiceBuilder(module)
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/plugins/adr.ts b/packages/backend/src/plugins/adr.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6fa0d72969
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend/src/plugins/adr.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2022 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { createRouter } from '@backstage/plugin-adr-backend';
+import { Router } from 'express';
+import { PluginEnvironment } from '../types';
+
+export default async function createPlugin(
+  env: PluginEnvironment,
+): Promise<Router> {
+  return await createRouter({
+    reader: env.reader,
+    cacheClient: env.cache.getClient(),
+    logger: env.logger,
+  });
+}
diff --git a/plugins/adr-backend/README.md b/plugins/adr-backend/README.md
index 79b5fe13ed..83c87530ff 100644
--- a/plugins/adr-backend/README.md
+++ b/plugins/adr-backend/README.md
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ This ADR backend plugin is primarily responsible for the following:
 
 - Provides a `DefaultAdrCollatorFactory`, which can be used in the search backend to index ADR documents associated with entities to your Backstage Search.
 
+- Provides endpoints that use UrlReaders for getting ADR documents (used in the [ADR frontend plugin](../adr/README.md)).
+
 ## Indexing ADR documents for search
 
 Before you are able to start indexing ADR documents to search, you need to go through the [search getting started guide](https://backstage.io/docs/features/search/getting-started).
diff --git a/plugins/adr-backend/api-report.md b/plugins/adr-backend/api-report.md
index 5a671e9c8f..d5645ad3a7 100644
--- a/plugins/adr-backend/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/adr-backend/api-report.md
@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@
 
 import { AdrDocument } from '@backstage/plugin-adr-common';
 import { AdrFilePathFilterFn } from '@backstage/plugin-adr-common';
+import { CacheClient } from '@backstage/backend-common';
 import { CatalogApi } from '@backstage/catalog-client';
 import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
 import { DocumentCollatorFactory } from '@backstage/plugin-search-common';
 import { Entity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
+import express from 'express';
 import { Logger } from 'winston';
 import { PluginCacheManager } from '@backstage/backend-common';
 import { PluginEndpointDiscovery } from '@backstage/backend-common';
@@ -41,9 +43,21 @@ export type AdrParserContext = {
   path: string;
 };
 
+// @public (undocumented)
+export type AdrRouterOptions = {
+  reader: UrlReader;
+  cacheClient: CacheClient;
+  logger: Logger;
+};
+
 // @public
 export const createMadrParser: (options?: MadrParserOptions) => AdrParser;
 
+// @public (undocumented)
+export function createRouter(
+  options: AdrRouterOptions,
+): Promise<express.Router>;
+
 // @public
 export class DefaultAdrCollatorFactory implements DocumentCollatorFactory {
   // (undocumented)
diff --git a/plugins/adr-backend/package.json b/plugins/adr-backend/package.json
index 73f9309972..033441372a 100644
--- a/plugins/adr-backend/package.json
+++ b/plugins/adr-backend/package.json
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@
     "@backstage/integration": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/plugin-adr-common": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/plugin-search-common": "workspace:^",
+    "@types/express": "^4.17.15",
+    "express": "^4.18.2",
+    "express-promise-router": "^4.1.1",
     "luxon": "^3.0.0",
     "marked": "^4.0.14",
     "node-fetch": "^2.6.5",
diff --git a/plugins/adr-backend/src/index.ts b/plugins/adr-backend/src/index.ts
index 86e07943df..5cc8f50b72 100644
--- a/plugins/adr-backend/src/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/adr-backend/src/index.ts
@@ -21,3 +21,4 @@
  */
 
