Welcome to Chirping Astro
Start here. A guided tour of every feature this Astro v6 + Tailwind v4 + daisyUI theme ships with Eand a map of the dedicated demo posts that show each one in detail.
Announcements
Customize avatar and favicon (with optimized defaults)
How to customize the sidebar avatar and browser favicon in Chirping Astro, with examples for optimized local assets plus public/remote fallbacks.
Customization
Alert plugin: showcase of all variants
A complete guide to the alert code block language: colors, styles, direction, icons, title, description, and custom classes in Markdown and MDX.
Authoring
Automatic OG images: zero-effort social previews
How this theme generates beautiful Open Graph images at build time using Satori and Resvg Eand how to customise or disable the feature.
Features
Frontmatter reference: every field this theme understands
A complete reference for the post and page frontmatter schema Erequired and optional fields, defaults, validation rules, and what each one actually does.
Reference
Typography & Markdown: every text element this theme renders
A kitchen-sink reference for headings, lists, blockquotes, tables, inline formatting, footnotes, definition lists, callouts and more Everified in both light and dark mode.
Reference
Code blocks & syntax highlighting with Expressive Code
Frame titles, copy buttons, line markers, diffs, terminal frames, word wrap and collapsible sections — every Expressive Code feature this theme exposes.
Authoring
LaTeX math with KaTeX, pre-rendered at build time
Inline and display math, matrices, integrals, sums, Maxwell's equations and more — all rendered at build time, with the KaTeX stylesheet loaded only on opt-in pages.
Authoring