Astro Weekly #83

Astro co-creators launch new project, manage state with Astro Sessions API, edit Tailwind visually in your editor

Author

Nathan Lawson
May 18, 2025

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Hello, Astronauts!

This week, we’re checking in on a big launch from Astro’s co-creators, plus exploring two powerful new ways to level up your Astro workflow.

From managing server-side state like shopping carts with the new Astro Sessions API, to editing Tailwind classes visually right inside your code editor, we’ve got some seriously practical content on deck.

Let’s get into it! 🚀

What’s new with Astro 🗞️

Fresh features, updates, and announcements. The latest from Astro HQ!

Inbox zero, the Astro way

A smarter inbox, from the minds behind Astro 📨

What happens when Astro’s creators build an email app? You get Marlo.

It’s not quite official Astro news, but it is built with Astro—by Fred K. Schott and Matthew Phillips, the co-creators of the framework itself.

Marlo is an intelligent, local-first email client that uses AI to keep your inbox organized. Think inbox zero, minus the stress.

Built with Astro, React, and Tailwind, it runs as a full client-side SPA.

Curious? Join the waitlist and be among the first to try Marlo.

Astro Boosters 🚀

Fueling the mission — brought to you by this week’s sponsor.

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Oxbow UI — UI Blocks crafted with Tailwind CSS 🧱

Spend less time wrangling markup and more time building.

Oxbow UI gives you 400+ handcrafted components and UI blocks built with Tailwind CSS — clean, accessible, and fully responsive out of the box.

Astro Community 🧑‍🚀

Spotlight on what’s shining in the Astroverse.

Manage carts, not cookies

Managing state with Astro Sessions 🛒

Want to store cart items, user data, or form state in Astro—without cookies or client-side JS? Astro’s new Sessions API makes it easy.

This guide walks through setup, usage, and best practices for managing server-side session data across components, actions, and middleware.

Tailwind editing with Piny + Astro 🧑‍🎨

Supercharge your Astro development workflow with Piny, the visual editor for Tailwind CSS that runs directly inside VS Code, Cursor, and Windsurf.

This VS Code extension lets you inspect, tweak, and manage Tailwind classes directly in your .astro files with a live preview.

Spotted in the Astroverse 🪐

A few standout posts from the community that grabbed my attention!

If you have something awesome you’d like to share with the Astro community, you can reach me at [email protected] or via DM on X

Blazing-fast Astro themes ⚡

Launch your own link-in-bio within minutes

Self-host your links in style with Linkk 🔗

Linkk is a clean, link-in-bio template built with Astro. Perfect for developers and creators who want a self-hosted alternative to Linktree.

Astro on X 🛰️

Tuning in to the Astro frequency on X!

Astro Boosters 🚀

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Astro Showcase 🤩

Fresh from the launchpad: Astro sites worth a look!

Raze — Shaping brands, driving growth.

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Capgo

Send and manage updates in realtime for your capacitor app without store hassle, 5 min to install Over-the-Air (OTA) updates. Use channels to send to specific groups.

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That’s all for this week!

Got something cool to show with Astro? Let me know! Drop me a line at [email protected] or get in touch via DM on X.

I’ll be back next week with more news, tools, and standout projects from across the Astroverse.

Until then, Astronauts.

– Nathan 👨‍🚀