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Astro Joins Cloudflare

Cloudflare announced that the core Astro team has joined the company. This post covers the key details of the announcement and what it means for the framework.

By Neil Huyton • •
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On February 6, 2026, Cloudflare announced that the core team behind Astro has joined the company.

Astro is an open-source web framework focused on building fast, content-driven websites. It uses a static-first approach with partial hydration through its “islands” architecture, allowing developers to add interactive components (from React, Vue, Svelte, and other frameworks) only where needed while keeping most of the page as static HTML.

Main Points from the Announcement

  • The Astro core team is now employed by Cloudflare.
  • Astro remains fully open source under the MIT license and will continue to be community-driven.
  • Cloudflare will invest in Astro’s development, including improvements to performance, developer experience, and integration with its platform.
  • Existing Astro users and community projects are unaffected; there are no licensing changes or forced migrations.
  • Astro sites can already be deployed to Cloudflare Pages and Workers; the integration is expected to become deeper and more seamless over time.

Technical Implications

Astro already supports deployment to Cloudflare Pages with automatic builds from Git. The team joining Cloudflare is likely to result in:

  • Better support for Cloudflare-specific features (Workers, KV, R2, Queues, D1) directly in Astro.
  • Improved local development simulation of production Cloudflare environments.
  • Continued focus on static output, minimal JavaScript, and fast Core Web Vitals scores.

Astro 6 (currently in beta) includes a Vite-powered development server and other performance improvements that align well with edge platforms.

Deployment Notes

To deploy an Astro project to Cloudflare today:

  1. Connect your Git repository to Cloudflare Pages.
  2. Select “Astro” as the framework preset (or use a custom build command: astro build).
  3. Builds run automatically on push; preview branches are supported.

No paid Cloudflare plan is required for basic hosting.

Summary

The move brings Astro’s development team in-house at Cloudflare while preserving the framework’s open-source status and independence. Expect tighter integration with Cloudflare’s edge network and continued focus on speed and simplicity for content-heavy sites.

About the Author
Written by Neil Huyton. Sheffield-based web developer and creator. I build sites with JavaScript/TypeScript, shoot video, and fly drones. Sharing what I’ve learned along the way.

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