News and updates about Astro.https://astro.build/https://astro.build/blog/astro-430/https://astro.build/blog/astro-430/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` type export, and more.Thu, 01 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/blog/whats-new-january-2024/https://astro.build/blog/whats-new-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!Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/blog/astro-420/https://astro.build/blog/astro-420/Astro 4.2 is out now! This release includes two new experimental features to try out, improvements to accessibility rules, and more.Thu, 18 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/blog/astro-410/https://astro.build/blog/astro-410/Astro 4.1, our first release of the new year, is here! This release includes new accessibility audit rules, an extended `client:visible` directive, and more.Thu, 04 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/blog/whats-new-december-2023/https://astro.build/blog/whats-new-december-2023/December: last month of the year, a time to reflect on all the amazing things we've shipped, including Astro 4.0!Sun, 31 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/case-studies/thinkmill/https://astro.build/case-studies/thinkmill/How Thinkmill Reduced Dependencies on Senior Developers with AstroMon, 11 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/blog/community-day-2023/https://astro.build/blog/community-day-2023/Today, we launch our newest initiative to recognize people in our community who go above and beyond, including our very own maintainers.Thu, 07 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/case-studies/wp-engine/https://astro.build/case-studies/wp-engine/How WP Engine Lowered Development Costs by Over 50% with Astro’s StarlightThu, 07 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/blog/sentry-official-monitoring-partner/https://astro.build/blog/sentry-official-monitoring-partner/Sentry is Astro's new official monitoring partner. To celebrate, we're featuring Spotlight, a rich debug overlay from Sentry. Wed, 06 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/blog/astro-4/https://astro.build/blog/astro-4/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 and exciting ways.Tue, 05 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/blog/astro-ecosystem-fund/https://astro.build/blog/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-source projects in our ecosystem that improve the lives of Astro users everywhere, every day.Mon, 04 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/blog/whats-new-november-2023/https://astro.build/blog/whats-new-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 new in Astro this month.Thu, 30 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/blog/astro-4-beta/https://astro.build/blog/astro-4-beta/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 4.Mon, 27 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/blog/astro-350/https://astro.build/blog/astro-350/Astro 3.5 is out! It includes experimental support for i18n routing, prefetch for speedier page loads, form support with ViewTransitions, image optimization improvements, and more.Wed, 08 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/blog/whats-new-october-2023/https://astro.build/blog/whats-new-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.Tue, 31 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/blog/astro-340/https://astro.build/blog/astro-340/Astro 3.4 is now released with support for page partials, improved image optimization performance, and an early preview of a new dev overlay.Thu, 26 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/case-studies/microsoft/https://astro.build/case-studies/microsoft/Why Microsoft Chose Astro to Build Their Fluent 2 Design System WebsiteSun, 22 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/blog/astro-330/https://astro.build/blog/astro-330/Astro 3.3 is out with a brand new, experimental Picture component, improved compatibility for syntax highlighting, and package provenance.Thu, 12 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/blog/viteconf-2023/https://astro.build/blog/viteconf-2023/See you at ViteConf! Hear from members of the Astro core team, alongside an amazing lineup of projects from the Vite ecosystem.Mon, 02 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/blog/astro-320/https://astro.build/blog/astro-320/Astro 3.2 is out with several improvements to View Transitions, including the ability to control the history stack, and a JavaScript navigation APIThu, 28 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/blog/astro-i18n/https://astro.build/blog/astro-i18n/Leading open-source documentation with and for an international community.Thu, 31 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/blog/astro-3/https://astro.build/blog/astro-3/30% faster and more powerful than ever, Astro 3.0 is here! Includes new features and enhancements around View Transitions, Image Optimization, Fast Refresh JSX and more.Wed, 30 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/blog/vercel-official-hosting-partner/https://astro.build/blog/vercel-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. Mon, 28 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/case-studies/firebase/https://astro.build/case-studies/firebase/How Firebase Cut Blog Publishing From Hours to Minutes with AstroFri, 11 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/blog/astro-2100/https://astro.build/blog/astro-2100/Persistent UI in View Transitions and our first look at Astro 3.0Thu, 03 