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

In web development, most projects need an admin panel, and building one from scratch can be time‑consuming. Fortunately, many free open‑source admin UI frameworks are available. Below is a curated list of the top 10 such projects collected from GitHub.

1. AdminLTE

GitHub Stars: 24,969. A very popular free admin UI framework based on Bootstrap 3.x.

https://github.com/almasaeed2010/AdminLTE

2. vue‑Element‑Admin

GitHub Stars: 19,546. An admin UI framework built with Vue 2.0 and Element.

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

3. Tabler

GitHub Stars: 15,870. A free HTML admin panel framework built on Bootstrap 4.

https://github.com/tabler/tabler

4. Gentelella

GitHub Stars: 15,654. A free admin panel based on Bootstrap.

https://github.com/puikinsh/gentelella

5. ng2‑admin

GitHub Stars: 13,181. An admin panel framework based on Angular 2, Bootstrap 4 and Webpack.

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

6. ant‑design‑pro

GitHub Stars: 12,707. An out‑of‑the‑box middle‑stage front‑end/design solution.

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

7. blur‑admin

GitHub Stars: 9,241. An admin panel framework based on Angular and Bootstrap.

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

8. vue‑admin

GitHub Stars: 8,676. An admin panel built with Vue and Bulma.

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

9. iview‑admin

GitHub Stars: 8,668. A Vue 2.0 admin panel based on iView.

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

10. material‑dashboard

GitHub Stars: 7,111. A free admin panel based on Bootstrap 4 with a Material design style.

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

With these open‑source projects, developers can save considerable development cost when taking on freelance work.