16 products Sparkpulse tracks are shipping around backports. The highest-velocity backports products right now are Antrea, Icinga and Eureka (ranked by Sparkpulse's velocity score). The theme runs across 6 sectors, so the momentum you see here is drawn from products competing in different corners of the market. Their velocity scores span 0.0 to 6.3 out of 10, a spread that shows how unevenly shipping cadence is distributed across the field. Below: every tracked product carrying this theme, updated from release data. Everything on this page is regenerated from verified release data, so the ranking reflects the latest changelogs rather than a static list.
#01AntreaAntrea turned on gossip encryption by default and made users read the upgrade guide first.6.3alternatives →#02IcingaIcinga 2 is fixing the same API permission holes across every supported branch.5.0alternatives →#03EurekaEureka cut its first release in two years, and the notes live in a release candidate, not the tag.5.0alternatives →#04CobblerCobbler's 3.3 backport branch ships Leap 16 and Agama support, then has to re-cut the release5.0alternatives →#05k0sk0s writes the etcd certificate fix once and backports it down every branch5.0alternatives →#06Gloo GatewayGloo Gateway is running four branches in parallel and shipping nothing but upkeep to all of them.5.0alternatives →#07Open edXOpen edX maintenance branches carrying security backports, not features5.0alternatives →#08AerospikeAerospike shipped a coordinated CVE train across four release branches in one afternoon5.0alternatives →#09Nextcloud Desktop34.0.3 keeps the correctness campaign running, now with a file-provider crash fix5.0alternatives →#10ERPNextTwo ERPNext lines ship minutes apart: v16 takes the features, v15 takes the same fixes5.0alternatives →#11DuckDBSix releases, all patches — this window shows DuckDB's maintenance machine, not its roadmap2.5alternatives →#12CitusCitus is in maintenance mode across four branches, with the feature work invisible from the feed.2.5alternatives →#13FiberFiber v3 has sat in release candidate for months while v2 gets one-line patches2.5alternatives →#14FirebirdFirebird maintains three release branches at once and ships the same fixes to all of them0.0alternatives →#15oVirtA virtualization manager coasting on backports, with releases years apart0.0alternatives →#16Apache IcebergIceberg's release cadence is now backports and CVE patches across three live minor lines.0.0alternatives →
Frequently asked questions about backports
Which SaaS tools ship backports in 2026?
Antrea, Icinga, Eureka, Cobbler, k0s, and 11 more — the backports products Sparkpulse tracks, ranked by shipping velocity from verified changelogs.
Which backports product has the highest shipping velocity?
Antrea, with the top velocity score (6.3/10) — Sparkpulse's velocity score is derived from verified release data.
How many products are shipping around backports?
Sparkpulse currently tracks 16 products carrying the backports theme, updated continuously from verified release data.