AdminLTE#

AdminLTE is a popular open-source admin dashboard template and control panel theme built on top of Bootstrap. It provides a collection of ready-to-use UI components and layouts specifically designed for building admin panels, dashboards, and other web applications requiring an administrative interface.

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AdminLTE - open-source dashboard template

Key Features#

  • Responsive Design

  • Cross-browser compatibility

  • Built on Bootstrap 4/5

  • Modular architecture

  • SCSS/SASS support

  • RTL support

  • Dark/Light mode

  • Extensive UI components library

Technical Stack#

  • Frontend Framework: Bootstrap 4/5

  • jQuery (required)

  • Popper.js

  • Font Awesome (icons)

  • Chart.js (for charts)

  • DataTables (for enhanced tables)

  • Select2 (for enhanced dropdowns)

  • Various Bootstrap plugins

Directory Structure#

adminlte/
    ├── dist/                   # Compiled files
    │   ├── css/               # Compiled CSS
    │   ├── js/                # Compiled JavaScript
    │   └── img/               # Images
    ├── plugins/               # Third-party plugins
    ├── pages/                 # Example pages
    └── src/                   # Source files
        ├── scss/             # SCSS source files
        └── js/               # JavaScript source files

Layout Components#

  • Main Header (main-header): Top navigation bar

  • Main Sidebar (main-sidebar): Left navigation menu

  • Content Wrapper (content-wrapper): Main content area

  • Control Sidebar (control-sidebar): Right sidebar for settings

  • Footer (main-footer): Page footer

UI Components#

Cards#

<div class="card">
    <div class="card-header">
        <h3 class="card-title">Card Title</h3>
        <div class="card-tools">
            <!-- Card tools go here -->
        </div>
    </div>
    <div class="card-body">
        Content goes here
    </div>
    <div class="card-footer">
        Footer content
    </div>
</div>

Customization#

SCSS Variables: Key variables that can be customized

// Main colors
$primary: #007bff;
$secondary: #6c757d;
$success: #28a745;
$info: #17a2b8;
$warning: #ffc107;
$danger: #dc3545;

// Sidebar
$sidebar-dark-bg: #343a40;
$sidebar-dark-hover-bg: #2c3136;
$sidebar-width: 250px;

// Header
$main-header-height: 57px;

Layout Options#

Available layout classes for body tag:

  • layout-fixed: Fixed sidebar

  • layout-navbar-fixed: Fixed navbar

  • layout-footer-fixed: Fixed footer

  • sidebar-collapse: Collapsed sidebar

  • sidebar-mini: Mini sidebar mode

  • dark-mode: Enable dark mode