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/blog/astro-290/https://astro.build/blog/astro-290/Astro 2.9 is out with experimental support for View Transitions, allowing smooth page transitions.Thu, 20 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/case-studies/contenda-share-pear/https://astro.build/case-studies/contenda-share-pear/How Astro Helped Contenda Build a Content-Sharing Platform in One MonthThu, 29 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/blog/images/https://astro.build/blog/images/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 completely redesigned with more features, faster performance, and a better end-user experience with automatic layout shift prevention.Wed, 07 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/blog/astro-260/https://astro.build/blog/astro-260/A handful of experimental features go stable in Astro 2.6 including middleware, hybrid SSR output mode, custom client directives, and CSS inlining. Experimental support for a new redirects API is also introduced.Tue, 06 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/blog/astro-250/https://astro.build/blog/astro-250/Data collections • Hybrid rendering • Custom client directives • HTML minification • Parallelized rendering • Polymorphic type helper • More!Thu, 18 May 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/blog/astro-240/https://astro.build/blog/astro-240/Stronger CSS scoping • Code component improvements • Middleware • CSS inlining • More!Thu, 04 May 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/blog/astro-220/https://astro.build/blog/astro-220/CDN support for assets • image() schema helper API change • Much more!Wed, 05 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/blog/astro-cloudcannon-support/https://astro.build/blog/astro-cloudcannon-support/CloudCannon, a popular Git-based CMS for static site generators, has announced full support for Astro.Fri, 17 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/blog/astro-210/https://astro.build/blog/astro-210/Introducing built-in image support • Markdoc integration • Watch mode for astro check • New TypeScript helpers and more!Wed, 08 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/blog/2023-web-framework-performance-report/https://astro.build/blog/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.Tue, 07 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/blog/welcome-world/https://astro.build/blog/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.Mon, 06 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/blog/astro-webstorm-support/https://astro.build/blog/astro-webstorm-support/WebStorm, the popular IDE for Javascript by JetBrains, has announced initial support for Astro. Features include syntax highlighting, code completion, refactorings, navigation, intentions, code folding, Emmet support, and correct formatting.Fri, 03 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/blog/community-awards-22/https://astro.build/blog/community-awards-22/The Astro Community Awards for 2022 have been announced! These awards recognize the Astro community members who went above and beyond the past year. Read more to find out who was recognized!Fri, 27 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/blog/hybrid-rendering/https://astro.build/blog/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 rendering for each page of your website.Thu, 26 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/blog/introducing-content-collections/https://astro.build/blog/introducing-content-collections/New in Astro 2.0: Content Collections deliver a better developer experience for working with local content like Markdown and MDX. Powered by TypeScript, your local content is now automatically typed and validated for you against a schema so that you never miss or misspell another frontmatter property name again.Wed, 25 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/blog/astro-2/https://astro.build/blog/astro-2/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: Hybrid Rendering • Redesigned Error Overlays • Improved Dev Server and HMR • Vite 4.0 • A New Public RoadmapTue, 24 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/blog/themes-catalog-updates/https://astro.build/blog/themes-catalog-updates/Announcing the new and improved themes catalog. Now with support for more detailed theme descriptions and paid themes.Thu, 08 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/blog/astro-tutorial/https://astro.build/blog/astro-tutorial/Wrapping up Astro Docs week with our biggest Docs announcement to date: our first Astro Tutorial.Fri, 04 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/blog/docs-hacktoberfest/https://astro.build/blog/docs-hacktoberfest/It’s Astro Docs week! See how we hacked Hacktoberfest to celebrate our awesome contributors this October.Mon, 31 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/blog/astro-150/https://astro.build/blog/astro-150/Introducing: Adapter support for astro preview • Node.js standalone mode • HMR improvements • New API route paramsThu, 13 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/blog/viteconf-2022/https://astro.build/blog/viteconf-2022/See you at ViteConf! We have a ton of speakers from Astro giving talks and appearing on panels, alongside an amazing lineup.Mon, 10 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/blog/astro-140/https://astro.build/blog/astro-140/Introducing: Astro.cookies • Strict dependency installation • Better control over style ordering • JSX in Vue componentsThu, 29 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/blog/storyblok-partnership/https://astro.build/blog/storyblok-partnership/We