PaperHouse — Premium Astro 7 Bento Portfolio Theme
Features

A markdown-driven portfolio theme for studios that sell craft, not speed.

PaperHouse is a premium Astro 7 + Tailwind CSS 4 portfolio theme built for designers, studios, and freelancers who want to look expensive without hiring a developer.

It is not another brutalist grid. It is not AI-generated sameness. It is bento layouts, human serif type, and space that breathes — the exact formula that sells on ThemeForest, Framer, and Gumroad.

Every page is markdown-driven. Every label is editable from JSON. Nothing is hardcoded. You can ship a full portfolio in a weekend.

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WHAT YOU GET

• Full source code — Astro 7 + Tailwind CSS 4

• Works, Journal, Docs, and Page collections

• Bento grid with three card sizes (normal, wide, large)

• Journal system with categories, tags, prev/next, reading time

• Per-work gallery support with captions

• Full docs site built in — installation, structure, config, content, deploy

• SEO-first — meta, Open Graph, Twitter Cards, canonical URLs

• Per-page SEO editable from JSON

• Mobile-first responsive layout

• Contact page with configurable form

• 404 page

• Sitemap-ready

• Zero hardcode — edit everything from markdown and JSON

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WHO IT IS FOR

• Designers tired of template sameness

• Freelancers who want to look bigger than they are

• Studios shipping portfolios for clients

• Developers who want a clean Astro starting point

If you can edit a markdown file, you can run PaperHouse.

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THE STACK

• Astro 7 — zero JS by default, islands architecture

• Tailwind CSS 4 — the new @theme API

• Content Collections — type-safe, schema-validated

• Markdown + JSON — no database, no admin panel, no server bills

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WHAT YOU NEED

• Node.js 20 or newer

• A code editor (VS Code recommended)

• A free Vercel, Netlify, or Cloudflare account to deploy

Setup time: under 10 minutes. No prior Astro experience required.

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WHAT IS INCLUDED

• Complete source code (unminified)

• Full documentation site — installation, structure, astro config, data files, home page, pages, contact, works, blog, developer notes, deploy, headless CMS

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LICENSE

One-time $45. Unlimited personal and client projects. Not for resale as a template.

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Ship your portfolio this weekend.

One-time $45. Lifetime updates.