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24 alternatives to Astro | Build faster websites

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Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier. Astro | Build faster websites launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Starlight by Astro▲494

   Build beautiful documentation websites with ease

   2023 · starlight.astro.build · its alternatives →

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   Astro▲511

   App Store optimization tool for Apple developers

   2023 · tryastro.app · its alternatives →

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   Rocket – Web Framework for Rustfree▲484

   2016 · rocket.rs · its alternatives →

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   Render▲318

   Hey HN, I'm Anurag, founder and CEO of Render, a cloud for application developers. We've just launched Render Workflows, a way to define durable tasks by decorating plain TypeScript or Python functions and running them on Render without operating queues, worker pools, retry logic, and state management. Code example below [1]. The use cases we have in mind include agent loops, ETL/data pipelines, billing flows, and other long-running jobs. The model is simple: mark an existing function as a Task, deploy the repo as a Workflow, then trigger runs from your application code or via our API.…

   2019 · render.com · its alternatives →

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   Astro App▲291

   I really like Stellarium and SkySafari but I felt like these are primarily geared towards exploring the sky but not so much "here are the long list of things I want to see, when can I see them tonight and where". There's also not really a great option I've found that combines sky object planning + location weather details while still being free so I built this. The UI's heavily inspired by NINAs sky atlas + Robinhood. Right now you can: View the altitude chart of objects and 3D view Create lists of objects of interest View the annual max/min daily altitude of an object to find the best…

   2024 · astro.sshh.io · its alternatives →

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   Astro▲308

   AI meets email for Mac, iOS and Android

   2017 · its alternatives →

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   Telescope, an open-source social news app built with Meteor▲222

   2012 · telesc.pe · its alternatives →

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   Astroid Joomla Template Framework▲63

   Fast, responsive and robust template for Joomla!

   2018 · its alternatives →

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   Configurable Astro Component Library▲9

   Rocket launch your UI projects with fully coded components

   2025 · webcoreui.dev · its alternatives →

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    Rocketgraph▲121

    Build production grade web applications in minutes

    2024 · its alternatives →

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    Kirby 3.0▲342

    The file-based content management sytem

    2019 · getkirby.com · its alternatives →

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    Astro Ecommerce▲44

    Free Astro Theme for e-commerce

    2023 · creative-tim.com · its alternatives →

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    Astro 3.0▲264

    Intelligent inbox and calendar for iOS, Android, Mac & Slack

    2018 · its alternatives →

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    Author▲118

    A blog template made with Astro, Tailwind CSS and MDX

    2023 · lexingtonthemes.com · its alternatives →

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    LaunchFa.st▲117

    Rapidly launch apps with Astro, Next.js & SvelteKit

    2023 · launchfa.st · its alternatives →

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    Astrola▲110

    Docs, feedback, changelogs, roadmaps & blogs for your SaaS.

    2020 · its alternatives →

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    Nebula – a distributed graph database written in C++▲178

    A distributed, fast open-source graph database featuring horizontal scalability and high availability - GitHub - vesoft-inc/nebula: A distributed, fast open-source graph database featuring horizontal scalability and high availability

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Stardrive - Free Astro Boilerplate▲4

    Create super stable, secure, and fast websites in the AI age

    Aug 2026 · astro-stardrive.com · its alternatives →

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    AstroGrid▲113

    Explore the entire universe in your browser, in real 3D

    Apr 2026 · velonspace.com · its alternatives →

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    LaunchFast▲140

    Launch your startup in a day, not in a week

    2023 · launchfa.st · its alternatives →

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    Redo My Site▲23

    Migrate any website to Astro project

    2025 · redomysite.com · its alternatives →

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    Kirby 4.0▲80

    Kirby is the CMS that adapts to you

    2023 · getkirby.com · its alternatives →

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    Rocketgraph▲113

    Marketplace to buy reports of cloud services you use.

    2015 · rocketgraph.com · its alternatives →

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    Astro▲2

    Enterprise data gathering infrastructure

    2025 · astroproxy.com · its alternatives →

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