
π¦ I Built 3 Astro Integrations and Shipped Them to npm β Here's What They Do
I've been building with Astro for a while now, and the same pain points kept showing up across projects. I got tired of patching around them and just built integrations instead. Three packages. All on npm. All open source. π― What's an Astro Integration, anyway? If you've never built one, an Astro Integration is a package that hooks into Astro's build lifecycle or dev toolbar. You return a name and a hooks object, and Astro calls your callbacks at the right moments. export default function myIntegration (): AstroIntegration { return { name : ' my-integration ' , hooks : { ' astro:build:done ' : ({ pages }) => { // runs after build } } } } That's basically it. It's how @astrojs/react , Tailwind, Partytown, and most of the ecosystem slot into your config without you wiring anything up yourself. π¦ @shiftescape/astro-bundle-budget You build your site, ship it, and two weeks later someone notices a page is pulling in 400KB of JS. No warnings. No CI failure. Just a slow page and a mild sense
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