Show HN: Astro Editor – Free macOS Markdown editor for Astro content collections

1 points by dannysmith 2 hours ago

Hey HN, I built this because I wanted to write more on my personal website but found VS Code et al terrible for prose.

Astro is a great static site framework for content-heavy sites, but its content files use MDX (markdown + JSX components) with YAML frontmatter. Regular markdown editors like iA Writer can't handle this properly.

Astro Editor is basically iA Writer for Astro content collections:

- Distraction-free writing with focus mode (hides YAML and imports)

- Auto-generates frontmatter forms from your Zod schemas

- Component insertion with prop picker for MDX

- Drag-and-drop image handling

It's free and open source, built with Tauri + React.

Download: https://astroeditor.danny.is Demo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJkXD59gQ5U

macOS only for now. If there's interest in Windows/Linux upvote this: https://github.com/dannysmith/astro-editor/issues/56

Happy to answer any questions, obvs.