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A busy week in the ecosystem, with a fresh release from the core team and something for designers, AI workflows, and Figma plugin builders too.
Astro 6.1 adds global Sharp codec defaults for consistent image encoding across your whole project, plus advanced SmartyPants configuration, i18n fallback routes for integrations, and smoother mobile view transitions.
The Astro core team is hosting an in-person event in London to showcase new and upcoming features, co-hosted with Cloudflare. Venue is still TBA, but registration is open now and spots are filling up fast.
A practical look at why AI coding agents generate outdated Astro patterns and how one developer built a custom agent skill with 20+ guardrails and ready-made templates to keep Claude Code and Codex on the right track.
A curated library of 143 font pairings built for Astro's Fonts API, installable with a single command. Browse by style or mood, and the pairing drops straight into your project with Tailwind CSS variables included.
A lightweight starter template for building Figma plugins using Astro, Vite, and TypeScript, with component-based UI, hot reload, notification helpers, and support for React, Vue, or Svelte components mixed in.
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