Starlight

Starlight is Astro’s official documentation theme. It’s designed for building fast, accessible documentation sites. Vault CMS has a dedicated preset that lets you manage Starlight content from Obsidian.

• Starlight docs

Overview

Starlight is not a blog theme. It’s a documentation framework with built-in sidebar navigation, search, dark mode, and internationalization support. When paired with Vault CMS, you can write and manage your docs entirely from Obsidian.

Features

• Sidebar navigation (auto-generated or manual)
• Built-in search
• Dark mode
• Table of contents (auto-generated from headings)
• Sitemap
• Multiple color schemes
• Internationalization support
• Accessible by default

Content Structure

• File-based docs in src/content/docs/
• Uses Starlight’s built-in schema (docsSchema)
• Frontmatter: title, description, sidebar options, template, hero configuration

Getting Started with Vault CMS

npm create astro@latest -- --template starlight
npx create-vaultcms --template starlight

Open the project as a vault in Obsidian. The Starlight preset configures Vault CMS to work with Starlight’s content structure.

Limitations

• Documentation-only (no blog posts, tags, or cover images)
• No RSS feed
• No OG image generation
• No wikilinks, callouts (uses Starlight’s own aside syntax), or Obsidian-specific markdown
• No dedicated Obsidian settings plugin

License

Free and open source (MIT).