Why's nobody using Astro?

Astro is a really amazing web framework. But it seems as if not that many developers are actually using it. That's too bad!

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[O_Eduardo]

I agree. I feel like the new generation of javascript programmers don't have the experience of not using any frameworks so they start with different view of what is unnecessary or over complex.

Simplicity has no value these days, marketing has dominated the scene.

Developers nowadays have more concern about they're own career, that's not about making things easier or better, it's about what should I know to get the next job.

If there are no astro in most of companies, then people are not willing to try it.

[palockocz]

I migrated from NextJS to Astro. It was the best decision. Using Astro as fullstack in server mode and host it on VPS.

[bgu.]

I’m using Astro for my personal website, I especially like how page transitions are easy to use and clean. I have yet to discover the full potential of Astro Islands.

[JordanICM]

I am truly getting sick of frontend development... I don't understand what this field is becoming where people are proud to say that there's 50 awesome frameworks out there, and with this latest framework you can combine it with other frameworks on top of meta-frameworks to create super ultimate meta frameworks that can be combined with future new frameworks to replace your previous frameworks from 2 months ago. It's ridiculous.

[leopb]

I've been using Astro since 2021. Absolutely everything you can do with Next, you can do in Astro, in a simpler, faster, and lighter way. You can choose between Svelte, Vue, HTMX, React, Solid, etc. For me, using React/Next stopped making sense a long time ago. Killer combo for AI projects: Astro + Svelte + Turso.

[fredericoneto]

I agree Astro is amazing .. but was hoping for a actual answer into why people aren't using it .. for me, is hard to sell it to the company i work, knowing the eco system is a bit small in comparison to next/nuxt .. but it is a amazing framwork i 100% agree

[fkwktrd]

Astro can do everything next can do in my experience. Its been my favorite framework for a while now.

[arytiwa]

it can also be used for single page app with clientSide view transitions. I use Svelte with Astro.

[AirmanCS]

I was making my own page for the first time, since I haven't touch a page in like 10+ years I used html css and vanillajs, soon enough I found myself doing js injecting html on my pages for the navbar, doing custom loading dom orders, loaders for js scripts, all sorts of things XD and i can say I learned a lot of js.

But my GF asked me for store page and I have learned so much over the last 2 months, that I knew this was going to be pain (is a VERY simple almost static store) but I wanted a framework to help me. After looking at them all, react, nextjs, angular, vue, etc I found astro and I got to say is perfect! Not too much hassle and all the flexibility, for me as a noob this is great is my favorite of all the options I found.

[actualwafflesenjoyer]

i don't pay it any attention because it's not clear what the heck it is.

[VincentFulco]

Great perspective. Just found Astro and using it for light sites work, a nice relief from the next.js complexities and "heavy" feeling.

[kameikojirou]

I'm using Astro as well. It's fantastic! Throw in a Node adapter and you have a proper backend too! People be sleeping on Astro.

[sonicaxy]

I'm working on mainly PHP/Laravel generally with tailwind. Also I work with Vue in Astro if the project is a dynamic application. I'm really happy to choose this way. It solves 99% of my problems.

[mikeeomega]

I'm seeing more and more devs/projects replacing Next for their marketing website in favor of Astro with React components or starlight docs websites. Of course, it's a framework with a direct focus on content websites.

[startappdev]

I use both and both are great.
Astro for websites - landing page, documentation sites, lead gen sites, blogs, MPAs and other content driven websites
Next.js for web apps - dashboard, SaaS, admin portal, PWAs, SPAs and other apps

[horstcredible]

So we have now a meta frameworks that's so meta it can be used not only with Meta's React, but also other UI frameworks.

[ataru-music]

Astro is awesome, some features: UI-agnostic (easy integration with react, vue, etc.), server-first, customizable, great SEO support.

[edumorphology]

Hey Max & Team, I’ve taken a few of your courses before, and you’re one of the best. I switched to Astro for my personal tinkering a while ago. I’m still having trouble rendering the actual markdown content in list form (as opposed to listing just the frontmatter) from content collections and content layers. I want to be able to generate relatively complex “textbooks” that read like infinite scroll with lots of menu nav options. I would pay for a course if you covered that use case. Would even pay a lot to kickstart it.

[RoyerAdames]

Astro can handle different version of React, or Angular, etc in the same project. It is possible. Imagine starting a compononent with the latest React features instead of being stuck with legacy code because updating everything gets complex and costly. Game changer.

I have to test this.

[horstcredible]

You can use Astro as migration tool.
If you, e.g., would want to switch away from React to Svelte you could do it step by step using Astro.

I don't think it's a good idea to use that feature to have multiple teams using multiple different frameworks and their different tech stack for the same project.
Too much complexity, too much expertise required to maintain the project.

But for migrating form one tech to the other it's awesome, in my opinion!