Astro’s December 2025 roundup includes a v6 alpha and fresh community tools

Astro published its “What’s new in Astro — December 2025” roundup on December 30, pointing readers to an early Astro 6.0-alpha release and a draft v5 → v6 upgrade guide for testers.

The post’s adopter spotlight names “CSS Wrapped 2025” and “NuBIS | Bibliothèque Numérique de la BIS” as recent examples featured in Astro’s site showcase.

In the “Weird Wide Web” section, Astro highlights an Othello game site (djmetzle.io) alongside “Tally - Word Counter” and a “Release Image Generator” for creating announcement-style visuals.

For community updates, Astro notes core maintainer Reuben Tier speaking about “Astro Islands” at “React Advanced London 2025,” and links to “Navigating Islands of Interactivity.”

Astro also points to a 3-hour YouTube rewatch of “Astro Refactoring” featuring core maintainer Florian Lefebvre and guest refactorer J. B. Rainsberger.

The “Tips & Tools” list names community projects including “Astro Auto Load,” “Astro Content Viewer,” “Astro Dynamic Component,” “Astro Shortlinks,” “Astro Compress,” and “Astro Speed Measure.”

That same tooling section also mentions integrations and plugins like “Starlight GitHub Stats,” “EdgeOne Astro Adapter,” “Astro SEO,” and “Astro Content AI Translator.”