 export * from './search';
+export * from './service';
diff --git a/plugins/adr/src/hooks/index.ts b/plugins/adr-backend/src/service/index.ts
similarity index 86%
rename from plugins/adr/src/hooks/index.ts
rename to plugins/adr-backend/src/service/index.ts
index d5aa102fb8..3736acb188 100644
--- a/plugins/adr/src/hooks/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/adr-backend/src/service/index.ts
@@ -13,4 +13,6 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-export * from './useOctokitRequest';
+
+export { createRouter } from './router';
+export type { AdrRouterOptions } from './router';
diff --git a/plugins/adr-backend/src/service/router.test.ts b/plugins/adr-backend/src/service/router.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fbbd6e8532
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/adr-backend/src/service/router.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,229 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2022 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import {
+  CacheClient,
+  ReadTreeResponse,
+  ReadTreeResponseFile,
+  ReadUrlResponse,
+  UrlReader,
+} from '@backstage/backend-common';
+import express from 'express';
+import request from 'supertest';
+import { createRouter } from './router';
+import { Logger } from 'winston';
+
+const listEndpointName = '/list';
+const fileEndpointName = '/file';
+
+const makeBufferFromString = (string: string) => async () =>
+  Buffer.from(string);
+
+const testingUrlFakeFileTree: ReadTreeResponseFile[] = [
+  {
+    path: 'folder/testFile001.txt',
+    content: makeBufferFromString('folder/testFile001.txt content'),
+  },
+  {
+    path: 'testFile001.txt',
+    content: makeBufferFromString('testFile002.txt content'),
+  },
+  {
+    path: 'testFile002.txt',
+    content: makeBufferFromString('testFile001.txt content'),
+  },
+];
+
+const makeFileContent = async (fileContent: string) => {
+  const result: ReadUrlResponse = {
+    buffer: makeBufferFromString(fileContent),
+  };
+  return result;
+};
+
+const testFileOneContent = 'testFileOne content';
+const testFileTwoContent = 'testFileTwo content';
+const genericFileContent = 'file content';
+
+const mockUrlReader: UrlReader = {
+  readUrl(url: string) {
+    switch (url) {
+      case 'testFileOne':
+        return makeFileContent(testFileOneContent);
+      case 'testFileTwo':
+        return makeFileContent(testFileTwoContent);
+      default:
+        return makeFileContent(genericFileContent);
+    }
+  },
+  readTree() {
+    const result: ReadTreeResponse = {
+      files: async () => testingUrlFakeFileTree,
+      archive() {
+        throw new Error('Function not implemented.');
+      },
+      dir() {
+        throw new Error('Function not implemented.');
+      },
+      etag: '',
+    };
+
+    const resultPromise = async () => result;
+    return resultPromise();
+  },
+  search() {
+    throw new Error('search not implemented.');
+  },
+};
+
+class MockCacheClient implements CacheClient {
+  private itemRegistry: { [key: string]: any };
+
+  constructor() {
+    this.itemRegistry = {};
+  }
+
+  async get(key: string) {
+    return this.itemRegistry[key];
+  }
+
+  async set(key: string, value: any) {
+    this.itemRegistry[key] = value;
+  }
+
+  async delete(key: string) {
+    delete this.itemRegistry[key];
+  }
+}
+
+describe('createRouter', () => {
+  let app: express.Express;
+
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    jest.resetAllMocks();
+
+    const router = await createRouter({
+      reader: mockUrlReader,
+      cacheClient: new MockCacheClient(),
+      logger: {
+        error: (message: any) => message,
+      } as Logger,
+    });
+    app = express().use(router);
+  });
+
+  describe(`GET ${listEndpointName}`, () => {
+    it('returns bad request (400) when no url is provided', async () => {
+      const urlNotSpecifiedRequest = await request(app).get(listEndpointName);
+      const urlNotSpecifiedStatus = urlNotSpecifiedRequest.status;
+      const urlNotSpecifiedMessage = urlNotSpecifiedRequest.body.message;
+
+      const urlNotFilledRequest = await request(app).get(
+        `${listEndpointName}?url=`,
+      );
+      const urlNotFilledStatus = urlNotFilledRequest.status;
+      const urlNotFilledMessage = urlNotFilledRequest.body.message;
+
+      const expectedStatusCode = 400;
+      const expectedErrorMessage = 'No URL provided';
+
+      expect(urlNotSpecifiedStatus).toBe(expectedStatusCode);
+      expect(urlNotSpecifiedMessage).toBe(expectedErrorMessage);
+
+      expect(urlNotFilledStatus).toBe(expectedStatusCode);
+      expect(urlNotFilledMessage).toBe(expectedErrorMessage);
+    });
+
+    it('returns the correct listing when reading a url', async () => {
+      const result = await request(app).get(`${listEndpointName}?url=testing`);
+      const { status, body, error } = result;
+
+      const expectedStatusCode = 200;
+      const expectedBody = {
+        data: [
+          {
+            type: 'file',
+            name: 'testFile001.txt',
+            path: 'folder/testFile001.txt',
+          },
+          {
+            type: 'file',
+            name: 'testFile001.txt',
+            path: 'testFile001.txt',
+          },
+          {
+            type: 'file',
+            name: 'testFile002.txt',
+            path: 'testFile002.txt',
+          },
+        ],
+      };
+
+      expect(error).toBeFalsy();
+      expect(status).toBe(expectedStatusCode);
+      expect(body).toEqual(expectedBody);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe(`GET ${fileEndpointName}`, () => {
