# What's new in Astro - August 2025

DevFeed: [What's new in Astro - August 2025](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/what-s-new-in-astro-august-2025-3356.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://astro.build/blog/whats-new-august-2025/>)

Author: Sarah Rainsberger

Published: 2025-08-31T00:00:00Z

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>), [VS Code Extension](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vscode-extension.md>), [Content Management System](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cms.md>), [Obsidian](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/obsidian-md.md>), [Notion](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/notion.md>), [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>), [Submodules](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/submodules.md>)

Tags: [2025](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/2025.md>), [astro](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/astro.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [news](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/news.md>), [submodules](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/submodules.md>), [updates](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/updates.md>), [vscode](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vscode.md>)

## AI overview

This August 2025 Astro ecosystem update highlights Astro 5.13, including experimental environment-variable improvements and Chrome DevTools workspace support. It also covers Astro adoption, community projects, upcoming team appearances, and discussions about using Obsidian, Notion, or GitHub as content management systems for Astro sites.

## Source excerpt

August 2025 - 1 million Astro VSCode extension installs, easier ways to contribute to Astro, and more!