The template collection

Less setup.
More room for your ideas.

Three open-source Astro projects: Lotus Starter and Dahlia Starter for documentation, and Aster for a portfolio and blog.

Explore our themes

Astro templates

Choose your starting point.

Open-source starting points for documentation, portfolios, and blogs.

DocumentationOpen source

Lotus Starter

A documentation starter with Lotus navigation, MDX components, and example content. Configure the theme and start writing.

Lotus theme included
Docs routes and navigation
Markdown and MDX content

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DocumentationOpen source

Dahlia Starter

A minimal documentation starter built with Dahlia. Add your MDX pages and configure navigation and appearance in one file.

Dahlia theme included
Example documentation pages
Static Astro output

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Portfolio and blogOpen source

Aster

A portfolio and blog template for independent designers and developers, with project case studies and long-form writing.

Project and blog collections
Light and dark themes
RSS feed and sitemap

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A theme is the foundation. A template gets you started.

Install a theme in an existing Astro project, or use a template for a complete project with example content and configuration. Both paths leave your content in Markdown and MDX files you control.