Comprehensive Comparison of Popular Vue 3 + Vite Backend Administration Systems

The author observes that many articles promoting backend admin templates contain little technical value, often listing impressive star counts and screenshots without explaining core functionalities. Motivated by this, they set out to create a practical guide for developers to select an appropriate backend management system.

Selection Criteria : The systems must use Vue 3 with Vite 5, be pure front‑end (no back‑end dependencies), have more than 1,000 GitHub stars, provide documentation or tutorials, and have recent commits within the last month. Additional features are recorded but not judged for superiority.

Candidate Systems (all meeting the hard rules): vue-pure-admin, Geeker‑Admin, v3-admin-vite, soybean-admin, naive-ui-admin, vue‑vben‑admin, vue3‑element‑admin, Fantastic‑admin (basic and professional editions).

UI Library Support : Most systems use Element Plus; some support Naive UI or Ant Design Vue, and Fantastic‑admin can switch any UI library.

Clean Version Availability : Indicates whether a repository provides a version without demo code or extra plugins. vue-pure-admin, Geeker‑Admin, vue‑vben‑admin, vue3‑element‑admin, and both Fantastic‑admin editions offer clean builds.

Layout Options : The guide lists seven layout types (single sidebar, double sidebar, double column, top floating, side floating, top floating panel, side floating panel) and marks which systems support each layout.

Theme Features : Checks for theme settings, dark/light mode, grayscale mode, and color‑weak mode support across the systems.

Navigation Bar Capabilities : Includes authentication, caching (keep‑alive), icons, active icons, badges, external links, iframe embedding, default/always expanded, new‑window opening, and favorites. Each system’s support is indicated.

Tag Bar Functions : Features such as icon display, quick actions, drag‑sort, persistence, maximization, merging, and shortcut keys are compared.

Search Functionality : Evaluates navigation search, tab search, pinyin support, and shortcut keys.

Internationalization : Shows which systems support i18n and RTL layout.

Permission Controls : Lists support for permission functions, directives, and components.

Miscellaneous Features : Includes breadcrumb navigation, page reload, fullscreen, lock screen, watermark, and footer support.

Conclusion : The article notes that such comparison guides have limited shelf‑life (about six months) and provides a GitHub repository (https://github.com/hooray/pick-the-right-admin) that will be updated every 3‑6 months to verify maintenance status and add new candidates. Contributions via issues are welcomed.