# What's new in Astro - April 2024

DevFeed: [What's new in Astro - April 2024](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/what-s-new-in-astro-april-2024-3352.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://astro.build/blog/whats-new-april-2024/>)

Author: Sarah Rainsberger

Published: 2024-04-30T00:00:00Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [The Astro Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/the-astro-blog.md>)

Topics: [Astro](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/astro.md>), [npm](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/npm.md>), [Discord](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/discord.md>), [Gitpod](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/gitpod.md>), [Astro DB](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/astro-db.md>), [Cloudflare](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloudflare.md>), [Next.js](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/next-js.md>)

Tags: [astro](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/astro.md>), [astro-db](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/astro-db.md>), [community](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/community.md>), [discord](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/discord.md>), [docs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/docs.md>), [ecosystem](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ecosystem.md>), [news](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/news.md>), [next-js](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/next-js.md>), [npm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/npm.md>), [postgres](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/postgres.md>), [vercel](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vercel.md>)

## AI overview

Astro's April 2024 ecosystem update highlights more than 10 million NPM downloads, community and documentation activities, upcoming events, new maintainers, community awards, and selected projects using Astro, including Astro DB analytics migration and Astro.js as an alternative to Next.js.

## Source excerpt

April 2024 - Passing 10,000,000 downloads on NPM, getting together in Montreal, and more!