# Astro Starter Blog

Free, minimal Astro + Tailwind CSS blog starter with an image gallery

https://topboilerplates.com/astro-starter-blog

Framework: Astro | Pricing: Free | GitHub stars: 167

## Verdict

Best for: Developers who want a lightweight, no-frills Astro + Tailwind blog to start writing quickly without wading through a large feature set.

Skip if: You want a fully-loaded blog theme with categories, tags, RSS and SEO tooling out of the box - this one keeps things intentionally minimal.

## Description

Astro Starter Blog is a free, MIT-licensed blog template built with Astro and Tailwind CSS, aimed at developers who want a simple, fast-loading blog without extra scaffolding. It includes a working image gallery with navigation and a pre-configured setup you can deploy quickly, favoring simplicity over the broader feature set of larger Astro blog themes.

## Pros and cons

+ Free, MIT-licensed, and genuinely minimal - easy to understand and extend

+ Includes a working image gallery component, a nice extra for a basic blog template

+ Fast Astro + Tailwind foundation

- Much smaller community than larger Astro blog themes (167 stars) and hasn't been updated in several months

- Lacks built-in RSS, tags/categories, or SEO tooling that more feature-complete blog starters include

- Single-maintainer project with less institutional backing

## Features

- blog-cms
- open-source
- mit-licensed
- free-tier

## Stack

- Tailwind

## Links

- Website: https://topboilerplates.com/go/astro-starter-blog
- GitHub: https://github.com/wanoo21/tailwind-astro-starting-blog
- Demo: https://tasb.yon.fun/

## Alternatives

- [Remix MDX Blog Template](https://topboilerplates.com/remix-mdx-blog-template)
- [GeneratePress](https://topboilerplates.com/generatepress)