What's new in Astro - March 2024

By
Elian Van Cutsem

A month full of releases, Astro DB, Astro Developer Portal, and so much more. Let’s dive in!

Updates from Mission Control

Releases

Docs

This month, we added a new Upgrade Astro page to the docs that includes how to upgrade to the latest version, past upgrade guides and docs for older versions, as well as an explanation of Astro’s semantic versioning from our platform team. If you ever wondered what all the different numbers in our release versions meant, we’ve now got you covered!

Our weekly Discord call “Talking and Doc’ing” is a chance for you to watch Team Docs work in public, jump in a shared Codespace or Gitpod Workspace, and contribute to the docs live, together. This month’s topics included:

  • Updating our community website with all of our past community award winners going back to the very beginning, giving us a chance to test a new pagination component.
  • Adding our new <Steps /> component to the entire Build a Blog beginner tutorial.
  • Helping a brand new Astro-community tips and resource site figure out how to get started with Starlight. Check out astro-tips.dev for recipes and more!

Community

Astro wouldn’t be what it is without its community. From Discord support, to documentation improvements, to translations, to code contributions, Astro welcomes it all.

Hear some of our past community award winners share what it’s like contributing to Astro, and see for yourself what makes the Astro experience so special.

Community Awards February

These are some of the people who went above and beyond last month to make all our lives just a little (or a lot!) better:

  • 🌟 $500 to @mingjunlu for contributing to all aspects of the Astro project and community including support, translations, migrating tests and fixing issues.
  • 🍾 $250 to @ktym4a for contributions to the Astro ecosystem, including core and integrations.
  • 🎈 $250 to @jackshelton Shelton for outstanding leadership and community support with the QwikDev/astro integration.
  • 🎊 $250 to @soslan117 for their enthusiastic contributions translating Astro Docs into Russian.
  • 🎉 $250 to @bryceguy for creating several popular community packages and leadership in community support.

👕 ✨ Swag shop merch issued this month to @tigger_hyk, @nathanlawsn, and @sergios1630 !

Check them out and learn more about the Astro Community Awards on our community website.

Showcase

Content

Featured: “The Story of Astro DB”

With the launch of Astro DB and Astro Studio this month, there were several reaction videos, streams, and interviews. Learn the story of Astro DB, and see some of the first reactions by the community:

Because you can never get tired of watching and reading Astro Content, here’s even more community content!

Tips & Tools

The latest community-built utilities and integrations to help you build with Astro.

Themes & Templates

Several new Astro themes were added to the Astro theme directory this month. Try them out!

More themes and templates:

Websites

Looking for some inspiration? See all the community member websites submitted to our Discord #showcase channel and featured on community calls this month.

Starlight in the wild

Want to be on this list next month? Post your Astro websites, projects, apps, tools, blog posts, demos, and videos in our #showcase channel in our Discord!