Reference Guides

Browse CLI commands like gatsby build and gatsby develop and typical folders and files you'll see inside a Gatsby project.

• Gatsby Project Structure
• Gatsby CLI commands

Gatsby Link and Gatsby Image are drop-in components that improve your site's performance and users' experience.

• Gatsby Link API
• Gatsby Image API

Generate templated pages like blog posts or products with file system routing.

• Creating Routes
• File System Route API

Inside its configuration files, Gatsby provides a rich set of lifecycle APIs to hook into its bootstrap, build, and client runtime operations. They allow sourcing data, creating pages, and customizing generated HTML pages.

• Gatsby Config APIs
• Gatsby Node APIs
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APIs for querying your data (PageQuery, StaticQuery, Fragments) and specifying your GraphQL schema (schema customization).

• GraphQL Query API
• GraphQL Query Options Reference
• Customizing the GraphQL Schema
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Find release notes and guides on how to upgrade Gatsby along with third-party packages.

• v2.32 Release Notes
• v2.31 Release Notes
• v2.30 Release Notes
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