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Intelligent Platform
for Engineering

Traditional IDPs organize. Shoehorn fits your stack, not the other way around.

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Day-2 Operations
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Why Shoehorn

Traditional IDPs
  • × Organize what exists - Just a catalog
  • × Manual discovery - Click through pages
  • × Weeks of setup - Plugin hell & YAML maze
  • × Manual configuration - Write manifests by hand
  • × Requires platform team - Not maintainable
  • × Reactive - Fix problems after they happen
Shoehorn
  • ✓ Predict & automate - Intelligent platform
  • ✓ Proactive guidance - "We noticed..."
  • ✓ 15-minute setup - Works out of the box
  • ✓ 2 people maintain - Small team friendly
  • ✓ Preventive - Stop problems before they start
  • ✓ Backstage compatible - Zero migration required
Backstage Compatible

Zero Migration Required

Already using Backstage? Shoehorn natively supports your existing templates and catalog files. No rewrite needed.

Native Support

  • ✓ Software Templates - template.yaml works as-is
  • ✓ Catalog Info - catalog-info.yaml auto-discovered
  • ✓ No Conversion - Use your existing files immediately
  • ✓ Run Both - Backstage + Shoehorn in parallel

Optional Migration

Ready to modernize? Our CLI makes it effortless.

# Convert templates to native format
shoehorn convert template.yaml
  • → 70% cleaner syntax
  • → Better developer experience
  • → Shoehorn-specific features

Work Your Way

Portal, GitHub, CLI, Search — Use what fits your workflow

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Your Platform's Mission Control

Everything you need to run platform engineering at scale. In one beautiful interface.

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Real-Time Everything

Live metrics, streaming Forge runs, instant updates. No refresh needed.

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Drag & Drop Magic

Customize your dashboard. Your way. No code required.

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Mold Marketplace

Browse, fork, and deploy production-ready templates instantly.

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Dependency Graphs

Visualize system architecture. See blast radius. Prevent incidents.

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Security First

Real-time posture monitoring. Compliance tracking. Auto-remediation.

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Every Persona

Tailored views for devs, security, ops, and management. Everyone wins.

Everything You Need.
Nothing You Don't.

Battle-tested features that actually matter. Zero bloat. Maximum impact.

Smart Defaults

Learn from org patterns, auto-configure

Dependency Graphs

Real-time system visualization

Cost Intelligence

Auto-detect overprovisioning

Enterprise Auth

SSO, RBAC, audit logging

GitOps Ready

Helm, Kustomize, ArgoCD

Day-2 Operations

Restarts, rollbacks, access grants

Progressive Rollout

Bulk operations with safety

Predict & Automate

Intelligent platform insights

Policy Enforcement

Auto-block violations

Auto-Discovered Docs

Drop a .MD file, auto-discover

Blast Radius Analysis

Know impact before you deploy

Cost Predictions

±20% accuracy on infrastructure

Stop Organizing. Start Automating.

Production-ready repos in <15 minutes. Intelligent automation over endless configuration.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Shoehorn?
Shoehorn is an intelligent developer platform for teams tired of overwhelming dashboards and endless configuration. We auto-discover your services, docs, and infrastructure—then surface only what matters. Beautiful UI, instant search, invisible AI assistance. Your stack stays yours; we just make it visible.
How is this different from Backstage?
Backstage is powerful but requires significant engineering effort to set up and maintain. Shoehorn is designed to be production-ready in under 15 minutes with auto-discovery and minimal configuration. We're built on a scalable microservice architecture with event-driven design—API-first with CLI available, opinionated but batteries included. It's modular: use what you want, skip what you don't (maybe just DocsHub?). We're Backstage-compatible—your existing catalog.yaml files and templates work as-is, no migration required. If you want to convert to native format, we offer automatic migration tools.
Can I self-host Shoehorn?
Yes! Shoehorn is designed for self-hosting on your own infrastructure. Deploy with Docker Compose, Helm, or Kubernetes. Your data stays in your environment. During alpha, we provide a managed instance to make testing easier—self-hosting documentation will be available at GA.
What's included in the alpha?
You'll get access to a managed instance pre-loaded with sample data—or connect your own GitHub org and Kubernetes clusters to see real services. Explore the Service Catalog, Documentation hub, Forge templates, and Kubernetes agent hands-on. Plus, you'll have direct access to the development team to share feedback and shape the product.
Is it free during alpha?
Yes, the alpha is completely free. We provide a managed instance for alpha participants so you can focus on testing and giving feedback without worrying about infrastructure. In return, you help shape the product and get influence over the roadmap.
What identity providers do you support?
Shoehorn currently supports Zitadel out of the box. Support for other OIDC providers like Okta, Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD), Keycloak, Auth0, and Google Workspace is coming soon.

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