[Docs] Detailed roadmap and vision (#1991)
* [Docs] Update roadmap and vision * Add shield to roadmap * Update roadmap.md * Link to .io in main README * Fix verify links?
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title: Project roadmap
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---
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We created Backstage about 4 years ago. While our internal version of Backstage
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has had the benefit of time to mature and evolve, the first iteration of our
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open source version is still nascent. We are envisioning three phases of the
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project and we have already begun work on various aspects of these phases:
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## Current status
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Backstage is currently in Alpha. This means that you can expect APIs and
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features to change until we reach our
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[Backstage Beta milestone](https://github.com/spotify/backstage/milestone/19).
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Before we have API stability, plugins will need ongoing maintenance. It is also
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recommended that teams who adopt Backstage today upgrades their installation as
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new [releases](https://github.com/spotify/backstage/releases) are available.
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## Phases
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We have divided the project into three high-level _phases_ and we have already
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begun work on various aspects of these phases:
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- 🐣 **Phase 1:** Extensible frontend platform (Done ✅) - You will be able to
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easily create a single consistent UI layer for your internal infrastructure
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and tools. A set of reusable
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[UX patterns and components](http://backstage.io/storybook) help ensure a
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[UX patterns and components](https://backstage.io/storybook) help ensure a
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consistent experience between tools.
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- 🐢 **Phase 2:** Service Catalog
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([alpha released](https://backstage.io/blog/2020/06/22/backstage-service-catalog-alpha)) -
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With a single catalog, Backstage makes it easy for a team to manage ten
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services — and makes it possible for your company to manage thousands of them.
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Developers can get a uniform overview of all their software and related
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resources, regardless of how and where they are running, as well as an easy
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way to onboard and manage those resources.
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- 🐇 **Phase 3:** Ecosystem (later) - Everyone's infrastructure stack is
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different. By fostering a vibrant community of contributors we hope to provide
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an ecosystem of Open Source plugins/integrations that allows you to pick the
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tools that match your stack.
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Check out our [Milestones](https://github.com/spotify/backstage/milestones) and
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open [RFCs](https://github.com/spotify/backstage/labels/rfc) how they relate to
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the three Phases outlined above.
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## Detailed roadmap
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Our vision for Backstage is for it to become the trusted standard toolbox (read:
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UX layer) for the open source infrastructure landscape. Think of it like
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Kubernetes for developer experience. We realize this is an ambitious goal. We
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can’t do it alone. If this sounds interesting or you'd like to help us shape our
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product vision, we'd love to talk. You can email me directly:
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[alund@spotify.com](mailto:alund@spotify.com).
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### Ongoing work 🚧
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- [Plugins for managing micro services end-2-end](https://github.com/spotify/backstage/milestone/14)
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- [TechDocs v1](https://github.com/spotify/backstage/milestone/16)
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- [Initial GraphQL API](https://github.com/spotify/backstage/milestone/13)
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- Backstage Design Language System (DLS)
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- Cloud Cost Insights plugin (from Spotify)
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- Further improvements to platform documentation
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### Future work 🔮
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- [Backstage Beta](https://github.com/spotify/backstage/milestone/19)
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- [Global search](https://github.com/spotify/backstage/issues/1499)
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- [[TechDocs V.2] Stabilization release](https://github.com/spotify/backstage/milestone/17)
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- Deploy a product demo at `demo.backstage.io`
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- Plugin marketplace
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### Completed milestones ✅
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- [Improved and move documentation to backstage.io](https://backstage.io/docs/overview/what-is-backstage)
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- [Backstage Service Catalog (alpha)](https://backstage.io/blog/2020/06/22/backstage-service-catalog-alpha)
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- [Backstage Software Templates (alpha)](https://backstage.io/blog/2020/08/05/announcing-backstage-software-templates)
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- [Make it possible to add custom auth providers](https://backstage.io/blog/2020/07/01/how-to-enable-authentication-in-backstage-using-passport)
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- [TechDocs v0](https://github.com/spotify/backstage/milestone/15)
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- CI plugins: CircleCI, Jenkins, GitHub Actions and TravisCI
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- [Service API documentation](https://github.com/spotify/backstage/pull/1737)
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- Backstage Service Catalog can read from: GitHub, GitLab,
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[Bitbucket](https://github.com/spotify/backstage/pull/1938)
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- Support auth providers: Google, Okta, GitHub, GitLab,
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[auth0](https://github.com/spotify/backstage/pull/1611),
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[AWS](https://github.com/spotify/backstage/pull/1990)
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---
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id: vision
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title: Vision
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---
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Our goal is to provide engineers with the best developer experience in the
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world.
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A fantastic developer experience leads to happy, creative and productive
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engineers. Our belief is that engineers should not have to be experts in various
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infrastructure tools to be productive. Infrastructure should be abstracted away
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so that you can return to building and scaling, quickly and safely.
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We are working on making Backstage the trusted standard toolbox (read: UX layer)
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for the open source infrastructure landscape. Think of it like Kubernetes for
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developer experience. We realize this is an ambitious goal. We can’t do it
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alone. If this sounds interesting or you'd like to help us shape our product
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vision, we'd love to talk. You can email me directly:
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[alund@spotify.com](mailto:alund@spotify.com).
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[open source plugins](https://github.com/spotify/backstage/tree/master/plugins)
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that further expand Backstage’s customizability and functionality
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For more information go to [backstage.io](https://backstage.io) or join our
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[Discord chatroom](https://discord.gg/EBHEGzX).
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### Benefits
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- For _engineering managers_, it allows you to maintain standards and best
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- For _everyone_, it’s a single, consistent experience that ties all your
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infrastructure tooling, resources, standards, owners, contributors, and
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administrators together in one place.
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If you have questions or want support, please join our
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[Discord chatroom](https://discord.gg/EBHEGzX).
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