Playful rebellion
We challenge the status quo with joy—through spectacle, storytelling, and the unexpected.
About the Astral Pirates
Astral Pirates is a decentralized flotilla of creators who stage immersive cultural experiences while supporting local communities and grassroots causes.
Our mission
We remix the spirit of the high seas with 21st-century collaboration. Every stop on our voyage is a chance to build safer, more creative spaces where people can share art, knowledge, food, and care. We prototype new social systems in temporary autonomous zones and bring our learnings back to port.
Guiding coordinates
Radical hospitality
Every pirate looks out for the crew. Access, safety, and consent are built into each mission plan.
Mutual thrival
We share tools, funds, and knowledge so that everyone involved leaves resourced and inspired.
Life aboard pirate ships
Explore how historic pirate crews organized roles, shared power, and sustained community on the open sea.
Tools on our deck
We keep the Astral Pirates site and CMS afloat with a toolkit of open-source infrastructure and creative technology.
- Three.js paints the interactive starfield and 3D flourishes.
- Payload CMS steers our structured content and crew logs.
- Next.js renders the Payload admin console served from our ship.
- Decap CMS offers Git-native editing for static pages.
- Python powers the build pipeline that assembles and serves the site locally.
- Terraform provisions the Hetzner infrastructure as code.
- Hetzner Cloud hosts our production servers with hardened defaults.
- Nginx handles TLS, caching, and reverse-proxying between static pages and the CMS.
- PostgreSQL stores content, permissions, and logs for the crew.
How to get involved
- Host a dock: invite the Astral Pirates to collaborate on your local festival or community hub.
- Sign up for a build shift: help weld sculptures, sew costumes, or wire lighting rigs.
- Bring your practice: from clowning to coding, every talent can find a place on deck.
