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Astro Plain

A minimalist multilingual static blog template built on Astro, with no CSS / UI framework dependencies.


Cost

Free


Created by
Luka

Major Features:


High-Performance Minimal Architecture:

Built with Astro Static Site Generation (SSG) and zero CSS/UI framework dependencies. Lightweight by design, delivering a perfect 100/100 Lighthouse score across Performance, Accessibility, Best Practices, and SEO.


Internationalization (i18n) & SEO Ready:

Powered by ts-intl-astro, with multilingual support built in:

  • Simplified Chinese, English, and Japanese translations
  • Static subpath routing (/zh-Hans/, /en-US/, /ja-JP/)
  • Automatic language detection via cookie or browser preference
  • SEO-friendly multilingual metadata generation (hreflang, x-default, Open Graph...)
  • Auto-generated sitemap, robots.txt, and per-language RSS feeds


Offline Full-Text Search:

Integrated Pagefind search with zero configuration. Fast, privacy-friendly, and works entirely on static hosting.


Modern Markdown / MDX Writing Experience:

  • Type-safe content collections powered by Zod and Astro Content Layer
  • Beautiful code blocks with Expressive Code
  • Built-in MDX components: FileTree, Steps, Tabs, GitHub-style alert blockquotes via remark-github-blockquote-alert


Other Features: Support for Disqus comment system and Microsoft Clarity site analytics.