CoreUI is a free, open-source Bootstrap 4 admin template created by Core UI, designed for building responsive dashboards and admin panels. It ships as a lightweight HTML5/CSS3 theme with SCSS source files, Chart.js charting, and ready-made pages for login, registration, and error states.
What is CoreUI?
CoreUI is a Bootstrap 4-based admin dashboard template that provides a complete set of UI components, pages, and charts for backend interfaces. It takes static HTML, CSS, and JavaScript building blocks and outputs a responsive admin panel that can attach to frameworks like Laravel, Symfony, Django, Angular, React, and Vue.js. The template is created by Core UI, distributed free through ThemeWagon, and is open source for commercial use.
Key Features
- Built with Bootstrap 4 — Uses the Bootstrap 4 CSS framework as its foundation, with components for buttons, cards, forms, tables, switches, modals, and tabs.
- Chart.js charts — Includes line, radar, bar, pie, doughnut, and polar area chart implementations powered by Chart.js.
- SCSS source files — The theme provides SCSS files for customizing styles and compiling your own CSS output.
- Collapsible side menu and fixed header navbar — Layout elements for a standard admin dashboard navigation structure.
- Ready-to-use pages — Includes login, register, error 404, and error 500 pages out of the box.
- Multiple icon sets — Integrates Font Awesome and Simple Line Icons for UI iconography.
- Cross-platform/browser support — Works on Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari, Opera, and mobile platforms including Android, iOS, and Windows 10.
- Framework agnostic — Coding is W3C-valid and can be used with Laravel, Symfony, RoR, Django, Angular, or React backends.
Who should use CoreUI?
- Backend developers building admin dashboards need a pre-styled UI kit for tables, forms, and charts without starting from scratch.
- Full-stack developers integrating a front-end with Laravel, Django, Angular, or React can drop CoreUI into their view layer for a consistent admin look.
- Startups and small teams wanting a free, commercial-usable admin theme with a professional appearance for internal tools or client portals.
What can you do with CoreUI?
- Build an admin dashboard to monitor business activities and online performance using the included chart widgets and data tables.
- Create authentication pages quickly by using the provided login, register, error 404, and error 500 HTML pages.
- Customize the design through SCSS source files and the wide range of button, card, form, and switch variants to match your brand.
Pricing
CoreUI is free to download and licensed for commercial projects, including lifetime free updates. The download link is delivered via email after you submit your address on the ThemeWagon page.
Alternatives
- Able Pro Lite — A free Bootstrap 4 admin dashboard template also distributed on ThemeWagon.
- Mazer — A free Bootstrap 5 HTML5 admin dashboard template, using a newer Bootstrap version.
- Matter — A free Bootstrap 4 HTML5 admin dashboard template available from ThemeWagon.
FAQ
Is CoreUI free?
Yes, CoreUI is completely free to download and use in commercial projects. ThemeWagon lists it as open source with lifetime free updates.
What frameworks does CoreUI work with?
CoreUI works with any server-side or client-side stack because it is plain HTML5/CSS3/JavaScript. The page specifically mentions Laravel, Symfony, RoR, Django, Angular, React, AngularJS, and Vue.js compatibility.
What pages are included in CoreUI?
The template includes four ready HTML pages: login, register, error 404, and error 500. It also provides component demos for buttons, forms, cards, tables, switches, and charts.
Does CoreUI include charts?
Yes, CoreUI includes six Chart.js-based chart types: line, radar, bar, pie, doughnut, and polar area charts.
