# Folex Lite

> Folex Lite is best for freelancers and small creative teams that want a free Astro starter for a visual agency or portfolio-style site without the bulk of a full agency theme.

Canonical page: [https://getastrothemes.com/astro-themes/folex-lite/](https://getastrothemes.com/astro-themes/folex-lite/)

- Categories: Agency

## Best for

- Free creative agency starter sites
- Portfolio-style landing pages
- Personal studio websites
- Pre-launch brand sites

## Not intended for

- Content-heavy websites
- Finance brands
- Service firms needing deep proof pages
- Teams needing large page libraries

## Feature highlights

- Free download
- Lightweight route set
- Nested navigation
- Config-first editing
- AI-assisted coding ready

## Technology

- Astro: 7.0.3
- Tailwind CSS: 4.1.18

Live preview: [https://folex-lite.pages.dev](https://folex-lite.pages.dev)

Folex Lite is a free Astro theme built for small creative teams — it gives you a lighter visual starter for a portfolio-style or agency landing site without the weight of a larger theme.

**Folex Lite** is a free Astro starter for creative teams that need one sharp visual presence fast, without stepping into a much larger agency theme.

It works best when the first goal is a polished landing page or lightweight portfolio-style site, not a full company content system.

## Why Use The Lite Version

Folex Lite keeps the setup simple while still giving you real project structure.

- Free to download and launch
- Fast Lighthouse-friendly base
- Sticky header from config
- Nested dropdown navigation
- Multilingual cleanup script
- Three contact form provider options

## What You Can Launch Fast

The source project keeps the route set intentionally small.

- Home
- Portfolio Single
- Custom content pages through the shared page route
- 404 Page

This makes Folex Lite useful when you want one solid landing page first and the option to grow later.

## Navigation That Is Ready To Grow

Even the free version includes a stronger menu system than most starter themes.

- Multi-level dropdown menus
- Badge support in menu data
- External link support
- Mobile-friendly navigation

You edit the header structure in JSON instead of touching header logic.

```json
{
  "name": "Pages",
  "hasChildren": true,
  "children": [
    { "name": "Home", "url": "/" },
    { "name": "Portfolio", "url": "/portfolio/custom-portfolio-slug/" }
  ]
}
```

## Clean Config For Fast Edits

The important settings stay easy to find.

- `src/config/config.toml`
- `src/config/menu.en.json`
- `src/config/menu.fr.json`
- `src/config/social.json`

You can control the sticky header and contact form provider from one file.

```toml
[settings]
stickyHeader = true
contactFormProvider = "formsubmit.co"
```

## Multilingual Only If You Need It

Folex Lite includes the multilingual structure, but you are not forced to keep it.

If the project only needs one language:

```bash
npm run remove-multilingual
```

That is useful for quick launches where the second language would only slow down content work.

## Contact Setup Without Extra Work

The source project supports three form submission paths:

- `formsubmit.co`
- `formspree`
- `netlify`

That gives you a practical starter path for small launches and a cleaner upgrade path later.

## AI-Assisted Coding Ready

Folex Lite ships with built-in instructions for AI coding assistants, so tools like Claude, OpenAI Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini, and Windsurf can read the theme's structure, content model, and conventions from the start.

Instead of guessing, your assistant follows the same rules the theme is built on: where sections, content, and schemas live, which shared components to reuse, and how to stay on the design system.

- **AGENTS.md** — full project rules for any agent (also read natively by OpenAI Codex)
- **CLAUDE.md** — guidance for Claude and Claude Code
- **GEMINI.md** — guidance for the Gemini CLI
- **SKILLS.md** — step-by-step recipes for the jobs you do most (add a section or page, rebrand, manage languages, add an icon)
- **.cursor/rules**, **.github/copilot-instructions.md**, **.windsurf/rules** — editor rules for Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and Windsurf

The result is simpler AI-assisted editing with fewer off-pattern changes.

## A Good Free Starting Point

Choose Folex Lite if you need a free creative starter that looks polished quickly and stays simple enough for a first launch.

> If you want more pages, services, blog, team pages, and portfolio layouts, move to [Folex Pro](https://getastrothemes.com/astro-themes/folex/).