Vuestic Admin
A free, ready-made admin dashboard template built with Vue 3, Vite, Pinia and Tailwind CSS.
- Stars
- 11k
- Forks
- 1.8k
- Licence
- MIT
- Language
- Vue
- Last update
- 8 months ago
- Type
- App
What it is
Vuestic Admin is a free, open-source starter template for building admin panels and dashboards in the browser. It is built on the Vuestic UI component library and uses Vue 3, Vite, Pinia and Tailwind CSS. People use it to skip building the basic layout and screens of an admin interface from scratch.
- Scaffold a new admin project with the npm create vuestic command
- Start from the included dashboard screens and adapt them to your own data
- Add localization using the i18n integration
- Switch between light and dark themes for an interface
Great for
- Developers starting a new internal admin or dashboard in Vue
- Teams that want a ready-made layout instead of building one from scratch
- Learners who want a real Vue 3 project to study
- Projects that want a dark theme and built-in i18n support
Not ideal for
- People who need a non-Vue frontend, since the template is built on Vue and Vuestic UI
- Non-developers who want a no-code dashboard tool, since setup requires running commands
- Projects that need a fully custom design system and don't want to work within a template's structure
How to get it
- 1
Install with a package manager
You'll need: Node.js and npm
Scaffold a new Vuestic Admin project
npm create vuestic@latestInstall dependencies
npm installStart the local development server
npm run dev - 2
Run it
- Run npm create vuestic@latest and choose Vuestic Admin when prompted
- Change into the new project folder
- Run npm install to install dependencies
- Run npm run dev to start the local development server
- Open the local address shown in the terminal in your browser
- 3
Get the most out of it
- Use the Global Configuration feature to customize the template without rewriting components
- Use the built-in i18n integration to add more languages
- Review the Vuestic UI documentation at ui.vuestic.dev for component usage
- Compare the live demo at admin-demo.vuestic.dev to see the template before building on it
Downloads
Strengths
- Free and MIT licensed, with a large community (about 10,953 stars)
- Uses current, widely adopted tools: Vue 3, Vite, Pinia and Tailwind CSS
- Includes a live demo and documentation to evaluate it before adopting
Trade-offs
- The README is short on detail, so the full list of included screens and features needs checking in the docs or demo
- Tied to the Vuestic UI library, so you take on its conventions and upgrade path
- Commercial support is offered by the maintainer, Epicmax, and the README does not describe free support levels
How it compares
| Project | Stars | Type | Level | Updated | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vuestic-admin (this) | 11k | App | intermediate | 8 months ago | Developers starting a new internal admin or dashboard in Vue |
| vue-vben-admin | 33.7k | App | intermediate | 4 days ago | Developers starting a new Vue 3 admin or back-office project |
| vue-element-admin | 90.1k | Other | intermediate | 2.0 years ago | Developers building internal admin dashboards in Vue |
| AdminLTE | 45.7k | Library | beginner | 6 days ago | Developers building an internal admin panel or back-office tool quickly |
| gentelella | 21.6k | Library | intermediate | 7 days ago | Developers who want a starting point for an internal admin panel without adopting a frontend framework |
| vue-admin-better | 18.9k | App | intermediate | 17 days ago | Front-end developers with about a year of experience who want an admin panel starting point |
Stats synced from GitHub. The assessment above was drafted with AI from the project's README on 2026-10-29 and may miss recent changes — check the README before relying on a command. MIT licence: free to use, modify and distribute, including commercially, as long as you keep the copyright notice.