+    it('returns bad request (400) when no url is provided', async () => {
+      const urlNotSpecifiedRequest = await request(app).get(fileEndpointName);
+      const urlNotSpecifiedStatus = urlNotSpecifiedRequest.status;
+      const urlNotSpecifiedMessage = urlNotSpecifiedRequest.body.message;
+
+      const urlNotFilledRequest = await request(app).get(
+        `${fileEndpointName}?url=`,
+      );
+      const urlNotFilledStatus = urlNotFilledRequest.status;
+      const urlNotFilledMessage = urlNotFilledRequest.body.message;
+
+      const expectedStatusCode = 400;
+      const expectedErrorMessage = 'No URL provided';
+
+      expect(urlNotSpecifiedStatus).toBe(expectedStatusCode);
+      expect(urlNotSpecifiedMessage).toBe(expectedErrorMessage);
+
+      expect(urlNotFilledStatus).toBe(expectedStatusCode);
+      expect(urlNotFilledMessage).toBe(expectedErrorMessage);
+    });
+
+    it('returns the correct file contents when reading a url', async () => {
+      const fileOneResponse = await request(app).get(
+        `${fileEndpointName}?url=testFileOne`,
+      );
+      const fileOneStatus = fileOneResponse.status;
+      const fileOneBody = fileOneResponse.body;
+      const fileOneError = fileOneResponse.error;
+
+      const fileTwoResponse = await request(app).get(
+        `${fileEndpointName}?url=testFileTwo`,
+      );
+      const fileTwoStatus = fileTwoResponse.status;
+      const fileTwoBody = fileTwoResponse.body;
+      const fileTwoError = fileTwoResponse.error;
+
+      const expectedStatusCode = 200;
+
+      expect(fileOneError).toBeFalsy();
+      expect(fileOneStatus).toBe(expectedStatusCode);
+      expect(fileOneBody.data).toBe(testFileOneContent);
+
+      expect(fileTwoError).toBeFalsy();
+      expect(fileTwoStatus).toBe(expectedStatusCode);
+      expect(fileTwoBody.data).toBe(testFileTwoContent);
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/plugins/adr-backend/src/service/router.ts b/plugins/adr-backend/src/service/router.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e6603ab346
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/adr-backend/src/service/router.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2022 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { CacheClient, UrlReader } from '@backstage/backend-common';
+import { NotModifiedError, stringifyError } from '@backstage/errors';
+import { Logger } from 'winston';
+import express from 'express';
+import Router from 'express-promise-router';
+
+/** @public */
+export type AdrRouterOptions = {
+  reader: UrlReader;
+  cacheClient: CacheClient;
+  logger: Logger;
+};
+
+/** @public */
+export async function createRouter(
+  options: AdrRouterOptions,
+): Promise<express.Router> {
+  const { reader, cacheClient, logger } = options;
+
+  const router = Router();
+  router.use(express.json());
+
+  router.get('/list', async (req, res) => {
+    const urlToProcess = req.query.url as string;
+    if (!urlToProcess) {
+      res.statusCode = 400;
+      res.json({ message: 'No URL provided' });
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const cachedTree = (await cacheClient.get(urlToProcess)) as {
+      data: {
+        type: string;
+        name: string;
+        path: string;
+      }[];
+      etag: string;
+    };
+    const cachedData = cachedTree?.data;
+
+    try {
+      const treeGetResponse = await reader.readTree(urlToProcess, {
+        etag: cachedTree?.etag,
+      });
+      const files = await treeGetResponse.files();
+      const data = files.map(file => {
+        return {
+          type: 'file',
+          name: file.path.substring(file.path.lastIndexOf('/') + 1),
+          path: file.path,
+        };
+      });
+
+      await cacheClient.set(urlToProcess, {
+        data,
+        etag: treeGetResponse.etag,
+      });
+
+      res.json({ data });
+    } catch (error: any) {
+      if (cachedData && error.name === NotModifiedError.name) {
+        res.json({ data: cachedData });
+        return;
+      }
+
+      const message = stringifyError(error);
+      logger.error(`Unable to fetch ADRs from ${urlToProcess}: ${message}`);
+      res.statusCode = 500;
+      res.json({ message });
+    }
+  });
+
+  router.get('/file', async (req, res) => {
+    const urlToProcess = req.query.url as string;
+    if (!urlToProcess) {
+      res.statusCode = 400;
+      res.json({ message: 'No URL provided' });
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const cachedFileContent = (await cacheClient.get(urlToProcess)) as {
+      data: string;
+      etag: string;
+    };
+
+    try {
+      const fileGetResponse = await reader.readUrl(urlToProcess, {
+        etag: cachedFileContent?.etag,
+      });
+      const fileBuffer = await fileGetResponse.buffer();
+      const data = fileBuffer.toString();
+
+      await cacheClient.set(urlToProcess, {
+        data,
+        etag: fileGetResponse.etag,
+      });
+
+      res.json({ data });
+    } catch (error) {
+      if (cachedFileContent && error.name === NotModifiedError.name) {
+        res.json({ data: cachedFileContent.data });
+        return;
+      }
+
+      const message = stringifyError(error);
+      logger.error(`Unable to fetch ADRs from ${urlToProcess}: ${message}`);
+      res.statusCode = 500;
+      res.json({ message });
+    }
+  });
+
+  return router;
+}
diff --git a/plugins/adr/README.md b/plugins/adr/README.md
index 2888ff2f07..dde270af11 100644
--- a/plugins/adr/README.md
+++ b/plugins/adr/README.md
@@ -4,17 +4,19 @@ Welcome to the ADR plugin!
 
