A practical stack guide showing how Directus (SQL-backed headless CMS) and Astro (content-focused web framework) integrate, plus architecture, deployment, observability, and a staged implementation plan.
Discover the best projects built with Astro
What is Astro?
Astro is a content-first web framework that ships zero JS by default for ultra-fast sites. This gallery lists 596 open-source projects built with Astro, most of them in Blogs, DevTools and UI Kits, ranked by GitHub stars so the most-adopted repositories come first.
How projects are selected
Projects are public GitHub repositories found with the GitHub search query “topic:astro” and at least 30 stars. Each repository is checked against Astro’s languages and ecosystem before it is categorized, and stars, forks and last-commit dates come straight from the GitHub API, refreshed daily (current snapshot: October 6, 2026). Nothing here is paid placement.
Astro projects: FAQ
- How many open-source Astro projects are listed?
- 596 open-source projects built with Astro are listed, sourced from public GitHub repositories as of October 6, 2026.
- What is the most-starred Astro project on GitHub?
- union by unionlabs leads with 73,863 GitHub stars (73.9k), followed by pretty-ts-errors with 14,096.
- What kinds of projects are built with Astro?
- The largest category is Blogs, with 173 projects (29% of the gallery), followed by DevTools with 172. Projects span 14 categories in total.
- Which license do most Astro projects use?
- MIT is the most common license, used by 373 of 596 projects (63%); GPL-3.0 is next with 24. 148 projects declare no recognized license.
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