We've migrated all Astro themes in our library to Astro v7. Each one has been rebuilt against the new compiler, tested, and pushed live, so there's nothing for you to sort out on your end. Update or download today and you're already on the new version.
Here's a look at what actually changed:
What's new in Astro v7
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This release is built around one goal: speed. Astro rewrote its .astro compiler in Rust, swapped the Markdown and MDX pipeline for a new Rust-based processor called Sätteri, and moved rendering to a queue-based engine instead of the old recursive one. Paired with the jump to Vite 8 (which brings in the Rolldown bundler), Astro's own benchmarks show builds running 15 to 61% faster, with some large sites building more than twice as fast.
A handful of other changes are worth knowing about:
- Node 22.12 or later is required. Astro's minimum supported runtime moved up. Confirm your local machine, CI pipeline, and hosting provider are all running a compatible version before you upgrade.
- The compiler no longer fixes broken markup for you. Previously, invalid HTML like unclosed tags got silently rewritten into something valid. In v7, that same markup throws a build error instead.
- Whitespace between elements now follows JSX rules. The compressHTML default switched from true to 'jsx', so a line break between two inline elements no longer renders as a space unless you add one explicitly.
- @astrojs/db has been removed from the framework entirely. Projects that relied on it need to move to something like Drizzle ORM, Node's built-in SQLite module, or another database library.
- Advanced Routing has graduated out of experimental. Drop a src/fetch.ts file into your project and you get a standard fetch-style handler for controlling the entire request pipeline, the same pattern used by Cloudflare Workers and Deno.
- Route caching is now stable too, with a platform-agnostic caching API and experimental CDN-level providers for Netlify, Vercel, and Cloudflare.
What we changed in our themes
Here's what the migration actually involved on our end:
- Framework core: Bumped every theme from Astro 6.x to 7.0
- Integrations: Updated MDX, React, and Sitemap packages to versions compatible with v7
- Markup audit: Went through each theme's templates and closed any tags the stricter compiler flagged
- Spacing check: Reviewed inline elements across every layout to catch anything affected by the new compressHTML default
- Vite compatibility: Confirmed custom Vite config and plugins work cleanly under Vite 8
- Dependency cleanup: Removed any lingering references to deprecated APIs, including @astrojs/db where applicable
- Package manager: Switched from
yarntopnpm - AI agent ready: Every Astro theme now ships with built-in skill files so coding agents work with the correct context out of the box. More on that here
What this means for you
If you're downloading a theme now then you have nothing to worry about. Every theme you download from here on out is already updated to Astro v7.
If you were already running one of our themes in production? Your site keeps working exactly as it does now. When you decide to move to v7, you may follow Astro's official upgrade guide and cross-check the changelog for any integrations specific to your setup.
We keep every theme aligned with the latest Astro release. Updates are free for all the themes you own. Forever.
Need help with your migration? Reach out and we'll help you sort it out.
