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Semplice, an Astro & Tailwind CSS photography template

Semplice is a serene, gallery-style template for photographers and visual artists. Inspired by classical composition and editorial restraint, it elevates your work without distraction.

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All Pages

Static Pages

  • Landing Page x3
  • Error404
  • Studio

Content Collections

  • Blog
  • Team
  • Store
  • Gallery
  • Legal pages

Good to Know — Each theme includes a main index page and individual detail pages. You’ll also get a preconfigured .pages.yaml file that automatically connects your content collections. That’s all you need to start using PagesCMS — no extra setup required, no bloated code.

Features

  • Blog Tags
  • Reusable components
  • Optional CMS via PagesCMS
  • Search powered with Fuse JS
  • Content collections
  • Seo Optimized
  • Ongoing updates
  • Style guide
  • Astro RSS
  • Astro SEO
  • Astro Sitemap
  • Tailwind CSS Forms
  • Tailwind Typography

Specifications

  • Astro v5
  • Tailwind v4
  • Released on 02.23
  • Updated on 08.25
  • Performance 100
  • Accessibility 99
  • Best Practices 100
  • SEO 100

File Structure

  • public
  • src
    • components
    • layouts
    • pages
    • content
      • folders
      • config.ts
    • data
    • scripts
    • styles
      • global.css
    • endv.d.ts
  • .pages.yml
  • astro.config.mjs
  • package.json
  • README.md
  • ts.config.json

Semplice — Photography theme for Astro & Tailwind CSS

Semplice is a serene portfolio theme designed for photographers, designers, and visual artists who value quiet elegance over excess. Inspired by classical composition and Swiss modernism, it emphasizes clarity, balance, and restraint—letting your work lead the experience.

Specifications

  • Built with Astro v5 + Tailwind CSS v4
  • High Lighthouse scores across Performance, Accessibility, Best Practices, and SEO
  • Fully responsive and optimized for modern browsers

Features

  • Multiple landing page variations for flexible presentation
  • Structured layouts for studio pages, galleries, team, and store
  • Reusable components (buttons, text, wrappers, etc.) styled with the OKLCH color system
  • Content collections to manage galleries, blog posts, or team profiles
  • SEO-ready with Astro SEO, Sitemap, and RSS integrations
  • Clean file structure with ongoing updates and a style guide

PagesCMS Ready

Semplice includes a preconfigured .pages.yaml file that connects your content collections directly to PagesCMS.
All integration happens automatically when you link your repo inside the PagesCMS dashboard—no changes are made to the template code. You keep a pure Astro + Tailwind CSS setup with the option to use PagesCMS anytime.

Modern Color System

Ælen uses OKLCH color values, ensuring consistent rendering, theming flexibility, and forward-looking color management with Tailwind CSS v4.

Why Choose Semplice?

  • Built for photographers, designers, and visual studios who want clarity and composure
  • Editorial-inspired layouts that turn pages into curated galleries
  • Quiet light-mode design that avoids unnecessary UI noise
  • Lightweight performance with Astro’s static-first architecture
  • Scales seamlessly from solo portfolios to professional studios

Customers & supporters

Feedback from developers, founders, and fans who use Lexington Themes in their projects.

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Sheena

Developer

Using Lexington Themes @lexingtonthemes is such a game changer! Now THIS is The Modern Way to build websites!

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Alessandro Giuzio

das-pro.dev

It’s not just the design, the components and in general the codebase of your template are so well organized and detailed. Man! and the comments on your code are also very helpful. I am actually learning a lot from your way to work. Thank you Michael!

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Jaydan Urwin

jaydanurw.in

If you're interested in @astrodotbuild or already using it make sure you check out @lexingtonthemes from @Mike_Andreuzza. It's seriously one of the best resources out there for great sites built with Astro.