SkyScript — A Modern Blog Template for Astro
SkyScript is a beautifully designed, content-first blog starter built with the latest web technologies. Whether you're launching a personal blog, a company news section, or a content-focused publication, SkyScript gives you everything you need to get started fast.
⚡ Built for Performance
SkyScript is built on Astro v5 with static site generation, delivering lightning-fast page loads and perfect Core Web Vitals scores. Every page is pre-rendered at build time for maximum performance.
- 100/100 PageSpeed Insights score
- Static HTML generation for instant page loads
- Optimized images with Astro's built-in Image component
- Minimal JavaScript footprint
🎨 Clean, Modern Design
A minimalist design that puts your content front and center. The responsive layout looks beautiful on every device—from mobile phones to ultra-wide monitors.
- Modern, card-based layout
- Responsive design across all breakpoints
- View Transitions API for smooth page navigation
- Custom typography and spacing
📝 Headless CMS Integration
SkyScript comes pre-configured with AstraCMS for seamless content management. Write your posts in a beautiful editor, manage authors and categories, and publish instantly.
- Ready-to-use AstraCMS integration
- Support for featured posts and categories
- Author profiles with avatars and bios
- Tag-based organization
🔍 SEO Optimized
Every detail has been considered for maximum search engine visibility.
- Dynamic meta tags from post content
- Open Graph and Twitter Card support
- Canonical URLs
- Automatic sitemap generation
- Schema.org markup ready
- Accessible HTML structure (WCAG compliant)
📦 What's Included
Components
- Hero Section — Highlight your featured posts
- Blog Cards — Beautiful post previews with images
- Author Cards — Showcase post authors with avatars
- Related Posts — Keep readers engaged with similar content
- Pagination — Navigate through your blog archive
- Newsletter Signup — Grow your subscriber list
- Sticky Action Bar — Easy social sharing on posts
- Tag Footer — Display post tags for better navigation
Pages
- Homepage with featured posts grid
- Blog listing with pagination
- Individual post pages
- Static page template
- Category pages
Developer Experience
- TypeScript — Full type safety
- Tailwind CSS v4 — Utility-first styling
- ESLint & Prettier — Code quality tools pre-configured
- Centralized Config — All site settings in one file
Feel free to customize this or let me know if you'd like any sections expanded or shortened!