 This plugin allows you to browse ADRs associated with your entities as well as a way to discover ADRs across others entities via Backstage Search. Use this to learn from the past experience of other projects to guide your own architecture decisions.
 
-NOTE: This plugin currently only supports entities/ADRs registered via GitHub integration.
-
 ## Setup
 
-Install this plugin:
+1. Install this plugin:
 
 ```bash
 # From your Backstage root directory
 yarn --cwd packages/app add @backstage/plugin-adr
 ```
 
+2. Make sure the [ADR backend plugin](../adr-backend/README.md) is installed.
+
+3. [Configure integrations](https://backstage.io/docs/integrations/) for all sites you would like to pull ADRs from.
+
 ### Entity Pages
 
 1. Add the plugin as a tab to your Entity pages:
diff --git a/plugins/adr/api-report.md b/plugins/adr/api-report.md
index ecec0c0dd5..d6480cd090 100644
--- a/plugins/adr/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/adr/api-report.md
@@ -7,11 +7,37 @@
 
 import { AdrDocument } from '@backstage/plugin-adr-common';
 import { AdrFilePathFilterFn } from '@backstage/plugin-adr-common';
+import { ApiRef } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
 import { BackstagePlugin } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
+import { DiscoveryApi } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
 import { isAdrAvailable } from '@backstage/plugin-adr-common';
 import { ResultHighlight } from '@backstage/plugin-search-common';
 import { RouteRef } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
 
