# Freelance Astro Developer

> Freelance Astro developer: ultra-fast brochure sites, blogs and multilingual websites, top Lighthouse scores, migration from WordPress. Free quote within 12 hours.

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Astro is the framework we use for [the websites we build](https://eldev.fr/en/services/web-development/index.md) where content matters more than interactivity: brochure sites, portfolios, blogs, multilingual sites. Zero JavaScript by default, HTML generated at build time, Lighthouse scores of 100 without heroics. The site you are reading is built with Astro.

## What we do

### Brochure and corporate websites

Static pages generated at build time and served from a CDN: near-instant loading, no server to maintain, hosting at marginal cost.

### Multilingual and SEO

i18n routing, hreflang, sitemap, structured data, optimised images: Astro provides the foundations, we configure them properly for each market.

### Migration from WordPress or Wix

Content taken over, 301 redirects, rankings preserved. You gain speed and security, and lose the plugin update chores.

### Content managed without a developer

Markdown content collections or a headless CMS (Sanity, Strapi, Decap) wired to Astro: you publish, the site rebuilds itself.

## Why Astro is fast by design

Most frameworks ship the browser all the JavaScript needed to rebuild the page. Astro does the opposite: it generates the final HTML at build time and only sends JavaScript for components that genuinely need it, the ones you explicitly mark as interactive. The result: pages that weigh a few dozen kilobytes, a Largest Contentful Paint under one second, and green Core Web Vitals without acrobatic optimisation.

## What we deliver on an Astro project

A typed content architecture (every page has a schema, the build fails when a field is missing), i18n if you sell internationally, complete technical SEO (tags, sitemap, hreflang, structured data, Open Graph), an automatic deployment pipeline, and documentation so your team can publish without us. We can then provide [maintenance](https://eldev.fr/en/services/maintenance/index.md) if you wish.

## Stack & tools

Astro 7, TypeScript, Content Collections, View Transitions, Markdown & MDX, Sanity, Strapi, Cloudflare Pages, Netlify, Playwright

## Why ELDEV

We have run Astro in production since its first stable release and know its limits as well as its strengths. For a content site there is nothing better in 2026: native performance, security (no exposed database), negligible hosting cost, and the option of a React or Vue island wherever real interaction is needed. You get a readable Git repository, documentation, and a site that will still be fast in five years.

## Frequently asked questions

### Astro or Next.js for my website?

If your site is mostly content (pages, articles, listings), Astro: faster, simpler, cheaper to host. If it is an application with lots of state, forms and user data, [Next.js](https://eldev.fr/en/technologies/react-nextjs/index.md). Many projects combine both: an Astro site and a separate application.

### Can I edit the content myself?

Yes. Depending on your comfort level, either Markdown files in the repository (with an online editor such as Decap) or a headless CMS with a proper admin interface. Either way, every publish rebuilds and deploys the site automatically. If your team is used to a familiar back-office, [WordPress](https://eldev.fr/en/technologies/wordpress/index.md) can also serve as the headless CMS behind Astro.

### How much does an Astro website cost?

A 5 to 10 page brochure site is quoted after a free scoping call, depending on design, number of languages and the chosen CMS. [Describe your project](https://eldev.fr/en/contact/index.md), reply within 12 hours.

### What hosting does an Astro site need?

A static Astro site runs anywhere: Cloudflare Pages, Netlify, Vercel, or plain shared hosting like this very site. No Node server is required unless you enable on-demand rendering. Either way, we can handle the [hosting setup](https://eldev.fr/en/services/hosting-infra/index.md) for you.

## Related pages

- [Freelance React & Next.js Developer](https://eldev.fr/en/technologies/react-nextjs/index.md)
- [Freelance WordPress Developer](https://eldev.fr/en/technologies/wordpress/index.md)
- [Freelance Node.js Developer: APIs and Back-ends](https://eldev.fr/en/technologies/nodejs/index.md)
- Related service : [Web Development](https://eldev.fr/en/services/web-development/index.md)

## Contact

[Contact form](https://eldev.fr/en/contact/index.md) (HTML page: https://eldev.fr/en/contact/) · Email: contact@eldev.fr · First chat is free. Response within 12 hours on business days.