Astro Joining Cloudflare
4 months ago
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- Astro Technology Company, the creator of the Astro web framework, is joining Cloudflare.
- Astro remains open-source, MIT-licensed, and actively maintained, with support for multiple deployment targets.
- All full-time employees of Astro Technology Company will now work at Cloudflare, continuing to develop Astro.
- Astro was created in 2021 to address performance issues in content-driven websites, contrasting with data-driven applications.
- Astro is now downloaded nearly 1,000,000 times weekly and used by major companies like Webflow, Wix, Microsoft, and Google.
- Attempts to monetize Astro through hosted services were unsuccessful, leading to a refocus on the core framework.
- Cloudflare and Astro share a vision for the future of the web, combining infrastructure and framework strengths.
- Astro will stay free, open-source, and platform-agnostic, with continued community involvement and open governance.
- The upcoming Astro 6 release and 2026 roadmap will reflect renewed focus on performance and developer experience.