Backstage Playground
A sandbox environment with a pre-running Backstage developer portal to explore catalogs, templates, and TechDocs.
Lab Overview
A sandbox environment with a fully installed and pre-running Backstage developer portal. Use this lab to browse the software catalog, explore software templates and TechDocs, examine the project structure, edit app-config.yaml, and learn how Backstage works without any setup overhead.
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