Charter
Charter is a Astro theme by Rob Austin (Paid). Tested on 2026-09-12 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 79 for mobile speed and 74 for desktop speed, 100/100 for SEO and 93/97 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100).
Mobile79
Desktop74
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 79 | 74 |
| SEO | 100 | 100 |
| Accessibility | 93 | 97 |
| Best practices | 100 | 100 |
Single preset · measured 2 times since 2026-09-12 · Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights · 0–100, 90+ is good.
Why not 100 — Charter home page
Mobile
Speed 79 · 21 points to gain
- −17.5 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −3.1 Speed Index medium effort
- −0.9 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- 150 ms Reduce unused JavaScript high effort
Accessibility 93 · 7 points to gain
- −3.5 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −3.5 Touch targets do not have sufficient size or spacing. medium effort
Desktop
Speed 74 · 26 points to gain
- −25 Cumulative Layout Shift medium effort
- −1 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −0.5 Speed Index medium effort
Accessibility 97 · 3 points to gain
- −3.5 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| Charter default demo ↗ | 79 | 100 | 93 | 74 | 100 | 97 | 2026-09-12 |
| home ↗ | 79 | 100 | 93 | 74 | 100 | 97 | 2026-09-12 |
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