How to disable telemetry in Astro project?

Problem

Telemetry is anonymous data that provides the Astro team insights into which Astro features are most often used.

By default, Astro will collect these anonymous data when it runs.

Telemetry config will be saved to a config file.

Source code: config.ts

We see how to disable telemetry.

Solutions

1. Use astro command

   pnpm run astro telemetry disable
   pnpm run astro telemetry disable
   

   You can run it automatically on the first-time setting up the project.

   pnpm pkg set scripts.prepare="astro telemetry disable"
   pnpm pkg set scripts.prepare="astro telemetry disable"
   

2. Additional method

   Block Astro’s telemetry domain by adding this line to OS’s host file.

   127.0.0.1 telemetry.astro.build
   127.0.0.1 telemetry.astro.build