+// @public
+export interface AdrApi {
+  listAdrs(url: string): Promise<AdrListResult>;
+  readAdr(url: string): Promise<AdrReadResult>;
+}
+
+// @public
+export const adrApiRef: ApiRef<AdrApi>;
+
+// @public
+export class AdrClient implements AdrApi {
+  constructor(options: AdrClientOptions);
+  // (undocumented)
+  listAdrs(url: string): Promise<AdrListResult>;
+  // (undocumented)
+  readAdr(url: string): Promise<AdrReadResult>;
+}
+
+// @public
+export interface AdrClientOptions {
+  // (undocumented)
+  discoveryApi: DiscoveryApi;
+}
+
 // @public
 export type AdrContentDecorator = (adrInfo: {
   baseUrl: string;
@@ -20,6 +46,18 @@ export type AdrContentDecorator = (adrInfo: {
   content: string;
 };
 
+// @public
+export type AdrFileInfo = {
+  type: string;
+  path: string;
+  name: string;
+};
+
+// @public
+export type AdrListResult = {
+  data: AdrFileInfo[];
+};
+
 // @public
 export const adrPlugin: BackstagePlugin<
   {
@@ -38,6 +76,11 @@ export const AdrReader: {
   }>;
 };
 
+// @public
+export type AdrReadResult = {
+  data: string;
+};
+
 // @public
 export function AdrSearchResultListItem(props: {
   lineClamp?: number;
diff --git a/plugins/adr/package.json b/plugins/adr/package.json
index 00cf052365..30d0b846a3 100644
--- a/plugins/adr/package.json
+++ b/plugins/adr/package.json
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@
     "@material-ui/core": "^4.12.2",
     "@material-ui/icons": "^4.9.1",
     "@material-ui/lab": "4.0.0-alpha.57",
-    "git-url-parse": "^13.0.0",
-    "octokit": "^2.0.0",
     "react-markdown": "^8.0.0",
     "react-use": "^17.2.4",
     "remark-gfm": "^3.0.1"
diff --git a/plugins/adr/src/api/AdrClient.ts b/plugins/adr/src/api/AdrClient.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..da1adc04e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/adr/src/api/AdrClient.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2022 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { DiscoveryApi } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
+import { AdrApi, AdrListResult, AdrReadResult } from './types';
+
+/**
+ * Options for creating an AdrClient.
+ *
+ * @public
+ */
+export interface AdrClientOptions {
+  discoveryApi: DiscoveryApi;
+}
+
+const readEndpoint = 'file';
+const listEndpoint = 'list';
+
+/**
+ * An implementation of the AdrApi that communicates with the ADR backend plugin.
+ *
+ * @public
+ */
+export class AdrClient implements AdrApi {
+  private readonly discoveryApi: DiscoveryApi;
+
+  constructor(options: AdrClientOptions) {
+    this.discoveryApi = options.discoveryApi;
+  }
+
+  private async fetchAdrApi<T>(endpoint: string, fileUrl: string): Promise<T> {
+    const baseUrl = await this.discoveryApi.getBaseUrl('adr');
+    const targetUrl = `${baseUrl}/${endpoint}?url=${encodeURIComponent(
+      fileUrl,
+    )}`;
+
+    const result = await fetch(targetUrl);
+    const data = await result.json();
+
+    if (!result.ok) {
+      throw new Error(`${data.message}`);
+    }
+    return data;
+  }
+
+  async listAdrs(url: string): Promise<AdrListResult> {
+    return this.fetchAdrApi<AdrListResult>(listEndpoint, url);
+  }
+
+  async readAdr(url: string): Promise<AdrReadResult> {
+    return this.fetchAdrApi<AdrReadResult>(readEndpoint, url);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/plugins/adr/src/api/index.ts b/plugins/adr/src/api/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..095da3519d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/adr/src/api/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2022 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+export { AdrClient } from './AdrClient';
+export type { AdrClientOptions } from './AdrClient';
+export { adrApiRef } from './types';
+export type {
+  AdrApi,
+  AdrFileInfo,
+  AdrListResult,
+  AdrReadResult,
+} from './types';
diff --git a/plugins/adr/src/api/types.ts b/plugins/adr/src/api/types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e4632e171a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/adr/src/api/types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2022 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { createApiRef } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
+
+/**
+ * Contains information about an ADR file.
+ *
+ * @public
+ */
+export type AdrFileInfo = {
+  /** The file type. */
+  type: string;
+
+  /** The relative path of the ADR file. */
+  path: string;
+
+  /** The name of the ADR file. */
+  name: string;
+};
+
+/**
+ * The result of listing ADRs.
+ *
+ * @public
+ */
+export type AdrListResult = {
+  data: AdrFileInfo[];
+};
+
+/**
+ * The result of reading an ADR.
+ *
+ * @public
+ */
+export type AdrReadResult = {
+  /** The contents of the read ADR file. */
+  data: string;
+};
+
+/**
+ * The API used by the adr plugin to list and read ADRs.
+ *
+ * @public
+ */
+export interface AdrApi {
+  /** Lists the ADRs at the provided url. */
+  listAdrs(url: string): Promise<AdrListResult>;
+
+  /** Reads the contents of the ADR at the provided url. */
+  readAdr(url: string): Promise<AdrReadResult>;
+}
+
+/**
+ * ApiRef for the AdrApi.
+ *
+ * @public
+ */
+export const adrApiRef = createApiRef<AdrApi>({
+  id: 'plugin.adr.api',
+});
diff --git a/plugins/adr/src/components/AdrReader/AdrReader.tsx b/plugins/adr/src/components/AdrReader/AdrReader.tsx
index 971dae0949..ad99ce3a5a 100644
--- a/plugins/adr/src/components/AdrReader/AdrReader.tsx
+++ b/plugins/adr/src/components/AdrReader/AdrReader.tsx
@@ -26,9 +26,10 @@ import { scmIntegrationsApiRef } from '@backstage/integration-react';
 import { getAdrLocationUrl } from '@backstage/plugin-adr-common';
 import { useEntity } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-react';
 
