Astro 5.1 🔗
Astro 5.1 is now available. This includes a new experimental sessions feature, improved caching for images, and new tools for building Astro Actions. [...]
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Astro 5.0 🔗
Astro 5.0 brings exciting new features like the Astro Content Layer for seamless content loading from any source, and Server Islands for effortlessly [...]
Google IDX: Our Official Online Editor Partner 🔗
We are happy to announce that Google IDX has become Astro’s official online editor partner, donating $10,000 each month towards the ongoing open-sourc [...]
What's new in Astro - November 2024 🔗
November 2024 - Astro joins Bluesky, Vite 6, and more! [...]
What's new in Astro - October 2024 🔗
October 2024 - The State of Frontend 2024, Astro Cloudinary, and more! [...]
Astro x Cloudinary SDK 🔗
We are happy to partner with Cloudinary to launch the Astro x Cloudinary SDK: a comprehensive API for building with images and videos in Astro. [...]
What's new in Astro - September 2024 🔗
September 2024 - Beta 5.0, Astro Storefront, $100,000 Ecosystem Fund update, and more! [...]
Community Loaders for Astro Content Layer 🔗
An overview of some of the early and promising loaders for Astro's Content Layer. [...]
Astro x Hygraph: Content Loader 🔗
We are excited to announce Hygraph as a launch partner for Astro Content Layer. [...]
Astro x Cloudinary: Content Loader 🔗
We are happy to announce Cloudinary as a launch partner for the Astro Content Layer API. [...]
Astro x Storyblok: Content Loader 🔗
We are excited to announce Storyblok as a launch partner for Astro Content Layer. [...]
Content Layer: A Deep Dive 🔗
There's a new way to handle content in Astro. Take a deep dive into the Content Layer API, and learn how it can help you build even more kinds of site [...]
Starlight 0.28 🔗
Meet the latest Starlight features: i18next, on-demand rendering support, sidebar persistence, smart tabs, and more for your docs. [...]
Astro 5.0 Beta Release 🔗
The first beta for Astro 5.0 beta is now available for you to try! [...]
The $100,000 Astro Ecosystem Fund Fall Update 🔗
Astro — the web framework for building content-driven websites like blogs, marketing, and e-commerce — is giving away $100,000 to support other open-s [...]
Goodbye Studio, Hello DB 🔗
We have decided to wind down Astro Studio and open up Astro DB to connect to any libSQL database, including Turso. Read on to hear what comes next for [...]
What's new in Astro - August 2024 🔗
August 2024 - Content Layer API (experimental), Astro Actions, and more! [...]
Astro 4.15 🔗
Astro 4.15 is now available! This release stabilizes Astro Actions — our solution for fully type-safe backend functions. Also included: support for li [...]
Astro 4.14 🔗
Astro 4.14 is available now! This release includes the first experimental version of the Content Layer API, experimental support for Intellisense insi [...]
Astro 4.13 🔗
Astro 4.13 is now available! This release includes stabilized experimental features, logging improvements, and more. [...]
What's new in Astro - July 2024 🔗
July 2024 - Server islands, Netlify partnership, and more! [...]
Astro 4.12: Server Islands 🔗
Astro 4.12 is now available! This release includes includes the first experimental release of Server Islands, improvements to pagination and syntax hi [...]
Netlify: Our Official Deployment Partner 🔗
We are happy to announce that Netlify has become Astro’s official deployment partner, donating $12,500 each month towards the ongoing open source main [...]
What's new in Astro - June 2024 🔗
June 2024 - Celebrating Astro, together! [...]
Astro 4.11 🔗
Astro 4.11 is out with custom 500 page improvements and Shiki transformers in the Code component. [...]
Astro Together 2024 🔗
A look back at our meetup in Montreal [...]
Server Islands 🔗
Part three of our series on The Future of Astro, covering a new island architecture pattern for dynamic content rendered inside of fast, CDN-cached st [...]
The Astro Content Layer 🔗
Part two of our series on The Future of Astro, covering our plans for the next evolution of content management in Astro. [...]
Zero-JavaScript View Transitions 🔗
Part one of our series on The Future of Astro. Browser-native page transitions are now possible with zero JavaScript required. [...]
Astro 4.10 🔗
Astro 4.10 is out with experimental type-safe environment variables, as well as enhancements to the Container API and Rewrites. [...]
