Astro Weekly #63

Unlock Astro's potential with this curated collection of community-driven projects, UI libraries, SaaS starter kits, themes, and more

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Nathan Lawson
December 29, 2024

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Hello, Astronauts.

Welcome to the second instalment in our special holiday series of Astro Weekly.

This week, we’re shining a spotlight on some of the best community-driven projects to help you make the most of Astro. Whether you’re looking to streamline content management, kickstart your next SaaS or online store, or fine-tune performance, we’ve curated 16 incredible tools, libraries, starter kits, and more just for you.

Ready to explore? Let’s dive in! 🚀

Content + UI 🗂️

StudioCMS

A dedicated CMS for Astro DB. Built from the ground up by the Astro community.

studiocms.dev

StudioCMS UI

StudioCMS UI is an Astro-native UI library. All the components you need, without the pain of React.

ui.studiocms.dev

Community Content Loaders

Content Layer API loaders including WordPress, Stripe, Notion, Bluesky, Strapi, and more

npmjs.com/search?q=keywords%3Aastro-loader

Fulldev UI

The Astro UI library for building content-driven websites.

ui.full.dev

Astro Cloudinary

High-performance image and video delivery and uploading at scale in Astro powered by Cloudinary.

astro.cloudinary.dev

Darkmatter

Edit Astro content collections in a CMS-like interface.

getdarkmatter.dev

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Starter kits + Themes 🎨

Astro Storefront

High-performance ecommerce with Astro, plus connected services to power payments, emails and more.

github.com/withastro/storefront

Lexington Themes

A collection of free and premium multipage themes. Beautifully crafted with Astro.js and Tailwind CSS.

lexingtonthemes.com

Cosmic Themes

Beautiful website templates and themes designed using Astro and Tailwind CSS.

cosmicthemes.com

LaunchFast

Save countless hours with this comprehensive SaaS starter kit available in several frameworks, including Astro.

launchfa.st

Starlight Starter

Configurable template for quickly building a Starlight documentation site.

starlightstarter.com

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Packages 📦

Clerk Astro SDK

Integrate Clerk into your Astro application using the Clerk Astro SDK.

clerk.com/docs/references/astro/overview

Astro Font

An Astro integration to optimize local & Google fonts.

npmjs.com/package/astro-font

Astro Integration Kit

Get started building your integration with Astro Integration Kit utilities.

astro-integration-kit.netlify.app

PandaBox

A lightweight and performant Astro Lightbox and Gallery.

astro-lightbox.netlify.app

Astro YouTube

An Astro component for embedding YouTube videos with performance in mind.

npmjs.com/package/@barcia/astro-youtube

Which project are you most excited to try out in your Astro applications?

Did I miss something? Let me know on X or Bluesky.

Join me next week for the final special edition of Astro Weekly this holiday season, where I’ll be putting together the ultimate guide to learning Astro in 2025.

Until then, keep working on those side projects.

– Nathan 👨‍🚀