# Introduction

> What astro-ignite is, why it exists, and what it gives you out of the box.

**astro-ignite** is a shadcn-style CLI for bootstrapping production-grade Astro sites built for AI agents. You get a finished site with SEO, i18n, performance, legal, and email pre-wired.

## Why bother

Most Astro starters land at one of two extremes: a minimal `hello world` you assemble yourself, or an opinionated framework that hides decisions behind abstractions. astro-ignite picks a different point — opinionated defaults you fully own.

You get:

- **Lighthouse 100s on mobile** out of the box, CI-enforced
- **Native i18n** with one code path for monolingual and multilingual sites
- **Typed Schema.org JSON-LD** built from `schema-dts`
- **A working contact form** with Astro Actions, Zod, and your choice of Resend or SMTP
- **Cookie banner + legal templates** that don't pretend to be legal advice
- **Self-hosted Geist Sans + Mono** with zero CLS on swap
- **Pure-Astro components** — no React/Vue/Svelte runtime weighing down the page

<Callout variant="note" title="Pre-1.0">
  The API and template shape may shift between minor versions. See the ROADMAP for what's stable and
  what's not.
</Callout>

## What it isn't

astro-ignite is not a framework. There is no runtime npm package called `astro-ignite`. After scaffolding, you own the code and can edit anything. Eject is free because there's nothing to eject.

It's also not a CMS, an auth system, or an e-commerce starter. It's a site bootstrap.

## Where to next