Themes / Research labs & academic groups
Lab Site
A scholarly website for a research group. Drop in your BibTeX file and get a typeset publication list; add people, projects, grants and open positions in one data file.
What’s inside
Publications
- Single BibTeX file is the source of truth
- Members auto-underlined, awards, PDF / code / DOI links
- Copyable BibTeX per paper — no JavaScript
The whole lab
- People by role, alumni with current positions
- Projects linked to papers and grants
- Recruiting page with deadlines, news, contact
Built right
- Bilingual by default: English, 日本語, 繁體中文
- Marginalia layout, serif typography, light & dark
- AGENTS.md + Cursor rules for AI-assisted edits
Every page
Publications — generated from .bib at build time
People — by role, with alumni “now at”
Projects & grants ledger
日本語 — also 繁體中文 and English
Dark mode — night reading
Specs
Under the hood
- Framework
- Astro 7 · static output
- Styling
- Tailwind CSS 4 · CSS-variable tokens
- JavaScript
- 0 KB framework · 1 inline dark-mode snippet
- Content
- Markdown Content Collections + BibTeX
- Pages
- Home · People · Publications · Projects & grants · Join us · News · Contact
- Languages
- en · ja · zh-TW
- Node
- 22 LTS
- Deploy
- Cloudflare Pages · Netlify · Vercel · any static host
- Lighthouse
- 98+ / 100 / 100 / 100 — full report
- Free preview
- astro-lab-site-lite (MIT) ↗
Pricing
One payment. Unlimited sites.
Lab Site · launch price
$29regular price $39
Early-bird $29 for the first 14 days after launch · then $39.
One-time payment, unlimited projects.
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Bundle · both themes · launch price
$49regular price $78
Early-bird $49 for the first 14 days after launch · then $59 · $78 if bought separately.
Extension Kit + Lab Site. One-time payment, unlimited projects.
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USD · VAT / sales tax added at checkout where applicable · Not on sale yet — email [email protected] to hear when checkout opens · Terms & refunds · Privacy
Unlimited projects
Use it for as many of your own or client sites as you like.
Client work allowed
Build and hand over finished sites to clients.
12 months of updates
Updates for 12 months; the code is yours forever.
No resale
Don’t resell or publish the source as a template or starter.
Questions
How do I get the code?
After checkout, Polar invites your GitHub account to a private repository. You’ll get an invite from the smallbench-labs GitHub organization (that’s us). Clone it and run npm install. If you get a refund, access is removed automatically.
Do I need to know Astro?
Not much. Content lives in Markdown, one data file and one .bib file. Each repo ships an AGENTS.md and Cursor rules, so an AI editor can make changes safely.
Is there a free version?
Yes. Each theme has an MIT-licensed one-page Lite version, so you can check the code quality before you buy.
Can I buy from Japan?
Checkout isn’t available in Japan.
Refunds?
Refunds within 14 days of purchase, no questions asked — email [email protected]. Your repo access is removed when the refund is issued.
How long do I get updates?
Updates for 12 months; the code is yours forever.
Which Astro version?
Astro 7 and Tailwind CSS 4, Node 22. Zero framework JavaScript — the only script toggles dark mode.