Starlight

Astro Starlight is a full-featured documentation theme built on top of the Astro framework. It provides everything you need to build a beautiful, high-performance documentation website with a great authoring experience.

Core Features

• Markdown & MDX Support: Write content using standard Markdown or leverage the power of MDX to include interactive components.
• Search: Built-in search functionality that indexes your content for easy navigation.
• Internationalization (i18n): Support for multiple languages to reach a global audience.
• SEO-friendly: Automatic sitemaps, and other features to ensure your documentation is discoverable.
• Easy Configuration: A simple starlight.config.ts file to customize your site.

Getting Started

1. Installation: Create a new Starlight project with bun create astro --template starlight.
2. Project Setup: Configure your site in starlight.config.ts.
3. Development: Start the development server with bun dev.
4. Content: Add your content in the src/content/docs directory.
5. Deployment: Deploy your site to any static hosting provider.

Related Tools

• Astro : The underlying framework that powers Starlight, designed for building fast, content-driven websites.
• Hugo : A popular static site generator known for its speed and flexibility, often used for similar documentation purposes.

Projects using Astro Starlight

• Astro Starlight Demo : A demo project showcasing the ease of getting started with Astro Starlight for building modern websites.

A journey of discovery sparked by the Gemini CLI website, leading to exploration of Astro Starlight and expanding my web development toolkit.