I build lightning-fast Astro 7 themes — like Astro Rocket, my starter theme to build anything on. Based in Veghel, the Netherlands.
MIT licensed, made for the Astro community.
Interfaces that feel obvious. Every component designed to look right in every colour theme, in light and dark mode, on every screen.
Astro, Tailwind, and a clean architecture: lightning-fast on day one, easy to maintain on day 500, with SEO and accessibility built in.
New features ship opt-in, so existing sites keep working. Everything is documented, and every GitHub issue gets a real conversation.
My beautiful and fast theme to build your next website with.
120 stars and 59 forks from developers around the world, built in the open.
Listed in the official Astro themes directory, used by developers worldwide.
It powers the website you're looking at right now: every page, every component.
Projects I'm very proud of.
How my own website became Astro Rocket, a free MIT-licensed Astro 7 theme with eight colour themes and a place on Astro's official directory.
The developer website I designed and built — hansmartens.dev — and the project my Astro Rocket theme, client portal and members area all grew out of.
Each client signs in and sees the work being done for them, and their invoices. A free solution for the Astro Rocket theme.
Part of your website only the members you choose can read, closed to everybody else. A free solution for the Astro Rocket theme.
Web design and development are my craft — and my favourite way to spend a day. I build with Astro because it matches how I think about the web: lean, purposeful, and built to last. Every detail matters to me: a site should look great, load fast, and get found by Google and AI assistants.
On the blog, I write about building themes, Astro, and what makes websites fast.
More about meA few things about me.
Building websites since 2010
Astro theme developer
Themes used worldwide
Based in
Veghel, the Netherlands
Hans Martens, Astro theme developer in Veghel: building websites since 2010, from WordPress to Astro, the open-source Astro Rocket theme, and computers since 1992.
A members area reserves part of a website for a group who sign in with an emailed link. What it is, which websites need one, and why it is safe.
A private area of a business's own website where each client signs in with an emailed link and sees the work being done for them, and their invoices. Which businesses need one.
Questions about my themes or my projects? I'm available to talk about them and give advice.