Starlight turns one year old! 🔗
Discover the latest news from 12 months of Starlight development [...]
What's new in Astro - May 2024 🔗
May 2024 - Celebrating Astro, together! [...]
Astro 4.9 🔗
Astro 4.9 is now available! This release includes the long-awaited Container API, stabilized experimental features, and more. [...]
Astro 4.8 🔗
Astro 4.8 is here! This release includes experimental support for Astro actions and request rewriting, performance improvements, and more. [...]
What's new in Astro - April 2024 🔗
April 2024 - Passing 10,000,000 downloads on NPM, getting together in Montreal, and more! [...]
Astro 4.7 🔗
Astro 4.7 is out now! This release includes significant improvements to the API for making toolbar apps, a new way to keep yourself up to date, and mo [...]
Astro 4.6 🔗
Astro 4.6 is here! This release includes a new manual routing strategy for internationalization, the ability to move the dev toolbar, experimental sup [...]
What's new in Astro - March 2024 🔗
March 2024 - Astro DB, Astro Developer Portal and so much more [...]
Migrating 500+ tests from Mocha to Node.js 🔗
A retrospective of how Astro migrated more than 500 test suites from Mocha to Node.js test runner. [...]
Astro DB: A Deep Dive 🔗
Yesterday we launched a fully managed SQL database service designed exclusively for the Astro web framework. Let's dive into the implementation detail [...]
The Astro Developer Portal 🔗
Today, we’re launching the Astro Developer Portal, a platform where theme authors can submit, manage, and promote their themes built for Astro. [...]
Astro DB 🔗
Astro DB is here! Astro DB is a fully managed SQL database designed exclusively for Astro. It is fast, lightweight, and ridiculously easy-to-use. [...]
Astro 4.5 🔗
Astro 4.5 is out! This release includes a new Dev Audit UI, View Transition improvements, Shiki 1.0, multi-CDN asset prefixing, and more! [...]
Astro + Volar = 💖 🔗
Astro relies on the hard work and dedication of several open-source projects, and we are extremely thankful to the maintainers of each and every one. [...]
What's new in Astro - February 2024 🔗
Leap into Astro news with a bonus February day! [...]
Astro 4.4 🔗
Astro 4.4 is now available! This release includes the addition of performance audits for the dev toolbar, performance upgrades, the ability to automat [...]
Astro 4.3 🔗
Astro 4.3 is out now! This release includes support for domain routing in i18n, better support for relative images in Markdown, a new `ComponentProps` [...]
What's new in Astro - January 2024 🔗
2023 was a huge year for Astro, and 2024 is already shaping up to be even bigger. Let's dive into the updates! [...]
Astro 4.2 🔗
Astro 4.2 is out now! This release includes two new experimental features to try out, improvements to accessibility rules, and more. [...]
Astro 4.1 🔗
Astro 4.1, our first release of the new year, is here! This release includes new accessibility audit rules, an extended `client:visible` directive, an [...]
What's new in Astro - December 2023 🔗
December: last month of the year, a time to reflect on all the amazing things we've shipped, including Astro 4.0! [...]
No More Bottlenecks 🔗
How Thinkmill Reduced Dependencies on Senior Developers with Astro [...]
Building a community of builders 🔗
Today, we launch our newest initiative to recognize people in our community who go above and beyond, including our very own maintainers. [...]
Slashing Development Costs 🔗
How WP Engine Lowered Development Costs by Over 50% with Astro’s Starlight [...]
Sentry: Our Official Monitoring Partner 🔗
Sentry is Astro's new official monitoring partner. To celebrate, we're featuring Spotlight, a rich debug overlay from Sentry. [...]
Astro 4.0 🔗
Astro 4.0 is here! New APIs, faster builds, redesigned docs, and a unique new Dev Toolbar for Astro that enhances your local dev environment in new an [...]
The $100,000 Astro Ecosystem Fund 🔗
Astro — the web framework for building content-driven websites like blogs, marketing, and e-commerce — is giving away $100,000 to support other open-s [...]
What's new in Astro - November 2023 🔗
November: the month of migrating the Astro Docs to Starlight, 3 Starlight minor releases, new view transition events and more! Read more about what's [...]
Astro 4.0 Beta Release 🔗
The first Astro 4.0 beta release is now available for you to try out in any existing Astro project! Stay tuned for more information about the upcoming [...]
