Gatsby Starter Dev.to is a GatsbyJS starter template that turns a Dev.to account into a static blog by pulling articles through the gatsby-source-dev plugin.
What is Gatsby Starter Dev.to?
Gatsby Starter Dev.to is a starter project for GatsbyJS, the React-based static site generator. It consumes a Dev.to username through the gatsby-source-dev plugin, fetches that user's published articles from the Dev.to API, and generates a static blog site. The project is maintained by geocine, who also wrote the gatsby-source-dev plugin, and is hosted on GitHub as a public repository. It relies on html-react-parser to transform the HTML returned by the Dev.to API into React elements during the build process.
What makes Gatsby Starter Dev.to stand out?
- Direct Dev.to API sync — The gatsby-source-dev plugin pulls articles from Dev.to, so posts created on your Dev.to profile can appear in your Gatsby site without manual copy-paste.
- HTML-to-React conversion — html-react-parser converts the article body's HTML into React components, preserving the content structure inside Gatsby's component system.
- Static site output — The starter produces a pre-rendered static site, ready for deployment to any static host.
- Starter simplicity — The project is scaffolded with Gatsby's standard starter mechanism, giving developers a minimal base to customize.
Who should use Gatsby Starter Dev.to?
- Developers who publish on Dev.to — They can reuse their existing articles and get a personal Gatsby blog with the same content.
- Gatsby developers seeking a minimal codebase — The starter shows how to wire a source plugin and an HTML parser together in a small project.
- Bloggers who want static-site performance — Running a Gatsby site means articles are served as static HTML, which typically loads faster than a dynamic platform.
Use cases
- Personal blog from Dev.to — Publish on Dev.to, then build a Gatsby site that mirrors those posts at your own domain.
- Learning reference — Study the starter's code to see how gatsby-source-dev and html-react-parser are integrated in a complete Gatsby project.
- Portfolio companion — Keep your technical writing on a static site alongside a broader portfolio site built with Gatsby.
