According to a blog post announcement, the move will let the Astro team “double down” on making Astro the best framework for content-driven websites.

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Cloudflare acquired the team behind Astro, a JavaScript web framework used by major brands like IKEA, Visa, and OpenAI for building fast, content-driven websites. The Astro framework will remain open source while the team joins Cloudflare as employees. Astro's Island architecture allows developers to create interactive components while keeping most pages static HTML, resulting in faster load times and better search rankings. The acquisition aims to accelerate Astro's development and ensure its long-term growth as a preferred framework for high-performance, content-driven websites.

Cloudflare Acquires Team Behind Open Source Framework Astro