Where to get help
Stuck on something our guides don't cover? Ask the people who build Astro and EmDash. Both have friendly official communities, and both are free to join.
Astro
- Astro Discord
The main place to ask. About 35,000 members, with a support channel where beginners are welcome.
- r/withastro on Reddit
Questions, show-and-tell and news.
- Astro on YouTube
Videos from the Astro team, including release walk-throughs.
- Astro on GitHub
Where Astro is built. Report a bug here once you are sure it is one.
EmDash
- EmDash Discord
The official EmDash server. About 1,200 members, and the EmDash team is there.
- EmDash on X
News and releases.
- EmDash on GitHub
Where EmDash is built. Report bugs here.
- EmDash docs
The official documentation, kept up to date by the team.
How to ask so people can help
Good questions get answered fast. Before you post, have these ready:
- What you're trying to do, in one sentence. "I want my blog posts to show the date."
- What happened instead. Paste the exact error, copied, not typed from memory.
- Your version. Run
npx astro --versionand paste what it says. For EmDash, say which template you used. - What you've tried. "I restarted the dev server and checked the file name."
- The code that matters. The file the error points to, in a code block. Not your whole project.
Then be patient. Everyone there is a volunteer, or a team member between other work. When someone helps, say thanks, and if you find the answer yourself, post it. The next beginner will search for it.
Not sure what an error means? Try our common errors guide or ask an AI helper first. And if you find a mistake in one of our guides, tell us. Our editorial page says how.