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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

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🚀 Project Structure

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

/
├── public/
│   └── favicon.svg
├── src
│   ├── assets
│   │   └── astro.svg
│   ├── components
│   │   └── Welcome.astro
│   ├── 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.

🧞 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

👀 Want to learn more?

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

Use Cases
Starter
Stack
AstroCSS
Source

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