Bundled Plugin Catalog
DevPortal ships with a set of preinstalled dynamic plugins baked into the distro image. They are available immediately — no download or rebuild needed. Most are disabled by default and are enabled by adding an entry to dynamic-plugins.yaml (or via the Marketplace).
A few core plugins (preInstalled: true in dynamic-plugins.default.yaml) are always loaded — they power the UI shell, navigation, and marketplace itself.
Think of this catalog in terms of capability layers, not a flat install list. The always-on plugins establish the shell. The disabled-by-default plugins represent operational capabilities — CI/CD visibility, infrastructure observability, code quality — that your team activates based on what context-switches it wants to eliminate. Each plugin connects to a service entity via an annotation; the right question before enabling any plugin is "which entities will carry this annotation, and what does it replace for their developers?" See Composing a Portal for the full three-layer model.
Always-on plugins (preInstalled, no YAML entry needed)
These plugins are extracted into the image at build time with preInstalled: true and are active on every boot regardless of preset selection.
| Plugin | Package | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Homepage | veecode-platform-plugin-veecode-homepage-dynamic | Customizable landing page at / |
| Global Header | veecode-platform-plugin-veecode-global-header-dynamic | Unified top navigation bar (search, notifications, profile) |
| About | veecode-platform-backstage-plugin-about-dynamic + veecode-platform-backstage-plugin-about-backend-dynamic | DevPortal version and instance info at /about |
| Catalog Extensions Module | red-hat-developer-hub-backstage-plugin-catalog-backend-module-extensions | Registers Extension/Package/Collection entity kinds; reads extensions-install.yaml |
Enabled by the recommended preset
These plugins are in the bundled catalog with disabled: true and are activated when the recommended preset is included in VEECODE_PRESETS. They are not unconditionally on.
| Plugin | Package | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| RBAC | backstage-community-plugin-rbac | Role-based access control UI at /rbac |
| Tech Radar | backstage-community-plugin-tech-radar + backstage-community-plugin-tech-radar-backend | Technology adoption radar at /tech-radar |
| Marketplace | devportal-marketplace-frontend-dynamic + devportal-marketplace-backend | In-portal plugin discovery and enable/disable UI at /marketplace |
| Pending Changes | devportal-pending-changes-dynamic | Header badge indicating pending restart when plugins are enabled/disabled via Marketplace |
Disabled-by-default plugins (bundled, require enabling)
| Plugin | Package | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Kubernetes | backstage-plugin-kubernetes | Kubernetes workload viewer on entity pages |
| GitHub Actions | backstage-community-plugin-github-actions | GitHub Actions run history on entity CI tab |
| Azure DevOps | backstage-community-plugin-azure-devops | Azure Pipelines and Pull Requests on entity pages |
| Jenkins | backstage-community-plugin-jenkins + backstage-community-plugin-jenkins-backend | Jenkins build status on entity CI tab |
| SonarQube | backstage-community-plugin-sonarqube + backstage-community-plugin-sonarqube-backend | Code quality metrics on entity overview and Code Quality tab |
| Security Insights | roadiehq-backstage-plugin-security-insights | GitHub Dependabot alerts and security advisories |
| GitHub Insights | roadiehq-backstage-plugin-github-insights | GitHub code insights on entity pages |
| Global FAB | red-hat-developer-hub-backstage-plugin-global-floating-action-button | Configurable floating action button |
OCI-only plugins (not in distro image, enable via dynamic-plugins.yaml)
These must be downloaded at startup from quay.io/veecode. See Adding Plugins for configuration details.
| Plugin | OCI Reference |
|---|---|
| MCP Actions Backend | oci://quay.io/veecode/backstage:bs_1.49.4!backstage-plugin-mcp-actions-backend |
| MCP Catalog Extras | oci://quay.io/veecode/mcp-integrations:bs_1.49.4!red-hat-developer-hub-backstage-plugin-software-catalog-mcp-extras |
| MCP TechDocs Extras | oci://quay.io/veecode/mcp-integrations:bs_1.49.4!red-hat-developer-hub-backstage-plugin-techdocs-mcp-extras |
| MCP Scaffolder Extras | oci://quay.io/veecode/mcp-integrations:bs_1.49.4!red-hat-developer-hub-backstage-plugin-scaffolder-mcp-extras |
| MCP Chat Backend | oci://quay.io/veecode/mcp-chat:bs_1.49.4!backstage-community-plugin-mcp-chat-backend |
| MCP Chat Frontend | oci://quay.io/veecode/mcp-chat:bs_1.49.4!backstage-community-plugin-mcp-chat |
| GitLab Pipelines | oci://quay.io/veecode/gitlab:bs_1.48.4!immobiliarelabs-backstage-plugin-gitlab |
For plugins not listed here (Grafana, Vault, Tech Insights, and others), see Finding Plugins and Adding Plugins.