-import { useOctokitRequest } from '../../hooks';
 import { adrDecoratorFactories } from './decorators';
 import { AdrContentDecorator } from './types';
+import { adrApiRef } from '../../api';
+import useAsync from 'react-use/lib/useAsync';
 
 /**
  * Component to fetch and render an ADR.
@@ -42,10 +43,13 @@ export const AdrReader = (props: {
   const { adr, decorators } = props;
   const { entity } = useEntity();
   const scmIntegrations = useApi(scmIntegrationsApiRef);
+  const adrApi = useApi(adrApiRef);
   const adrLocationUrl = getAdrLocationUrl(entity, scmIntegrations);
 
-  const { value, loading, error } = useOctokitRequest(
-    `${adrLocationUrl.replace(/\/$/, '')}/${adr}`,
+  const url = `${adrLocationUrl.replace(/\/$/, '')}/${adr}`;
+  const { value, loading, error } = useAsync(
+    async () => adrApi.readAdr(url),
+    [url],
   );
 
   const adrContent = useMemo(() => {
diff --git a/plugins/adr/src/components/EntityAdrContent/EntityAdrContent.tsx b/plugins/adr/src/components/EntityAdrContent/EntityAdrContent.tsx
index 37344cecca..a698cffd26 100644
--- a/plugins/adr/src/components/EntityAdrContent/EntityAdrContent.tsx
+++ b/plugins/adr/src/components/EntityAdrContent/EntityAdrContent.tsx
@@ -44,9 +44,10 @@ import {
   Typography,
 } from '@material-ui/core';
 
