DevPod Backstage

A pre-configured DevPod container optimized for Backstage development with Node.js 18 LTS and essential build tools.

Features

• 🚀 Node.js 18 LTS with NVM for version management
• 📦 Yarn 4.4.1 with Corepack enabled
• 🛠️ Build essentials (make, g++, python3)
• 🐳 Multi-architecture support (AMD64, ARM64)
• ⚡ VS Code Dev Container compatible

Quick Start

Using with DevPod

devpod up ghcr.io/dahui/devpod-backstage:latest

Using with Docker

docker run -it --rm ghcr.io/dahui/devpod-backstage:latest

Creating a new Backstage app

# Inside the container
npx @backstage/create-app@latest my-backstage-app
cd my-backstage-app
yarn dev

What's Included

Tool	Version	Purpose
Node.js	18 LTS	JavaScript runtime
Yarn	4.4.1	Package manager
NVM	0.40.3	Node version manager
Python	3.x	Build dependencies
Make	Latest	Build tool
G++	Latest	C++ compiler

Container Registry

Images are automatically built and published to GitHub Container Registry:

• Latest: ghcr.io/dahui/devpod-backstage:latest
• Tagged releases: ghcr.io/dahui/devpod-backstage:<tag>

Development

Building locally

git clone https://github.com/dahui/devpod-backstage.git
cd devpod-backstage
docker build -t devpod-backstage .

Testing the container

docker run -it --rm devpod-backstage node --version
docker run -it --rm devpod-backstage yarn --version

Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch
3. Make your changes
4. Test the container builds successfully
5. Submit a pull request

License

This project is licensed under the Mozilla Public License 2.0 - see the LICENSE file for details.

Related Projects

• Backstage - Platform for building developer portals
• DevPod - Codespaces but open-source
• VS Code Dev Containers - Development containers for VS Code