Install Astro with the Automatic CLI

Ready to install Astro? Follow our automatic or manual set-up guide to get started.

• Node.js - 14.18.0, v16.12.0, or higher.
• Text editor - We recommend VS Code with our Official Astro extension.
• Terminal - Astro is accessed through its command-line interface (CLI).

create-astro is the fastest way to start a new Astro project from scratch. It will walk you through every step of setting up your new Astro project. It allows you to choose from a few different starter templates or provide your own using the --template argument.

Run the following command in your terminal to start our handy install wizard, create-astro.

# create a new project with npm
npm create astro@latest

# create a new project with pnpm
pnpm create astro@latest

# create a new project with yarn
yarn create astro

You can run create-astro anywhere on your machine, so there’s no need to create a new empty directory for your project before you begin. If you don’t have an empty directory yet for your new project, the wizard will help create one for you automatically.

If all goes well, you should see a “Ready for liftoff!” message followed by some recommended “Next steps”. cd into your new project directory to begin using Astro.

If you skipped the npm install step during the create-astro wizard, then be sure to install your dependencies before continuing.

Astro comes with a built-in development server that has everything you need for project development. The astro dev command will start the local development server so that you can see your new website in action for the very first time.

Every starter template comes with a pre-configured script that will run astro dev for you. Use your favorite package manager to run this command and start the Astro development server.

npm run dev

pnpm run dev

yarn run dev

If all goes well, Astro should now be serving your project on http://localhost:3000/!

Astro will listen for live file changes in your src/ directory, so you will not need to restart the server as you make changes during development.

If you aren’t able to open your project in the browser, go back to the terminal where you ran the dev command and look to see if an error occurred, or if your project is being served at a different URL than the one linked to above.

Success! You are now ready to start building with Astro! 🥳

Here are a few topics that we recommend exploring next. You can read them in any order. You can even leave our documentation for a bit and go play in your new Astro project codebase, coming back here whenever you run into trouble or have a question.

📚 Add a framework: Learn how to extend Astro with support for React, Svelte, Tailwind and more using npx astro add in our Integrations guide.

📚 Deploy your site: Learn how to build and deploy an Astro project to the web in our Deployment guide.

📚 Understand your codebase: Learn more about Astro’s project structure in our Project Structure guide.