Tabler
Free, open source Bootstrap 5 admin dashboard UI kit with dark mode and RTL support.
- Stars
- 42k
- Forks
- 4.4k
- Licence
- MIT
- Language
- Astro
- Last update
- 7 days ago
- Type
- Library
What it is
Tabler is a set of ready-made layouts, components and demo pages for building admin panels, dashboards and web apps. It is built on Bootstrap 5 and ships as CSS and JavaScript you can load from a CDN or install with npm. It is useful for people who want a polished interface without designing every screen from scratch.
- Add a styled dashboard layout with charts, tables and forms to a web app
- Start an admin panel by loading tabler.css and the bundled JavaScript from a CDN
- Customize the theme colors using Sass or CSS custom properties
- Use the bundled icon set and illustrations in an interface
Great for
- Developers building internal admin panels or dashboards quickly
- Teams already comfortable with Bootstrap who want ready-made components
- Projects that need dark mode or right-to-left (RTL) layouts
- Developers using a framework such as React, Vue or Laravel who want a styled UI base
Not ideal for
- People who want a finished app with no coding, since it is a UI kit rather than a ready-to-use product
- Projects that do not use Bootstrap and do not want to adopt its styling system
- Teams that need a design system built from scratch rather than a pre-styled one
How to get it
- 1
Install with a package manager
Install the package with npm
npm install @tabler/coreAdd the Tabler skill for a coding agent
npx skills add tabler/tabler - 2
Run it
- Load tabler.min.css and tabler.min.js from the CDN in an HTML page, or install with npm.
- Open the HTML file in a browser to see the Hello, Tabler! example.
- Import the CSS and JS in your project entry file if using a bundler.
- Try the tabler-starter template on StackBlitz, CodeSandbox or Codespaces to skip local setup.
- 3
Get the most out of it
- Use the live demo at preview.tabler.io to choose layouts before building.
- Customize the theme with Sass using @use with () or with CSS custom properties.
- Load only the optional stylesheets you need, such as flags or payments, to keep pages lean.
- Use the RTL stylesheet versions if your interface must support right-to-left languages.
- Follow the framework setup guides in the docs for React, Vue, Laravel or Django.
Downloads
Strengths
- Free and MIT-licensed, with a large set of demo pages and components listed in the README
- Includes dark mode and RTL versions of its stylesheets
- Works with plain HTML and with many common frameworks, with setup guides in the docs
Trade-offs
- Depends on Bootstrap 5, so you inherit its structure and conventions
- The README is truncated, so details about the full feature list and browser support are not confirmed here
- Bundled plugins add to the package and you must choose which stylesheets to load
How it compares
| Project | Stars | Type | Level | Updated | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tabler (this) | 42k | Library | beginner | 7 days ago | Developers building internal admin panels or dashboards quickly |
| bootstrap | 175k | Library | beginner | 4 days ago | Developers building responsive websites or web app interfaces quickly |
| AdminLTE | 45.7k | Library | beginner | 5 days ago | Developers building an internal admin panel or back-office tool quickly |
| gentelella | 21.6k | Library | intermediate | 6 days ago | Developers who want a starting point for an internal admin panel without adopting a frontend framework |
| coreui-free-bootstrap-admin-template | 12.3k | App | intermediate | 3 months ago | Developers building an internal admin or dashboard page with Bootstrap |
| ngx-admin | 25.7k | Framework | intermediate | 2.1 years ago | Developers starting a new Angular admin or back-office dashboard |
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.