Astro 3.5: i18n Routing 🔗
Astro 3.5 is out! It includes experimental support for i18n routing, prefetch for speedier page loads, form support with ViewTransitions, image optimi [...]
What's new in Astro - October 2023 🔗
Another busy month in Astro! From Hacktoberfest to releasing Page Partials. Read up on everything that happened this month in the Astro universe. [...]
Astro 3.4: Page Partials 🔗
Astro 3.4 is now released with support for page partials, improved image optimization performance, and an early preview of a new dev overlay. [...]
Web Pages in Half The Time 🔗
Why Microsoft Chose Astro to Build Their Fluent 2 Design System Website [...]
Astro 3.3: Picture component 🔗
Astro 3.3 is out with a brand new, experimental Picture component, improved compatibility for syntax highlighting, and package provenance. [...]
Astro @ ViteConf 2023 🔗
See you at ViteConf! Hear from members of the Astro core team, alongside an amazing lineup of projects from the Vite ecosystem. [...]
Astro 3.2: View Transitions improvements 🔗
Astro 3.2 is out with several improvements to View Transitions, including the ability to control the history stack, and a JavaScript navigation API [...]
How Astro does i18n 🔗
Leading open-source documentation with and for an international community. [...]
Astro 3.0 🔗
30% faster and more powerful than ever, Astro 3.0 is here! Includes new features and enhancements around View Transitions, Image Optimization, Fast Re [...]
Vercel: Our Official Hosting Partner 🔗
Vercel is Astro's new official hosting partner. To celebrate, we're launching new features for Astro users who deploy to Vercel's frontend cloud. [...]
Release Content Faster 🔗
How Firebase Cut Blog Publishing From Hours to Minutes with Astro [...]
Astro 2.10: Persistent State in View Transitions 🔗
Persistent UI in View Transitions and our first look at Astro 3.0 [...]
Astro 2.9: View Transitions (experimental) 🔗
Astro 2.9 is out with experimental support for View Transitions, allowing smooth page transitions. [...]
Content for Everyone 🔗
How Astro Helped Contenda Build a Content-Sharing Platform in One Month [...]
Better Images in Astro 🔗
A new feature brings built-in image optimization to Astro. Coming in Astro 3.0, you can opt-in to try it yourself in today. Images in Astro have been [...]
Astro 2.6: Middleware 🔗
A handful of experimental features go stable in Astro 2.6 including middleware, hybrid SSR output mode, custom client directives, and CSS inlining. Ex [...]
Astro 2.5 🔗
Data collections • Hybrid rendering • Custom client directives • HTML minification • Parallelized rendering • Polymorphic type helper • More! [...]
Astro 2.4 🔗
Stronger CSS scoping • Code component improvements • Middleware • CSS inlining • More! [...]
CloudCannon announces official support for Astro 🔗
CloudCannon, a popular Git-based CMS for static site generators, has announced full support for Astro. [...]
Astro 2.1 🔗
Introducing built-in image support • Markdoc integration • Watch mode for astro check • New TypeScript helpers and more! [...]
2023 Web Framework Performance Report 🔗
A look at how different web frameworks perform in the real world in 2023. Based on real-world, production data from HTTP Archive and Google Chrome. [...]
Welcome, World 🔗
Astro's new look is live! Learn all about our new brand including the design process, our new logo, typeface, color palette, and mascot. [...]
WebStorm announces official support for Astro 🔗
WebStorm, the popular IDE for Javascript by JetBrains, has announced initial support for Astro. Features include syntax highlighting, code completion, [...]
Astro Community Awards 2022 🔗
The Astro Community Awards for 2022 have been announced! These awards recognize the Astro community members who went above and beyond the past year. R [...]
Unlock New Possibilities with Hybrid Rendering 🔗
New in Astro 2.0: Hybrid rendering unlocks the best of both worlds—choose between the performance of static pages or the full flexibility of server re [...]
Introducing Content Collections: Type-Safe Markdown in Astro 2.0 🔗
New in Astro 2.0: Content Collections deliver a better developer experience for working with local content like Markdown and MDX. Powered by TypeScrip [...]
Astro 2.0 🔗
Astro 2.0 is here! Astro 2.0 is the first major web framework to deliver complete type-safety for Markdown and MDX. Other release highlights include: [...]
Themes Catalog Updates 🔗
Announcing the new and improved themes catalog. Now with support for more detailed theme descriptions and paid themes. [...]