are happy to announce that Storyblok has become Astro’s exclusive CMS partner, donating $2,500 each month towards the ongoing open source maintenance and development of Astro. Wed, 07 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/blog/contributor-awards-4/https://astro.build/blog/contributor-awards-4/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 recognize the people who go above and beyond to improve Astro in some way, contributing inside and outside of our community.Tue, 06 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/blog/astro-1/https://astro.build/blog/astro-1/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. Learn more about Astro 1.0 release, our new website, and what people are saying about Astro.Tue, 09 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/blog/astro-1-release-update/https://astro.build/blog/astro-1-release-update/Just announced: The Astro v1.0.0 release date has been pushed back to late July.Mon, 06 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/blog/astro-vercel-launch/https://astro.build/blog/astro-vercel-launch/You can now deploy Astro projects to Vercel with ease.Thu, 19 May 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/blog/netlify-edge-functions/https://astro.build/blog/netlify-edge-functions/Announcing support for the new Netlify Edge Functions platformTue, 19 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/blog/astro-1-hackathon/https://astro.build/blog/astro-1-hackathon/4 weeks. Fully remote. 3 awesome Astro categories. $15,000 in prizes. What are you waiting for?Fri, 08 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/blog/astro-showcase/https://astro.build/blog/astro-showcase/Explore beautiful community websites built with Astro.Fri, 08 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/blog/community-day/https://astro.build/blog/community-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 into it!Thu, 07 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/blog/themes-and-integrations/https://astro.build/blog/themes-and-integrations/Introducing: a growing catalog of themes, components, and integrations to jumpstart your next Astro project.Wed, 06 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/blog/experimental-server-side-rendering/https://astro.build/blog/experimental-server-side-rendering/Announcing experimental support for server-side rendering in AstroTue, 05 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/blog/astro-1-beta-release/https://astro.build/blog/astro-1-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 and the official v1.0 release.Mon, 04 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/blog/launch-week/https://astro.build/blog/launch-week/incoming transmission // attention space cadets...Mon, 28 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/blog/astro-025/https://astro.build/blog/astro-025/Introducing: a new integration system • a new "add" command • shiki syntax highlighting • improved CLI build outputSun, 27 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/blog/astro-023/https://astro.build/blog/astro-023/Introducing: Dynamic file routes • Automatic XSS protection • two new component directives • vite 2.8 • and more!Sat, 19 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/blog/experimental-static-build/https://astro.build/blog/experimental-static-build/A new experimental flag in Astro build enables building sites with tens of thousands of pages.Tue, 25 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/blog/the-astro-technology-company/https://astro.build/blog/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.Wed, 12 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/blog/astro-021-release/https://astro.build/blog/astro-021-release/Astro v0.21.0 is finally here!Fri, 19 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/blog/astro-021-preview/https://astro.build/blog/astro-021-preview/Get a sneak preview of what is next for Astro, including our new Vite build engine and WASM-powered Go compiler.Wed, 06 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/blog/demo-day-2021-09/https://astro.build/blog/demo-day-2021-09/Astro September Demo Day was today and we had 4 amazing talks, including one with big announcements on the future direction of Astro.Mon, 20 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/blog/astro-repl/https://astro.build/blog/astro-repl/The power of Astro, right in your browser.Fri, 17 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/blog/netlify-astro-hosting-sponsorship/https://astro.build/blog/netlify-astro-hosting-sponsorship/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 ongoing open source maintenance and development of Astro. Thu, 09 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/blog/astro-019/https://astro.build/blog/astro-019/Introducing: Next.js-inspired dynamic routing • Astro.resolve() • client:only components • translations • and more!Wed, 18 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/blog/astro-018/https://astro.build/blog/astro-018/Introducing: Responsive partial hydration • Solid.js support • Lit SSR support • Named slots • Global style support • and more!Tue, 27 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://astro.build/blog/introducing-astro/https://astro.build/blog/introducing-astro/We're excited to announce Astro as a new way to build static websites and deliver lightning-fast performance without sacrificing a modern developer experience. Tue, 08 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMT