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Astro development services

Astro websites
Astro websites

A fast website is the sum of many small decisions: how heavy the images are, when scripts load, how much code a phone has to process. Astro gives us the best starting point we know for those decisions, and we take care of the rest, from the Figma design to measuring on a real phone. Code and content stay in your repository.

We turn the UX/UI design from Figma into Astro components: headers, cards, sections. A new page is assembled from ready-made blocks, so it looks consistent and doesn't have to be designed from scratch.

We shape the panel around your content types: blog posts, case studies, job openings, products. Fields come with hints, and the site builds structured data for Google from what you enter.

We move websites from WordPress, Webflow and Next.js together with their content. Every existing URL stays or gets a 301 redirect, so links from other websites and Google rankings are not lost.

Form submissions reach your inbox through Resend and contacts go to MailerLite, with no paid automations like Make. Spam is stopped by Cloudflare's invisible Turnstile, with no distorted letters to retype.

They trusted us

We have worked on projects of all sizes. We have 20 years of experience working with small companies and large corporations.

DBPLUS
Key House Development
Maced Poland
Morizon.pl and Gratka.pl

Speed you can't see in a mockup

In Figma every page looks good. The difference shows up only on a phone with an average connection: does the header image appear right away, or after two seconds? That's why on Astro websites we look after the things a design doesn't show.

Every image gets several size variants, and the browser downloads the one that fits the screen instead of the full-resolution original. Graphics with gradients and grain are saved as AVIF, because the popular WebP format leaves visible banding on them. Background videos and video players load only when they come close to the screen.

Marketing scripts, meaning Google Tag Manager, GA4 and Clarity, run only on the live website. Draft versions don't pollute your statistics, and we measure page speed with and without them, so you can see what each added script costs.

The website's styles are written into the HTML instead of separate files the browser has to download first. Finally, we check the website in PageSpeed Insights on mobile, where the score is the harshest, and fix whatever slows down the first view.

Why Astro?

Six reasons we build company websites in Astro

#1

Fast on desktop and mobile

Astro sends ready-made HTML to the browser and JavaScript only to the elements that need it. The phone has less work to do, so the page shows up faster.

A woman with headphones browsing a website on her phone on a train
#2

Open source

Astro is open source under the MIT license and runs with many hosting providers. You can move your website to another company without rewriting it.

A developer reading code on a monitor in an office
#3

Hosting from $0

Ready files are served from the Cloudflare, Netlify or Vercel CDN. For most company websites the free plan is enough.

A hand plugging a network cable into a panel in a server room
#4

Content from any source

Astro pulls content from a CMS or from files in the repository, or you can add it by talking to your favorite agent, such as Claude Code or Codex.

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#5

No plugins to update

Ready files have no plugins or login panel that need updating every week. We update the websites in our care once a quarter.

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#6

Multiple languages built in

Astro handles language versions with their own URLs, such as /en/, and hreflang tags without paid add-ons.

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Selected website development projects

Deltologic - Webflow website for software house
UX/UI Design
Webflow

Webflow website for Deltologic, a software house for Amazon sellers

Deltologic is a Marketplace Business Software House creating dedicated software and automation for sellers on Amazon, Walmart, Ebay, Allegro and other platforms.

Apriva - Webflow website and Shopify store
UX/UI Design
Webflow
Shopify

Webflow website and Shopify store for Apriva, a distributor of cleaning machines

Apriva, a company engaged in the sale and rental of equipment for cleaning cities and companies, commissioned us to create a company website in Webflow technology.

Client review
After discussing our idea, it was great to see that the design plan Hilvec developed was exactly what we had in mind. Their proactive way of working and thinking with us led to a great website which after launch has already started to generate leads.
Nick van Xanten
Nick van Xanten
Marketing Manager at Yameo
Testimonial
How do we work?