Announcing the Astro Tutorial 🔗
Wrapping up Astro Docs week with our biggest Docs announcement to date: our first Astro Tutorial. [...]
Hacktoberfest with Astro Docs 🔗
It’s Astro Docs week! See how we hacked Hacktoberfest to celebrate our awesome contributors this October. [...]
Astro 1.5.0 Release 🔗
Introducing: Adapter support for astro preview • Node.js standalone mode • HMR improvements • New API route params [...]
Astro @ ViteConf 2022 🔗
See you at ViteConf! We have a ton of speakers from Astro giving talks and appearing on panels, alongside an amazing lineup. [...]
Astro 1.4.0 Release 🔗
Introducing: Astro.cookies • Strict dependency installation • Better control over style ordering • JSX in Vue components [...]
Storyblok Becomes Astro's Official CMS Partner 🔗
We are happy to announce that Storyblok has become Astro’s exclusive CMS partner, donating $2,500 each month towards the ongoing open source maintenan [...]
Astro Contributor Awards: September 2022 Edition 🔗
Every few months, we distribute 100% of our sponsorship funds for an entire month to the standout members of our community. These awards go to recogni [...]
Astro 1.0 🔗
Astro 1.0 is out now! Astro is a web framework for building fast, content-focused websites. Performance powered by Astro next-gen island architecture. [...]
Astro 1.0 Release Update 🔗
Just announced: The Astro v1.0.0 release date has been pushed back to late July. [...]
Vercel launches zero-configuration support for Astro 🔗
You can now deploy Astro projects to Vercel with ease. [...]
Astro on Netlify Edge Functions 🔗
Announcing support for the new Netlify Edge Functions platform [...]
The Astro 1.0 Hackathon is Here 🔗
4 weeks. Fully remote. 3 awesome Astro categories. $15,000 in prizes. What are you waiting for? [...]
Introducing The Astro Showcase 🔗
Explore beautiful community websites built with Astro. [...]
Astro Contributor Day 🔗
Happy Astro Contributor Day! Who are some of our awesome contributors? Where does Astro's sponsorship 💰 go? How does Astro give back to OSS? Lets get [...]
Astro Themes & Integrations 🔗
Introducing: a growing catalog of themes, components, and integrations to jumpstart your next Astro project. [...]
Server-Side Rendering with Astro 🔗
Announcing experimental support for server-side rendering in Astro [...]
Astro 1.0 Beta Release 🔗
The Astro 1.0 Beta is now available! This release marks the stabilization of all major APIs, with no more major breaking changes planned between now a [...]
Astro Beta Launch Week 🔗
incoming transmission // attention space cadets... [...]
Astro 0.25 Release Notes 🔗
Introducing: a new integration system • a new "add" command • shiki syntax highlighting • improved CLI build output [...]
Astro 0.23 Release Notes 🔗
Introducing: Dynamic file routes • Automatic XSS protection • two new component directives • vite 2.8 • and more! [...]
Scaling Astro to 10,000+ Pages 🔗
A new experimental flag in Astro build enables building sites with tens of thousands of pages. [...]
Announcing The Astro Technology Company 🔗
The Astro Technology Company has formed to support the Astro open source project and build a better platform for web developers everywhere. [...]
Astro 0.21 🔗
Astro v0.21.0 is finally here! [...]
Astro 0.21 Preview: Vite + WASM = ⚡️ 🔗
Get a sneak preview of what is next for Astro, including our new Vite build engine and WASM-powered Go compiler. [...]
Astro Demo Day September Edition 🔗
Astro September Demo Day was today and we had 4 amazing talks, including one with big announcements on the future direction of Astro. [...]
Introducing the Astro REPL 🔗
The power of Astro, right in your browser. [...]
Netlify Becomes Astro's Official Hosting Partner 🔗
We are happy to announce that Netlify has become Astro’s first corporate sponsor and exclusive hosting partner, donating $2,500 each month towards the [...]
Astro 0.19 🔗
Introducing: Next.js-inspired dynamic routing • Astro.resolve() • client:only components • translations • and more! [...]
Astro 0.18 Release 🔗
Introducing: Responsive partial hydration • Solid.js support • Lit SSR support • Named slots • Global style support • and more! [...]
Introducing Astro: Ship Less JavaScript 🔗
We're excited to announce Astro as a new way to build static websites and deliver lightning-fast performance without sacrificing a modern developer ex [...]