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/
│   ├── components/
│   │   └── Card.astro
│   ├── layouts/
│   │   └── Layout.astro
│   └── pages/
│       └── index.astro
└── package.json

Astro looks for .astro or .md files in the src/pages/ directory. Each page is exposed as a route based on its file name.

There's nothing special about src/components/, but that's where we like to put any Astro/React/Vue/Svelte/Preact components.

Any static assets, like images, can be placed in the public/ directory.

🧞 Commands

All commands are run from the root of the project, from a terminal:

Command Action
npm install Installs dependencies
npm run dev Starts local dev server at localhost:4321
npm run build Build your production site to ./dist/
npm run preview Preview your build locally, before deploying
npm run astro ... Run CLI commands like astro add, astro check
npm run astro -- --help Get help using the Astro CLI

👀 Want to learn more?

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

Integrate with Bootstrap (manually)

  • Add dependencies
    • bootstrap
    • bootstrap-icons
    • sass
  • Create src/styles/bootstrap.scss to import the necessary bootstrap styles
    • customize your-selves styles here
  • Import scss and js in Layout
  • Add a Header which can activate menu based on URL path
  • Add a Login form

Integrate with Directus (manually)

  • directus-transport.ts calls Directus API in SSR.
  • login.astro shows how to save token to Astro cookies.
  • directus-users.ts shows how to retrieve data from Directus with type safety.