Astro

Astro is the web framework I chose for this very site. It’s built for content-driven websites — blogs, marketing pages, portfolios, documentation — and it does it better than anything else I’ve used.

The key differentiator is the Islands architecture: components render on the server and ship zero JavaScript to the browser by default. You only opt in to client-side interactivity where you actually need it. The result is blazing fast page loads without giving up the developer experience of modern component frameworks.

It supports content collections with built-in TypeScript validation, file-based routing, image optimization, and view transitions out of the box. You can use React, Vue, Svelte, or Solid components alongside Astro’s own .astro template syntax — or just write plain HTML.

Astro is free, open-source, and backed by a growing community. If you’re building anything content-first, it’s hard to beat.