Top 10 Free Open‑Source Admin Dashboard Frameworks for Web Projects

In web development, most projects need a backend management interface, but building one from scratch can be time‑consuming. Fortunately, many free open‑source admin dashboards are available. Below are the top ten based on GitHub stars, each with a short description and a screenshot.

1. AdminLTE

GitHub Stars: 26365 – https://github.com/almasaeed2010/AdminLTE

A highly popular free UI framework built on Bootstrap 3.x.

2. vue‑Element‑Admin

GitHub Stars: 25234 – https://github.com/PanJiaChen/vue-element-admin

A Vue 2.0 based admin UI framework that uses Element UI components.

3. Tabler

GitHub Stars: 16873 – https://github.com/tabler/tabler

A free HTML admin panel framework built on Bootstrap 4.

4. Gentelella

GitHub Stars: 16258 – https://github.com/puikinsh/gentelella

A free Bootstrap‑based backend control panel.

5. ng2‑admin

GitHub Stars: 14690 – https://github.com/akveo/ngx-admin

An admin panel framework based on Angular 2, Bootstrap 4, and Webpack.

6. ant‑design‑pro

GitHub Stars: 15388 – https://github.com/ant-design/ant-design-pro

An out‑of‑the‑box front‑end/design solution for middle‑platform applications.

7. blur‑admin

GitHub Stars: 9531 – https://github.com/akveo/blur-admin

An admin panel framework built with Angular and Bootstrap.

8. vue‑admin

GitHub Stars: 9055 – https://github.com/vue-bulma/vue-admin

A control panel built with Vue and Bulma.

9. iview‑admin

GitHub Stars: 10227 – https://github.com/iview/iview-admin

A Vue 2.0 admin panel based on iView.

10. material‑dashboard

GitHub Stars: 7456 – https://github.com/creativetimofficial/material-dashboard

A Bootstrap 4 and Material‑style control panel.