Astro

Astro is a web build tool optimized for creating fast, content-driven websites using server-rendered HTML and an Islands architecture for partial hydration.

It supports UI components from React, Vue, Svelte, and other frameworks, includes built-in content collections with type safety, ships zero JavaScript by default, and provides incremental content caching with flexible deployment modes, including hybrid static and SSR output.

According to our data, Astro is the most popular static site generator on the web.
It has 37.5% of the static site generator market share and is present on 0.3% of all websites.

πŸ’Έ Pricing

Astro is available for free.

Free βœ”οΈ Open source

πŸ“Š Rankings and Market Share

πŸ† Astro Awards

⚑ Sites Built With Astro

We have data on 11,329 websites that use the Astro static site generator. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.

The highest rated site using Astro is cloudflare.com.

#WebsiteRankCountryLanguage
1 cloudflare.com #20 United States English
2 playstation.com #130 Japan American English
3 ikea.com #181 Netherlands English
4 vg.no #510 Norway Norwegian
5 aftonbladet.se #514 Sweden Swedish
6 kleinanzeigen.de #570 Germany German
7 manoramaonline.com #690 India English
8 requestly.com #1,151 English
9 klaviyo.com #1,195 United States American English
10 proton.me #1,267 Switzerland English
11 thebase.com #1,319 Japan Japanese
12 netlify.com #1,419 United States English
13 getbootstrap.com #1,542 United States English
14 abplive.com #1,689 India Hindi
15 porsche.com #1,716 Germany American English
16 mattel.com #1,873 United States English
17 zomato.com #2,096 India English
18 feverup.com #2,218 English
19 developers.cloudflare.com United States English
20 biglobe.ne.jp #2,377 Japan Japanese

πŸ“ˆ Usage Statistics

Most of the sites that use Astro:

Most of the sites using Astro are from the United States, Germany, and Japan.

  • United States 22.1%
  • Germany 7.3%
  • Japan 5.9%
  • United Kingdom 5.7%
  • Spain 4.2%
  • France 3.6%
  • India 3.4%
  • Brazil 3.3%
  • Poland 2.8%
  • Other 41.7%

Most Astro users speak English, Spanish, or German.

  • English 62.4%
  • Spanish 7.4%
  • German 4.8%
  • Japanese 4.2%
  • French 3.2%
  • Portuguese 2.6%
  • Polish 1.8%
  • Italian 1.5%
  • Russian 1.3%
  • Other 10.8%

The Astro static site generator is especially popular on .com top-level domains.

  • .com 45.8%
  • .org 4.5%
  • .de 3.1%
  • .net 2.9%
  • .io 2.7%
  • .com.br 1.8%
  • .co.uk 1.5%
  • .fr 1.3%
  • .com.au 1.2%
  • Other 35.2%

The primary market segments for websites utilizing Astro include business, Internet services, and marketing and merchandising.

  • Business 19.4%
  • Internet Services 11.3%
  • Marketing/Merchandising 9.1%
  • Blogs/Wiki 7.5%
  • Software/Hardware 6.1%
  • Online Shopping 5%
  • Education/Reference 4.2%
  • Entertainment 4%
  • Health 3.6%
  • Other 29.8%

πŸ”’ Astro Versions

The most widespread version of Astro is 5.16, used by 9.5% of sites where versions were detected. In addition, 9.4% of sites use Astro 5.18, and 9.1% use Astro 4.16.

The Astro version distribution shows significant fragmentation, with 47.1% of sites using versions other than the top ones.

  • 5.16 9.5%
  • 5.18 9.4%
  • 4.16 9.1%
  • 6.4 4.6%
  • 5.13 4.3%
  • 7.1 4.2%
  • 6.1 4.1%
  • 7.0 4%
  • 5.15 3.7%
  • Other 47.1%

πŸ•΅οΈ Similar Technologies

These are some of the best Astro alternatives.

RankName
2
Gatsby
San Francisco, California, United States

An open-source static site generator built on React and Node.js that creates fast pre-rendered websites.

FreeOpen source
10
Eleventy
Bentonville, Arkansas, United States

A high-performance, production-ready, open-source static site generator written in JavaScript.

FreeOpen source
12
VitePress

A Vue-powered static site generator and successor to VuePress, built on top of the Vite build tool.

FreeOpen source
16
VuePress

A static site generator based on Vue and Markdown for building documentation and content-focused websites.

FreeOpen source
19
Gridsome

A Vue.js powered Jamstack framework for building statically generated websites and applications.

FreeOpen source

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πŸ’¬ Frequently Asked Questions

Is Astro free?

Yes, it is a free static site generator.
It is also an open-source solution, and you can access its source code on GitHub.

Which country uses Astro the most?

The majority of Astro users are from the United States.

Who uses Astro?

According to our data, Astro is used on thousands of sites, including such established ones as cloudflare.com, playstation.com, and ikea.com.

Is Astro used on government websites?

Overall, we found Astro on 3 government sites in the United States.

Do academic institutions use Astro?

Yes. In total, we know of 8 academic websites in the United States that use Astro.

How does Astro stack up against its competitors?

Astro is the most popular static site generator on the market, outranking all others.

What are the alternatives to Astro?

Alternatives and possible competitors to Astro may include VitePress, Gatsby, and Eleventy.

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