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Welcome to Astro

The official 'Getting Started' template for Astro.

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Welcome to Astro

Astro Starter Kit: Basics

npm create astro@latest -- --template basics

šŸ§‘ā€šŸš€ Seasoned astronaut? Delete this file. Have fun!

šŸš€ Project Structure

Inside of your Astro project, you'll see the following folders and files:

/
ā”œā”€ā”€ public/
│ └── favicon.svg
ā”œā”€ā”€ src
│   ā”œā”€ā”€ assets
│   │   └── astro.svg
│   ā”œā”€ā”€ components
│   │   └── Welcome.astro
│   ā”œā”€ā”€ layouts
│   │   └── Layout.astro
│   └── pages
│   └── index.astro
└── package.json

To learn more about the folder structure of an Astro project, refer to our guide on project structure.

šŸ§ž Commands

All commands are run from the root of the project, from a terminal:

CommandAction
npm installInstalls dependencies
npm run devStarts local dev server at localhost:4321
npm run buildBuild your production site to ./dist/
npm run previewPreview your build locally, before deploying
npm run astro ...Run CLI commands like astro add, astro check
npm run astro -- --helpGet help using the Astro CLI

šŸ‘€ Want to learn more?

Feel free to check our documentation or jump into our Discord server.

GitHub Repowithastro/astro
Use Cases
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AstroCSS

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