I was tired of Backstage eating 16GB RAM, so I built a lightweight alternative in Python

Our team needed a developer portal — a single place to track services, APIs, teams, and ownership. Backstage was the obvious choice, but the reality was painful: Node.js + React + TypeScript plugins, complex deploy, and 16GB RAM just to run it. So I built FrontStage — an open-source alternative that does the same job without the complexity. Stack: Python/FastAPI, Alpine.js, Tailwind, Redis, YAML configs, Docker Compose Key differences vs Backstage: 1GB RAM vs 16GB 0.8 CPU vs 4 CPU No React, no TypeScript plugins — just Python and simple templates Your DevOps team already knows the stack One repo, readable code — easy to customize yourself or with AI assistants What it does today: Software Catalog: services, APIs, databases, libraries, teams Ownership tracking ("who owns this microservice?") Swagger docs out of the box Works great as a RAG data source (structured YAML = easy to index) Quick start is just docker compose up. YAML configs, no database migrations. MIT license. Would love fe