Astro Technology Company Acquired by Cloudflare, Framework Remains Open-Source
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The Astro Technology Company, creator of the Astro web framework, is being acquired by Cloudflare. The acquisition will provide Astro with more resources while allowing it to remain open-source, MIT-licensed, and platform-agnostic. The company emphasizes that this move will enable them to focus entirely on building the best framework for content-driven websites, with Astro 6 currently in beta. The article explains Astro's origins in 2021 as a reaction against the trend of shipping entire applications to browsers for rendering, and how the framework has seen adoption doubling annually.
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With Cloudflare's support, we'll have more resources and fewer distractions to continue our mission to build the best framework for content-driven websites.
Astro remains open-source, MIT-licensed, and platform-agnostic.
In 2021, Astro was born out of frustration. The trend at the time was that every website should be architected as an application, and then shipped to the user's browser to render.
Adoption of the Astro web framework continues to double every year, and Astro 6 is right around the corner.
The Astro Technology Company is joining Cloudflare! Astro remains open-source, MIT-licensed, and platform-agnostic. With Cloudflare's support, we're focusing 100% on building the best framework for content-driven websites. Astro 6 beta is available now.
