# Catalog Client Contains a frontend and backend compatible client for communicating with the Backstage Catalog. Backend code may import and use this package directly. However, frontend code will not want to instantiate a catalog client directly - use the `@backstage/plugin-catalog-react` package instead, which exports a `catalogApiRef` that can be leveraged like other frontend utility APIs. ## Links - [Default frontend part of the catalog](https://github.com/spotify/backstage/tree/master/plugins/catalog) - [Default backend part of the catalog](https://github.com/spotify/backstage/tree/master/plugins/catalog-backend) - [The Backstage homepage](https://backstage.io)