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Next.js vs Astro: GitHub, npm & hiring signals

A live, signal-by-signal comparison of Next.js and Astro — GitHub stars, npm downloads, and how many of the 27 public signal sources Sigmon can track for each. Numbers below are detected right now.

Next.js

vercel

Top-repo stars
140.0k
npm/wk
4.1M
Trackable sources
27/27
Domain
nextjs.org
Full Next.js signal breakdown

Astro

withastro

Top-repo stars
60.1k
npm/wk
3.2M
Trackable sources
27/27
Domain
astro.build
Full Astro signal breakdown

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