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Datastar – The hypermedia framework.

Datastar

We discuss how Datastar helps you build reactive web applications with the simplicity of server-side rendering and the power of a full-stack SPA framework.

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  • Monday · 15 min

    Rocket reaches escape velocity

    An overview of Datastar Core → Datastar → Rocket Rocket docs: https://data-star.dev/reference/rocket Rocket globe example: https://data-star.dev/examples/rocket_globe

  • Monday · 58 min

    Rocket breaks free; Stardust underway

    Rocket reaches escape velocity, breaking free of Pro. Stardust takes the stage for the first time. Rocket docs: https://data-star.dev/reference/rocket Stardust: https://www.stardustdb.com/

  • August 29 · 1 min

    Datastar CSP Mode

    Datastar 1.0.3 fixes some minor bugs and adds CSP mode. Release notes: ⁠https://github.com/starfederation/datastar/releases/tag/v1.0.3 CSP mode: https://data-star.dev/reference/security#csp-mode

  • June 22 · 1 hr 11 min

    Datastar: It’s Pretty Good — with David Nolen

    Rebuilding the fast UI for QuickBooks Online using Datastar, putting it through its paces, and leveraging web technologies to create a polished product, with special guest David Nolen. Datastar: https://data-star.dev/ Instabooks: https://instabooks.io/ Game of Life demo: https://example.andersmurphy.com/

  • May 5 · 58 min

    King of Cold Soup and Python

    Datastar Python SDK and building internal monitoring tools using Datastar as a non web developer, with Chase Sterling (gazpachoking). Datastar Python SDK: https://github.com/starfederation/datastar-python

  • March 12 · 1 hr 9 min

    Stellar CSS and internalising the Tao

    We discuss the pending approach of Datastar 1.0, some new plugins, internalising the Tao, and show how Stellar CSS works in practice. Pete’s Datastar video series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbqyjFEQew904tnpc7dtc6VuyX7HikBfR Talk Python to Me podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFc74eFhKBY Wookash podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU9vSXUKGHw

  • February 4 · 1 hr 56 min

    Datastar Online Meetup Q1 2026 (edited version)

    In this LIVE online meetup, we had some incredible guest demos including @ndyg demoing http-nu, Zangster demoing Rocket, Adam Bobowski demoing Stario, and Delaney Gillilan demoing Stellar CSS. Datastar: https://data-star.dev/http-nu: https://http-nu.cross.stream/ Rocket: https://data-star.dev/reference/rocket Stario: https://stario.dev/ Also worth watching is David Yang’s ClojureConj conference talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6Lr1hRgXo

  • Dec 4, 2025 · 1 hr 15 min

    Citizen Zang-star

    Community building & moderation, boilerplate starter kits, unlearning SPA ways, and A-team jokes that don’t land, with Nick Zanghi (Zangster). Datastar Discord server: https://discord.gg/bnRNgZjgPh Northstar: https://github.com/zangster300/northstar Rocket: https://data-star.dev/reference/rocket The Tao of Datastar: https://data-star.dev/guide/the_tao_of_datastar

  • Nov 19, 2025 · 1 hr 2 min

    Rocket Alpha

    We launch Rocket in early alpha, and discuss how Web Components become much more interesting when used with Datastar. Rocket docs: https://data-star.dev/reference/rocket Datastar merch shop: https://data-star.dev/shop Ben’s conference talk recording: https://craftcms.com/events/dot-all-2025/sessions/real-time-collaboration-with-sprig-and-datastar

  • Oct 28, 2025 · 56 min

    Billionaire Anders Murphy

    Anders Murphy is back to discuss his One Billion Checkboxes and other demos. Checkboxes demo: https://checkboxes.andersmurphy.com/ Cells demo: https://cells.andersmurphy.com/ Blinksy: https://play.putyourlightson.com/blinksy Datastar merch shop: https://data-star.dev/shop Why you should consider using brotli compression with SSE: https://andersmurphy.com/2025/04/15/why-you-should-use-brotli-sse.html

  • Aug 15, 2025 · 1 hr 5 min

    Datastar Tooling

    Inspector... Rocket... Stellar... Laravel... you’d think we were building a spaceship instead of a frontend framework!https://data-star.dev/

  • Jul 11, 2025 · 51 min

    Launch Day

    V1, new SITE, new GUIDE, new DOCS – it’s all live at https://data-star.dev/ Stellar CSS tweet: https://x.com/DelaneyGillilan/status/1943239740620443987

  • Jun 25, 2025 · 1 hr

    Everything is fine

    We discuss internal changes that are making everything better, while pushing to make everything ready for a public release candidate. Minification Measurements: https://delaneyj.github.io/minification_measurements/

  • May 12, 2025 · 1 hr 19 min

    Rules rules rules

    Rules (but not really), Stellar CSS (a WIP CSS framework), TypeScript (the reason Datastar exists). https://data-star.dev/ Louis Sunshine Videos: https://www.youtube.com/@louis_sunshine TypeScript Origins Documentary: https://youtu.be/U6s2pdxebSo

  • Apr 22, 2025 · 55 min

    Anders and the Game of Life

    We discuss the Game of Life demo that was featured on Hacker News with Anders Murphy, Clojure, and making the most of Datastar. https://data-star.dev/ Game of Life demo: https://example.andersmurphy.com/

  • Apr 17, 2025 · 47 min

    Johnny Zignals: more perf, less code

    We discuss surviving Hacker News, and speak with Johnny about getting more performance out of less code. https://data-star.dev/ Changelog News: https://changelog.com/news/140 Hacker News: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43655914 Real-time Chat App Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/live/iAwmf3qgoz4 Datastar Signals on hypermedia-tv: https://youtu.be/csPFLpm8OYI Game of Life: https://example.andersmurphy.com/

  • Mar 24, 2025 · 48 min

    Delaney exposes Alien Signals—not so extraterrestrial after all

    Delaney reveals how he made signals in Datastar 60x faster than the fastest JS signals frameworks!! Benchmark results using “molBench”: FRAMEWORK TIME (lower is better) Alien Signals: 421.80 Datastar: 6.80 Preact Signals: 415.70 SolidJS: 521.00 Svelte v5: 435.80

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