Astro Minimal Template

The Astro + Content Island Minimal Template is a lightweight project starter designed to help you get up and running quickly with Astro and Content Island.

It includes only the essential setup needed to start building a real project, without unnecessary abstractions or opinionated structure.

What’s included

This template provides a minimal but complete foundation:

Astro initial project setup
A clean Astro project created with the official defaults.
Content Island access token configuration
Environment-based configuration for securely connecting to your Content Island project.
Content Island client setup
A dedicated lib module that initializes createClient, allowing you to immediately start querying and consuming Content Island data across your project.
Example content consumption
- A sample Page
- A sample Pod
  Both demonstrate how to fetch and render data using the Content Island API.
Preconfigured developer tooling
- Prettier configuration
- Path aliases for cleaner and more maintainable imports
Default layout
A base layout ready to be extended as your project grows.

When to use this template

This template is ideal if you:

Are starting a production project and want full control from day one
Want a minimal starting point without unnecessary boilerplate
Need a fast way to prototype or validate a Content Island + Astro setup

What this template does not include

To stay minimal and flexible, this template intentionally does not include:

UI frameworks or design systems
Predefined content models
Build or deployment presets

These decisions are left to you, depending on your project’s needs.

Getting started

Create a new project using this template
In the final step (Quick Start), copy the CLI command provided and run it in your terminal.
Once created, run your local server:

npm run dev