Process

1
Workshop and sitemap
2
CMS choice and content architecture
3
UX/UI design
4
Astro build and testing
5
Launch and growth

Astro JS - which websites we choose it for

Astro JS is a framework built for websites where content matters most. We use it for company and product websites, blogs, knowledge bases, documentation and campaign landing pages. When a project is more of an application than a website, such as a customer portal with logins and constantly changing data, we talk about a different solution.

Astro or Next.js

Both frameworks can produce a fast website, but they start from different places. Next.js was built for applications, so it sends more JavaScript to the browser and works well where the interface constantly reacts to the user. Astro starts from a page with no scripts and adds them only where they are needed, even when a component is written in React. For a company website or a blog, it's usually the simpler and faster choice.

Blog and knowledge base in Astro

Blog posts, case studies and knowledge base articles have predefined fields in Astro: title, image, category, description for Google. Astro checks them on every build, so a post without a description or with a wrong date won't reach the website. You write in the CMS panel or in a Markdown file, and the website builds post lists, categories and pagination on its own.

Tools we use and implement

Below are the tools we use to design and build Astro websites, and the ones we set up for our clients. If your company works with different tools, we will adapt to them.

Astro
Astro JS
Claude AI
Claude
Figma
figma
Sanity CMS
Sanity CMS
Payload CMS
Payload CMS
Cloudflare
Cloudflare
Netlify
Netlify
Vercel
Vercel
Resend
Resend
GitHub
GitHub
Lottie Files
Lottie files
Jitter
Jitter
Magnific
Magnific
Spline 3D
Spline 3d
OpenAI - ChatGPT
open ai
CMS options for Astro

We implement Sanity or Payload CMS

Both give your team a convenient content panel. They differ in where the content lives and who looks after the server.

CriterionSanity CMSPayload CMS
Who edits contentYour team, in Sanity Studio in the browserYour team, in the Payload admin panel
Where content livesIn the Sanity cloudIn a database on your server
Panel hostingHandled by Sanity, no server of your ownYour server or a cloud such as Vercel or Cloudflare
Running costsFree plan to start, paid plans per number of usersOpen source with no fees, you pay for the server and database
When to chooseMany editors, real-time collaboration, content in several channelsFull control of your data, custom features, user accounts
UpdatesHandled by SanityHandled by us, as part of the support plan
Astro development

Questions and answers

What is Astro?

Astro is an open-source framework for content-driven websites, such as company sites, blogs and documentation. It builds the site into ready-made HTML files and adds JavaScript only where it is needed, which is why Astro websites load fast. Since January 2026 the Astro team has worked at Cloudflare, and the framework stays open source and runs with other hosting providers too.

Is Astro a good fit for large websites?

Yes, especially for websites with a lot of content. Every page is built ahead of time as a ready file, so the hundredth page loads as fast as the first. Features that have to run on the fly, such as forms, are handled by a small piece of server code that runs only where it is needed.

How much does Astro hosting cost?

For most company websites the free plan on Cloudflare, Netlify or Vercel is enough, because the site is a set of ready files served from a CDN. You pay only with very high traffic or on a paid CMS plan. We work out hosting and CMS costs before the project starts.

Can you move our website from WordPress or Webflow to Astro?

Yes. We recreate the design or redesign it, and move content, blog posts and images to a CMS or to files in the repository. Old URLs stay the same or get a 301 redirect, so the website keeps its Google rankings.

Is an Astro website good for SEO?

Yes. An Astro website is ready-made HTML that Google reads without running scripts, and fast loading helps with Core Web Vitals. Every page gets a title, a description, structured data and, with several languages, hreflang tags.

How is an Astro website different from a WordPress website?

WordPress assembles each page from a database on every visit and relies on plugins that need regular updates. An Astro website is a set of ready HTML files, so it loads faster and has fewer weak spots for attacks. WordPress has more ready-made plugins, though, so we keep it when a project needs one that can't be replaced.

Let's do a great job

We want to help grow your company no matter where you run it!