Mike Herchel is a founder / lead developer at Dripyard. He's the maintainer of the Olivero theme, Drupal’s default front-end theme, as well as a Drupal core CSS subsystem maintainer. He's contributed heavily to Drupal core, helping out with Single Directory Components, Claro, and various Twig utilities. He's a former member of the Drupal board of directors, and still serves on several Drupal related committes.
The trusted experts in Drupal theming—driven by a deep care for Drupal
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Andy Giles is a veteran web developer and Drupal specialist who has been working with Drupal since version 5. In 2012, he founded Blue Oak Interactive, where he leads a team delivering consulting, custom development, theming, and e-commerce solutions. An active contributor to the Drupal community, Andy shares his expertise through presentations, podcast appearances, and training on topics such as DevOps workflows and modern development practices.
We are the experts in Drupal themes
Dripyard was founded by two long-time Drupal contributors with a shared passion for building sustainable, world-class themes.
Mike Herchel, co-founder and lead frontend developer, was the primary developer behind Drupal’s default theme, Olivero. He also contributes to the Claro admin theme and Drupal CMS, and maintains Drupal core’s CSS subsystem—helping define the styling standards that shape Drupal itself. With over 18 years of Drupal experience, Mike has led frontend work for major organizations including Syfy, IBM, SBA, US Courts, and Drupal.org. He’s known for writing clean, reusable code and creating accessible, user-friendly experiences.
Andy Giles, co-founder and lead backend developer, has worked with Drupal for more than 15 years. A prolific contributor, he maintains over 30 open source projects on Drupal.org, many in the Drupal Commerce ecosystem. Andy’s expertise spans backend development, performance, and DevOps, where he focuses on editorial experience and maintainable solutions. He has also contributed to Drupal core and Drupal Commerce.
Together, Andy and Mike founded Dripyard to lower the total cost of ownership for Drupal sites, help the platform grow, and build a company that sustains itself by giving back to the community.
Our story
Dripyard began as Mike’s idea in early 2024. With the introduction of Single Directory Components (SDCs) to Drupal core (a feature Mike helped bring to life), commercial Drupal themes finally became viable. Before SDCs, themes couldn’t reliably know the markup they were styling. Legacy theme providers tried to solve this by bundling modules with their themes, but that approach locked site owners into rigid content architectures, stripping away much of Drupal’s flexibility and power.
Seeing a better path, Mike reached out to longtime friend and trusted developer Andy Giles. Together, they spent more than 10 months designing and building the first Dripyard themes, design system, and layout framework. It wasn’t easy — Mike even took out a house loan to fund the work. But through countless iterations, they built the products they always wished had existed.
Philosophy
- Sustainability — We’re here for the long run, building Dripyard as a lasting business, not a short-term hustle.
- Do Good for Drupal — We’ve been part of the Drupal community for years, and we’re committed to helping it grow and thrive.
- Build Better Products — Every product we release is crafted to be accessible, performant, flexible, and beautiful—done the right way.
- Enjoy the Journey — We’re not chasing a quick payout. Dripyard exists because we love what we do, and we want to support ourselves while giving back.
- Innovate & Share — We tackle Drupal’s hardest front-end challenges and share what we learn so the whole ecosystem moves forward.
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