-import { useOctokitRequest } from '../../hooks';
 import { rootRouteRef } from '../../routes';
 import { AdrContentDecorator, AdrReader } from '../AdrReader';
+import { adrApiRef } from '../../api';
+import useAsync from 'react-use/lib/useAsync';
 
 const useStyles = makeStyles((theme: Theme) => ({
   adrMenu: {
@@ -69,10 +70,13 @@ export const EntityAdrContent = (props: {
   const [adrList, setAdrList] = useState<string[]>([]);
   const [searchParams, setSearchParams] = useSearchParams();
   const scmIntegrations = useApi(scmIntegrationsApiRef);
+  const adrApi = useApi(adrApiRef);
   const entityHasAdrs = isAdrAvailable(entity);
 
-  const { value, loading, error } = useOctokitRequest(
-    getAdrLocationUrl(entity, scmIntegrations),
+  const url = getAdrLocationUrl(entity, scmIntegrations);
+  const { value, loading, error } = useAsync(
+    async () => adrApi.listAdrs(url),
+    [url],
   );
 
   const selectedAdr =
diff --git a/plugins/adr/src/hooks/useOctokitRequest.ts b/plugins/adr/src/hooks/useOctokitRequest.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index f160651169..0000000000
--- a/plugins/adr/src/hooks/useOctokitRequest.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2022 The Backstage Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-import parseGitUrl from 'git-url-parse';
-import useAsync from 'react-use/lib/useAsync';
-import { Octokit } from 'octokit';
-import { useApi } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
-import {
-  scmAuthApiRef,
-  scmIntegrationsApiRef,
-} from '@backstage/integration-react';
-
-/**
- * Hook for triggering authenticated Octokit requests against the GitHub Content API
- * @public
- */
-export const useOctokitRequest = (request: string): any => {
-  const authApi = useApi(scmAuthApiRef);
-  const scmIntegrations = useApi(scmIntegrationsApiRef);
-
-  const { owner, name, ref, filepath } = parseGitUrl(request);
-  const path = filepath.replace(/^\//, '');
-  const baseUrl = scmIntegrations.github.byUrl(request)?.config.apiBaseUrl;
-
-  return useAsync<any>(async () => {
-    const { token } = await authApi.getCredentials({
-      url: request,
-      additionalScope: {
-        customScopes: {
-          github: ['repo'],
-        },
-      },
-    });
-    const octokit = new Octokit({
-      auth: token,
-      baseUrl,
-    });
-
-    return octokit.request(
-      `GET /repos/${owner}/${name}/contents/${path}?ref=${ref}`,
-      {
-        headers: { Accept: 'application/vnd.github.v3.raw' },
-      },
-    );
-  }, [request]);
-};
diff --git a/plugins/adr/src/index.ts b/plugins/adr/src/index.ts
index 84012ccb7a..2ec76b0fd6 100644
--- a/plugins/adr/src/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/adr/src/index.ts
@@ -13,11 +13,21 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
+
 /**
  * ADR frontend plugin
  *
  * @packageDocumentation
  */
+
+export { adrApiRef, AdrClient } from './api';
+export type {
+  AdrApi,
+  AdrClientOptions,
+  AdrFileInfo,
+  AdrListResult,
+  AdrReadResult,
+} from './api';
 export { isAdrAvailable } from '@backstage/plugin-adr-common';
 export * from './components/AdrReader';
 export { adrPlugin, EntityAdrContent } from './plugin';
diff --git a/plugins/adr/src/plugin.ts b/plugins/adr/src/plugin.ts
index 03437b1f0b..f23df826cd 100644
--- a/plugins/adr/src/plugin.ts
+++ b/plugins/adr/src/plugin.ts
@@ -14,11 +14,13 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+import { adrApiRef, AdrClient } from './api';
 import {
+  createApiFactory,
   createPlugin,
   createRoutableExtension,
+  discoveryApiRef,
 } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
-
 import { rootRouteRef } from './routes';
 
