Starlight is a documentation website framework for Astro.
It’s designed to help developers publish polished documentation sites with a ready-made structure for guides, references, and project docs, while still leaving plenty of room for customization through the wider Astro ecosystem. The project’s own documentation is built with Starlight, and the package is published as @astrojs/starlight.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Builds documentation websites on top of Astro.
- Supports Markdown, Markdoc, and MDX content.
- Provides built-in frontmatter validation with TypeScript type safety.
- Includes site navigation, search, internationalization, SEO support, code highlighting, and dark mode.
- Works with Astro integrations and custom UI components from React, Vue, Svelte, Solid, and more.
Website: https://github.com/withastro/starlight
Support:
Developer: withastro
License: MIT License
Starlight is written in TypeScript. Learn TypeScript with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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