Cloudflare announced on January 16, 2026 that it has acquired Astro, the open‑source JavaScript framework used by brands such as Unilever, Visa and NBC News, to strengthen its developer platform and edge‑computing offering.
Astro’s core technology loads only the code required for a page to render, making it ideal for content‑heavy sites that demand fast load times. By bringing Astro’s team and technology into its ecosystem, Cloudflare can integrate the framework with its Workers serverless platform and other edge services, giving developers a single, high‑performance solution for building modern web applications.
The terms of the transaction were not disclosed, and no specific closing timeline was provided. Cloudflare confirmed that Astro will remain open source under its stewardship, a move that underscores the company’s commitment to the open‑source community and its strategy to build a comprehensive software infrastructure platform for developers and AI workloads.
Cloudflare’s revenue grew 28.06% to $2.01 billion in the twelve months leading up to the announcement, although the company has not yet achieved profitability. Management expects to reach profitability this year, citing disciplined cost management and the scaling of its developer services. The Astro acquisition is part of a broader push that includes recent purchases of Human Native, Outerbase and Replicate, positioning Cloudflare as a central hub for AI and developer workloads beyond its traditional security and CDN services.
CEO Matthew Prince said the acquisition “protects and invests in open‑source tools that are critical to a free and open Internet” and that Astro will continue to be the best framework for content‑driven websites, whether hosted on Cloudflare or elsewhere. The move also signals a strategic shift toward high‑performance, AI‑enabled web applications and positions Cloudflare against competitors such as Vercel, which focuses on Next.js.
The deal is expected to accelerate Astro’s development, broaden Cloudflare’s developer ecosystem, and increase adoption of its Workers platform and other cloud services, reinforcing the company’s Act 3 vision of delivering software infrastructure for developers and AI workloads.
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