coreui-free-bootstrap-admin-template

CoreUI Free Bootstrap Admin Template is a starting point for building internal web dashboards and admin panels. Admin panels are the management interfaces that sit behind web applications, used by teams to view data, manage users, handle orders, or perform other back-office tasks. Rather than building one from scratch, this template gives you a pre-built visual shell with a consistent layout, navigation, and components that you can fill in with your own content and data.

The template is built on top of Bootstrap 5, a popular framework for building web interfaces, and uses CoreUI's own component library rather than mixing in pieces from various third-party sources. The interface includes a sidebar navigation, header, breadcrumbs, cards, charts, forms, tables, icons, and other common admin panel elements. Pages for authentication (login, registration) and error states are also included.

The template is available in four framework versions: plain Bootstrap (this repository), Angular, React, and Vue. A paid PRO version exists with more themes and additional components, but the free version in this repository is MIT licensed.

One angle the README emphasizes is compatibility with AI coding assistants. The project ships with configuration files specifically for Cursor and similar AI-powered editors: a rules file that describes the project's conventions so the AI understands what framework and patterns are in use, an architecture document, and a developer guide. The intent is that when you open this project in an AI-assisted editor, the AI can generate code that fits the project's style without you having to explain the setup.

Installation involves cloning the repository and running npm install to download dependencies, then npm start to run a local development server. A build command compiles and minifies the files for deployment. The source files use Pug (an HTML templating language) and SCSS (a CSS preprocessor) to keep the markup and styles organized.