Top 10 Free Open‑Source Admin Dashboard UI Frameworks for Web Developers

In web development, most platforms need a backend admin panel, but building one from scratch is difficult. Fortunately, many free open‑source admin dashboards exist. Below are the top ten excellent free open‑source control panels collected from GitHub.

1. AdminLTE

GitHub stars: 24969

https://github.com/almasaeed2010/AdminLTE

A very popular free UI framework for admin panels based on Bootstrap 3.x.

2. vue-Element-Admin

GitHub stars: 19546

https://github.com/PanJiaChen/vue-element-admin

A control panel UI framework based on Vue 2.0 and Element.

3. tabler

GitHub stars: 15870

https://github.com/tabler/tabler

A free HTML admin panel framework built on Bootstrap 4.

4. Gentelella

GitHub stars: 15654

https://github.com/puikinsh/gentelella

A free backend control panel based on Bootstrap.

5. ng2-admin

GitHub stars: 13181

https://github.com/akveo/ngx-admin

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

6. ant-design-pro

GitHub stars: 12707

https://github.com/ant-design/ant-design-pro

An out‑of‑the‑box middle‑stage front‑end/design solution.

7. blur-admin

GitHub stars: 9241

https://github.com/akveo/blur-admin

A backend admin panel framework based on Angular and Bootstrap.

8. vue-admin

GitHub stars: 8676

https://github.com/vue-bulma/vue-admin

A control panel based on Vue and Bulma.

9. iview-admin

GitHub stars: 8668

https://github.com/iview/iview-admin

A Vue 2.0 control panel built on iView.

10. material-dashboard

GitHub stars: 7111

https://github.com/creativetimofficial/material-dashboard

A control panel based on Bootstrap 4 with a Material design style.