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Beginner's Guide to Astro

Where Astro sites are born.

Plain-English lessons, no experience needed. Every big word is explained the moment it appears. Build your site with Claude, or by hand for free.

Never built a website? Start from zero. Six short pages, no code.What do you want to learn?/Build your site with Claude

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The Astro Nursery course

Build your website with Claude

4 lessons, about 75 minutes. You say what you want. Claude writes the code.

  1. Lesson 1 · 20 min · DoneGet set up: Claude, Node.js, GitHub and a host
  2. Lesson 2 · 15 min · DoneAsk Claude to build your site
  3. Lesson 3 · 20 min · DoneChange anything by asking
  4. Lesson 4 · 20 min · DoneSave it to GitHub and put it online
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New to EmDash?

EmDash is the open-source CMS from Cloudflare, built on Astro. It adds a dashboard for writing and editing, so people who don't code can run an Astro site.

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AI tools can write your Astro site with you, if you know what to say and what to check. These guides come from how we build this site.

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Which Astro host is best for you?

Answer four questions and we'll name one host, and tell you why.

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Free Astro tools All tools

  • Host finder

    Answer four questions and get one hosting recommendation, for Astro or EmDash.

  • Is Astro right for me?

    A quick, honest check before you commit, including when to pick something else.

  • Project command builder

    Pick your options and copy the exact command to start a new project.

  • Meta tag generator

    Write your page title and description, preview them, and copy the code.

  • Astro prompt builder

    Build a prompt for Claude or ChatGPT that includes your Astro version and the gotchas to avoid.

Free hosting plans Compare all

  • Our pick

    Spacefast

    Best for most Astro sites. Drag a folder or run one command. Free plan.

  • Our pick

    Cloudflare

    Best for EmDash. Static file requests are free and unlimited.

  • Netlify

    Free plan, with paid plans from $9 a month.

  • Vercel

    Free Hobby plan for personal projects.

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Written so anyone can follow along, at any age.

Meet the people who check it

  • Every step is run for real before we publish it, and each guide says which version we used.

  • Plain words. Short sentences. Big words explained the moment they appear.

  • When Astro changes, we fix the guide and change its date.

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Build your site with Claude

Four lessons. Claude builds it, you say what you want. Or learn by hand, free.

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Try "blog", "deploy" or "EmDash".