 /**
@@ -27,6 +29,17 @@ import { rootRouteRef } from './routes';
  */
 export const adrPlugin = createPlugin({
   id: 'adr',
+  apis: [
+    createApiFactory({
+      api: adrApiRef,
+      deps: {
+        discoveryApi: discoveryApiRef,
+      },
+      factory({ discoveryApi }) {
+        return new AdrClient({ discoveryApi });
+      },
+    }),
+  ],
   routes: {
     root: rootRouteRef,
   },
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 41202619bc..3608fb101a 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4238,7 +4238,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft
 
-"@backstage/plugin-adr-backend@workspace:plugins/adr-backend":
+"@backstage/plugin-adr-backend@workspace:^, @backstage/plugin-adr-backend@workspace:plugins/adr-backend":
   version: 0.0.0-use.local
   resolution: "@backstage/plugin-adr-backend@workspace:plugins/adr-backend"
   dependencies:
@@ -4251,8 +4251,11 @@ __metadata:
     "@backstage/integration": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/plugin-adr-common": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/plugin-search-common": "workspace:^"
+    "@types/express": ^4.17.15
     "@types/marked": ^4.0.0
     "@types/supertest": ^2.0.8
+    express: ^4.18.2
+    express-promise-router: ^4.1.1
     luxon: ^3.0.0
     marked: ^4.0.14
     msw: ^0.49.0
@@ -4300,9 +4303,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@types/git-url-parse": ^9.0.0
     "@types/node": "*"
     cross-fetch: ^3.1.5
-    git-url-parse: ^13.0.0
     msw: ^0.49.0
-    octokit: ^2.0.0
     react-markdown: ^8.0.0
     react-use: ^17.2.4
     remark-gfm: ^3.0.1
@@ -14412,7 +14413,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"@types/express-serve-static-core@npm:*, @types/express-serve-static-core@npm:^4.17.18, @types/express-serve-static-core@npm:^4.17.5":
+"@types/express-serve-static-core@npm:*, @types/express-serve-static-core@npm:^4.17.18, @types/express-serve-static-core@npm:^4.17.31, @types/express-serve-static-core@npm:^4.17.5":
   version: 4.17.32
   resolution: "@types/express-serve-static-core@npm:4.17.32"
   dependencies:
@@ -14453,7 +14454,19 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"@types/express@npm:*, @types/express@npm:4.17.14, @types/express@npm:^4.17.13, @types/express@npm:^4.17.6":
+"@types/express@npm:*, @types/express@npm:^4.17.13, @types/express@npm:^4.17.15, @types/express@npm:^4.17.6":
+  version: 4.17.15
+  resolution: "@types/express@npm:4.17.15"
+  dependencies:
+    "@types/body-parser": "*"
+    "@types/express-serve-static-core": ^4.17.31
+    "@types/qs": "*"
+    "@types/serve-static": "*"
+  checksum: b4acd8a836d4f6409cdf79b12d6e660485249b62500cccd61e7997d2f520093edf77d7f8498ca79d64a112c6434b6de5ca48039b8fde2c881679eced7e96979b
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
+"@types/express@npm:4.17.14":
   version: 4.17.14
   resolution: "@types/express@npm:4.17.14"
   dependencies:
@@ -22437,6 +22450,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@backstage/cli": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/config": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/integration": "workspace:^"
+    "@backstage/plugin-adr-backend": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/plugin-app-backend": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/plugin-auth-backend": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/plugin-auth-node": "workspace:^"
@@ -22635,7 +22649,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"express-promise-router@npm:^4.1.0":
+"express-promise-router@npm:^4.1.0, express-promise-router@npm:^4.1.1":
   version: 4.1.1
   resolution: "express-promise-router@npm:4.1.1"
   dependencies:
@@ -22677,7 +22691,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"express@npm:^4.17.1, express@npm:^4.17.3, express@npm:^4.18.1":
+"express@npm:^4.17.1, express@npm:^4.17.3, express@npm:^4.18.1, express@npm:^4.18.2":
   version: 4.18.2
   resolution: "express@npm:4.18.2"
   dependencies: