# Starlight

Documentation theme and integration for the Astro framework that builds documentation websites from Markdown, Markdoc and MDX.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/starlight/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-18
Updated: 2026-10-25
Listed since: 2026-10-18

## Record

### Links

- home: https://starlight.astro.build
- repository: https://github.com/withastro/starlight
- docs: https://starlight.astro.build/getting-started/
- plugins: https://starlight.astro.build/resources/plugins/
- discord: https://astro.build/chat

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Astro
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2023
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: ssg
- hosting: node
- language: javascript
- runtime: node
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: astro

### Content

- contentStore: flat-file
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: astro, markdown, mdx, markdoc, react, vue, svelte, solid
- i18n: built-in multilingual routing and fallback content, right-to-left support

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: unknown
- renderingModes: static, server
- installMethod: npm create astro@latest -- --template starlight

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 0
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-08

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 9426
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 884121
- contributors: 353
- pluginCount: 53
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: 372
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 35
- dependentPackages: 30

### Sources

- urls: https://github.com/withastro/starlight (read 2026-10-18)
- urls: https://github.com/withastro/starlight (read 2026-10-18)
- urls: https://starlight.astro.build/getting-started/ (read 2026-10-18)
- firstRelease: https://registry.npmjs.org/@astrojs/starlight (read 2026-10-18)
- maintainer: https://starlight.astro.build/ (read 2026-10-18)
- maintainerType: https://starlight.astro.build/ (read 2026-10-18)
- category: https://starlight.astro.build/getting-started/ (read 2026-10-18)
- basedOn: https://registry.npmjs.org/@astrojs/starlight/latest (read 2026-10-18)
- basedOn: https://starlight.astro.build/getting-started/ (read 2026-10-18)
- language: https://github.com/withastro/starlight (read 2026-10-18)
- runtime: https://starlight.astro.build/getting-started/ (read 2026-10-18)
- contentStore: https://starlight.astro.build/ (read 2026-10-18)
- templating: https://starlight.astro.build/ (read 2026-10-18)
- i18n: https://starlight.astro.build/guides/i18n/ (read 2026-10-18)
- renderingModes: https://starlight.astro.build/manual-setup/ (read 2026-10-18)
- installMethod: https://starlight.astro.build/getting-started/ (read 2026-10-18)
- installMethod: https://starlight.astro.build/manual-setup/ (read 2026-10-18)
- license: https://github.com/withastro/starlight (read 2026-10-18)
- license: https://registry.npmjs.org/@astrojs/starlight/latest (read 2026-10-18)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/withastro/starlight (read 2026-10-18)
- currentMajor: https://registry.npmjs.org/@astrojs/starlight/latest (read 2026-10-18)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/withastro/starlight/releases/latest (read 2026-10-18)
- githubStargazers: https://github.com/withastro/starlight (read 2026-10-18)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/withastro/starlight/contributors?anon=true (read 2026-10-18)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/point/last-week/@astrojs/starlight (read 2026-10-18)
- urls: https://starlight.astro.build/resources/plugins/ (read 2026-10-18)
- pluginCount: https://starlight.astro.build/resources/plugins/ (read 2026-10-18)
- httpArchiveSites: https://cdn.httparchive.org/v1/technologies (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/%40astrojs%2Fstarlight (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/%40astrojs%2Fstarlight (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

Starlight is a documentation theme for Astro, so it runs inside an Astro project and does not work as a standalone tool. It accepts Markdown, Markdoc and MDX pages and adds a documentation layout, built-in Pagefind search and multilingual routing with fallback content, including right-to-left languages. A new project is created from a template, and an existing Astro project can add the theme with one command. Pages are pre-rendered by default, and on-demand rendering needs an Astro server adapter. The Astro team maintains it, and the [manual setup guide](https://starlight.astro.build/manual-setup/) covers adding it to an existing project.

## Worth knowing

Build, Node.js and hosting come from Astro, so the Starlight documentation points to Astro's deployment guides instead of listing its own targets.

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Credit, in full: FindSoftware, CC BY 4.0