Astro Retro UI Theme
Technology Radar
- Astro
- Tailwind CSS v4
- TypeScript
- Vercel
- PNPM
The Challenge
Many portfolio templates are either overly bloated with heavy JavaScript frameworks or too generic to stand out. Developers often spend more time stripping away unwanted styles than actually building their content
Fig 1. User Interaction Flow
The Solution
Astro Retro UI provides a "clean slate" with a strong visual identity. By leveraging Tailwind CSS v4 and Astro’s Zero-JS by default approach, the theme delivers a Lighthouse score of 100 while providing a high-end, structured component system that is easily customizable via global CSS variables and something similar to the newly revamped Filament PHP website [https://filamentphp.com/], and this was the main inspiration for this project.
Built with the latest Tailwind CSS v4 for cutting-edge styling
Native Dark/Light mode with system preference detection
Fully responsive, pre-built UI component library (Hero, Brands, Forms)
Optimized for static site generation (SSG) with blazing-fast load times
Type-safe props for all components using TypeScript
Ready-to-use API route patterns for contact forms and backends