--- title: Astro 3.0 | daily.dev description: Astro 3.0 is the first major web framework to support the View Transitions API. Fade, slide, morph, and even persist stateful elements across page navigation... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/astro-3-0-zeb8kzxrr twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Astro 3.0 | daily.dev og:description: Astro 3.0 is the first major web framework to support the View Transitions API. Fade, slide, morph, and even persist stateful elements across page navigation... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/astro-3-0-zeb8kzxrr og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ZeB8kzxrR.png og:image:alt: Astro 3.0 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Astro 3.0 **[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 7 min read · 279 upvotes · 12 comments ## Summary Astro 3.0 is the first major web framework to support the View Transitions API. Fade, slide, morph, and even persist stateful elements across page navigation with ease. New features include Image Optimization (stable) and faster Rendering Performance. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@kodpad** · 8 upvotes > I loved the View Transition API support. **@brdnicolas** · 2 upvotes > I love it, maybe the future is here **@der\_daniel** · 2 upvotes > what a time to be a web developer **@bdougie** · 1 upvotes > What a great launch week. The EdgeDB stuff shipped today looks really interesting https://twitter.com/astrodotbuild/status/1697649020326617436 **@sepehr72** · 1 upvotes > It's very promising. cant wait to try it on a project. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#astro](https://daily.dev/tags/astro), [#css](https://daily.dev/tags/css), [#html](https://daily.dev/tags/html), [#npm](https://daily.dev/tags/npm), [#vercel](https://daily.dev/tags/vercel) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/astro-3-0-zeb8kzxrr) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Astro 3.0","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/astro-3-0-zeb8kzxrr","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/astro-3-0-zeb8kzxrr"},"datePublished":"2023-08-31T10:17:00.746Z","dateModified":"2024-08-13T02:12:39.311Z","description":"Astro 3.0 is the first major web framework to support the View Transitions API. 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