Techlo Lite is a free Astro theme for IT firms, software teams, and technology consultancies — a lighter starter built from the same design system as Techlo, without the weight of the full page library.

Techlo Lite works best when the first goal is a credible technology website with real content structure — services, a team, and a blog — not a full marketing site with portfolio, pricing, and multiple homepages. The value here is speed, clarity, and a strong upgrade path.

Why Use The Lite Version

Techlo Lite keeps the setup simple while still giving you a real technology-site structure.

• Free to download and launch
• Fast Lighthouse-friendly base
• Services and team as real content collections
• Full blog with categories, tags, and pagination
• Multilingual structure with a cleanup script
• Three contact form provider options

What You Can Launch Fast

The source project keeps the route set focused:

• Home
• Services and Service Single
• Team and Team Single
• Blog, Blog Single, Category, Tag, and Pagination
• Custom content pages through the shared page route (Privacy Policy, Terms & Conditions)
• 404 Page

That is enough for a real IT services website on day one, with room to grow later.

A Blog That Is Actually Usable

Unlike most free starters, Techlo Lite ships a complete blog system:

• Post grid with pagination
• Category and tag archive pages
• Markdown and MDX support with syntax highlighting
• Optional table of contents

Navigation That Is Ready To Grow

Even the free version includes the stronger menu system from the pro theme.

• Mega menu and multi-level dropdown support
• Badge support in menu data
• Configurable header navigation button
• Mobile-friendly navigation

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

{
  "name": "Services",
  "hasChildren": true,
  "children": [
    { "name": "Services", "url": "/services/" },
    { "name": "Service Single", "url": "/services/custom-service-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, smooth scrolling, animations, and contact form provider from one file.

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

Multilingual Only If You Need It

Techlo Lite includes English and French structure, but you are not forced to keep it.

If the project only needs one language:

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

Techlo Lite ships with built-in instructions for AI coding assistants, so tools like Claude, OpenAI Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini, and Windsurf understand the theme from the first prompt — its structure, content model, and conventions.

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 payoff: faster edits, fewer mistakes, and AI output that matches the theme instead of fighting it.

A Good Free Starting Point

If you need a free technology starter that already handles services, team, and blog content — and stays simple enough to launch without cleanup drama — Techlo Lite is the fastest way to get there.

If you want three homepages, a projects portfolio, pricing, FAQ, and the full technology page library, move to Techlo Pro.