Astro Boilerplate - An Astro starter template built with TypeScript and Tailwind CSS
Free Astro starter template for a responsive blog and portfolio, with Tailwind styling and React components. Includes SEO basics, RSS feed, pagination, Markdown content, and a dark theme for quick launches.
Includes blog listing, posts, and pagination to ship a complete content site.
Provides sitemap and robots.txt support to help your site get indexed cleanly.
Comes with a dark blog theme so readers can switch to low-light viewing.
Enables image lazy loading to improve perceived performance on content-heavy pages.
Write posts in Markdown for a simple authoring workflow and fast publishing.
Preconfigured linting, formatting, and git hooks keep code quality consistent in teams.
Launch a blog and portfolio template with SEO and dark mode
This is a free starter template for shipping a personal site that combines a blog and portfolio on Astro, with optional React components and Tailwind CSS styling. It’s aimed at developers who want a solid baseline for content publishing without spending time assembling common site fundamentals. The project emphasizes a clean, minimal approach while keeping the structure ready for real-world deployment. You get the essentials for writing and presenting posts, plus practical site features that help with discoverability and usability. Use it as a foundation for a personal brand, freelance presence, or a small content-driven marketing site.
What's included
- Blog post template with Markdown-based content
- Blog listing with pagination for browsing archives
- Syntax highlighting for code-focused articles
- RSS feed generation for subscribers and readers
- Sitemap and robots.txt support for search engines
- Dark theme option for the blog experience
- Responsive layouts that adapt across devices
- Image lazy loading to improve page loading behavior
Ideal for
- Developer blogs with technical writing and code snippets
- Personal portfolio sites with an integrated blog
- Freelancers showcasing projects alongside articles
- Small startup or product marketing sites driven by posts
- Content-first landing pages that need basic SEO scaffolding
SEO considerations
The template includes dedicated plumbing for common SEO needs, including sitemap generation and a robots.txt configuration. It also supports an RSS feed for distribution and subscription workflows, which can be important for blogs and publication-style sites.
Requirements
You’ll need Node.js and npm to install dependencies and run the project locally.
