Web Development

Headless CMS
Future-Proof Your Content

From Git-based content editing to complex content platforms

We pair the speed of Astro with the right content management for your team. Seperating your content from your web front-end ensures your content is free to be used in whatever platforms you choose now and in future.

The Approach

Decoupled content, delivered at the speed of static sites

Astro
Front End Framework
2
CMS Approaches: Git & DB
API
Content Delivered Anywhere
100
Achievable Lighthouse Score

What Is Headless?

A Headless CMS separates content from presentation

In a traditional CMS like WordPress, the content, templates, and delivery are all bundled together in one system, the "head" and the "body" are joined. A headless CMS removes the head: content is managed independently and served over an API to whatever front end you choose. We use Astro as that front end, so you get a modern editing experience behind the scenes and a lightning-fast static site out front.

Content lives in one place

Your text, images, and data sit in a dedicated CMS, cleanly structured and reusable, not tangled up in page templates.

Delivered over an API

The CMS serves content to any front end through an API, so the same content can power your website, an app, or a digital display.

Astro builds the front end

Astro pulls your content at build time and renders fast, static HTML, giving editors flexibility and visitors instant page loads.

No plugin bloat or version risk

Unlike a traditional monolithic CMS, there is no heavy theme or plugin layer to slow the site down or open security holes.

Why Go Headless

The Benefits of a Headless CMS

Faster sites, safer infrastructure, and content your team can actually manage.

Blazing Performance

Content is pre-rendered into static HTML at build time, so pages load almost instantly. No database query on every visit, no server-side rendering bottleneck.

Stronger Security

With no live database or admin panel exposed on your public site, the attack surface shrinks dramatically. There is far less to patch, hack, or take down.

Scales Effortlessly

Static pages served from a global CDN handle traffic spikes with ease. Whether you get 100 visitors or 100,000, performance stays rock solid.

Future-Proof Content

Because content is decoupled and API-driven, the same content can feed a website today and a mobile app or new channel tomorrow, with no rewrite.

JAMstack Architecture

Built on the JAMstack

JAMstack (JavaScript, APIs, and Markup) is a modern way of building websites where pages are pre-built into static files and served from a global CDN, rather than assembled by a server on every visit. Dynamic features are handled by APIs and small amounts of JavaScript. The result is a site that is exceptionally fast, secure, and cheap to host, and a headless CMS is the natural content layer for exactly this kind of architecture.

JavaScript

Lightweight, client-side interactivity added only where it is needed, keeping pages lean and fast.

APIs

Reusable services, your headless CMS, forms, search, or payments, handle dynamic functionality over HTTPS.

Markup

Pre-built HTML served straight from a CDN, so there is no server rendering the page on every request.

Choosing a CMS

From Simple Git-Based to Full Content Platforms

We match the CMS to your team and your content with options for all budgets

Sveltia CMS (Git-based)

Best for: smaller sites, blogs, brochure sites
Content stored in: your Git repository
Editing: friendly admin UI, commits to Git
Cost: free, no database to run
A modern, fast successor to Netlify/Decap CMS, ideal when you want simple editing with zero ongoing platform cost.

CloudCannon (Git-based)

Best for: teams and agencies wanting visual editing
Content stored in: your Git repository
Editing: live visual and in-context editing
Cost: hosted paid platform
A polished middle ground: editors update content visually with live preview while everything stays as plain files versioned in Git.

Sanity (Database-backed)

Best for: larger, complex, multi-editor sites
Content stored in: hosted content database
Editing: real-time, structured, collaborative
Cost: scalable paid platform
A powerful content platform for rich, structured content, multiple contributors, and content reused across many channels.

Client Feedback

What Our Clients Say

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Let's build an Astro site with a headless CMS that fits your team, whether that is simple Git-based editing or a full content platform like Sanity.