Astro Starter Kit: Basics

npm create astro@latest -- --template basics

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🚀 Project Structure

Inside of your Astro project, you'll see the following folders and files:

/
├── public/
│ └── favicon.svg
├── src
│ ├── assets
│ │ └── astro.svg
│ ├── components
│ │ └── Welcome.astro
│ ├── layouts
│ │ └── Layout.astro
│ └── pages
│ └── index.astro
└── package.json

To learn more about the folder structure of an Astro project, refer to our guide on project structure.

🧞 Commands

All commands are run from the root of the project, from a terminal:

Command	Action
npm install	Installs dependencies
npm run dev	Starts local dev server at localhost:4321
npm run build	Build your production site to ./dist/
npm run preview	Preview your build locally, before deploying
npm run astro ...	Run CLI commands like astro add, astro check
npm run astro -- --help	Get help using the Astro CLI

👀 Want to learn more?

Feel free to check our documentation or jump into our Discord server.