backstage/plugins/search

Backstage Search

This plugin is still under development.

You can follow the progress and contribute at the Backstage Search Project Board or reach out to us in the #search Discord channel.

Getting started

Run yarn start in the root directory, and then navigate to /search to check out the plugin.

Working on the search platform

The above search experience is 100% client-side and only looks at the Software Catalog. We are actively developing a more complete search platform, which will replace the current experience when ready.

In order to work on this new search platform, you will need to be aware of the following:

• In-development app search route: The new search platform will move the primary search page to the App-level, out of the search plugin. For now, to ensure the old experience is still easy to test, you can work on the new platform at /search-next instead of /search.
• App SearchPage Component: You'll find a new search page in this plugin SearchPageNext. When sufficiently stable, we'll replace SearchPage with SearchPageNext
• Backend: Don't forget, a lot of functionality will be made available in backend plugins:
  • @backstage/plugin-search-backend-node, which is responsible for the search index management
  • @backstage/plugin-search-backend, which is responsible for query processing

As you work, be sure not to break the existing, frontend-only search page.