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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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

Benefits

  • 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

Optional CMS

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

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
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Love the design work

Steve Ruiz

Founder at tldraw.com

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Michael has been dropping some amazing premium themes for Astro lately.

Fred Schott

CEO of Astro.build

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Chief, nice work.

Guillermo Rauch

vercel.com

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Lexington Themes is honestly one of the best deals any engineer/web designer could make. It will speed up your next project 10x.Multiple great themes, with dozens of components and page designs ready to go. All built with tailwind, so you can easily make changes to make it stand out or swap to a different framework.Well worth a go!

Alex Hughes

letsloopin.com

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