Overview Admin dashboard template built on Next.js 16 (App Router), TypeScript, Tailwind CSS v4 and shadcn/ui. It includes prebuilt dashboards (CRM, Finance, Analytics, E-commerce, Logistics and others), four authentication screens, and pages such as Kanban, Calendar, Chat and Users. Theme presets and layout options like a collapsible sidebar are included.
Who it is for: Frontend developers who need an admin dashboard base on Next.js
Strengths Many prebuilt dashboards and pages: CRM, Finance, Kanban, Calendar, Invoice, Users, Roles Light/dark modes with color presets such as Tangerine, Neo Brutalism and Soft Pop Colocated per-route file structure; Biome and Husky preconfigured Live demo available; archive branches for Next.js 15 and Next.js 14 Weaknesses RBAC with multi-tenant support is marked as planned, not implemented Only authentication screens; no database or billing wiring mentioned Frequent updates may include breaking changes for forks No AI features; it is a UI template only What it needs TypeScript Needs Node.js, npm Quick answers Is next-shadcn-admin-dashboard open source? Yes. Its code is on GitHub under the MIT license.
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Releases No GitHub releases
Top contributor 97% of commits514 of 529 in the last 12 months
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License in plain words MIT Permissive
Use it at work Yes
Change it and rebrand it Yes
Sell it or host it for others Yes Your part: Keep the copyright and license notice in copies you ship.
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