Backstage vs Helm

Backstage and Helm are both listed under DevOps in the DevPages directory. This page puts the details we hold for each of them side by side.

It does not score them and does not pick a winner. Fields the catalog has no value for say “Not recorded” rather than being filled in with a guess.

Backstage, Helm compared field by field. Values are taken from the DevPages catalog; fields we hold no value for read “Not recorded”.
	Backstage	Helm
Category	DevOps	DevOps
Pricing model	Open Source	Open Source
Open source	Yes	Yes
GitHub stars	34.8K	30.4K
Key features	Service Catalog for managing all software components Software Templates for standardized project creation TechDocs for documentation management Kubernetes integration for deployment tracking Plugin ecosystem for extensibility	Kubernetes package management Chart templating and customization Release management and versioning Dependency management Rollback capabilities Repository ecosystem Hooks for lifecycle management Value file configuration
Use cases	Building internal developer portals Managing microservices architecture Standardizing software development practices Centralizing technical documentation	Kubernetes application packaging Complex application deployment Configuration management Application versioning and updates Environment promotion Disaster recovery Multi-tenant deployments Chart sharing and reuse
Integrations	GitHub GitLab Kubernetes Jenkins CircleCI Grafana	Kubernetes ArgoCD Flux Jenkins GitLab CI/CD GitHub Actions
Tags	developer-portal microservices service-catalog documentation ci-cd kubernetes spotify platform-engineering internal-tools self-service	kubernetes package-manager deployment charts templating
Links	Website (opens in a new tab) GitHub (opens in a new tab) Docs (opens in a new tab)	Website (opens in a new tab) GitHub (opens in a new tab) Docs (opens in a new tab)

What each one is

Backstage

An open platform for building developer portals

Backstage is an open-source developer portal platform created by Spotify that helps organizations streamline their development infrastructure. It provides a centralized platform where developers can easily create, manage, and discover all their organization's software components, from microservices to documentation.

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Helm

The package manager for Kubernetes applications

Helm is the package manager for Kubernetes that streamlines the installation and management of Kubernetes applications. It uses 'charts' - pre-configured Kubernetes resources - to define, install, and upgrade complex Kubernetes applications. Helm simplifies the deployment process and enables version control for Kubernetes manifests.

Full Helm listing

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