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March 29, 2026 ยท View on GitHub

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Bootstrap Admin Template

CoreUI is meant to be the UX game changer. Pure & transparent code is devoid of redundant components, so the app is light enough to offer ultimate user experience. This means mobile devices also, where the navigation is just as easy and intuitive as on a desktop or laptop. The CoreUI Layout API lets you customize your project for almost any device โ€“ be it Mobile, Web or WebApp โ€“ CoreUI covers them all!

Table of Contents

Versions

CoreUI PRO

CoreUI PRO React Admin Templates

Default ThemeLight Theme
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Modern ThemeBright Theme
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Quick Start

Installation

$ npm install

or

$ yarn install

Basic usage

# dev server with hot reload at http://localhost:3000
$ npm start

or

# dev server with hot reload at http://localhost:3000
$ yarn start

Navigate to http://localhost:3000. The app will automatically reload if you change any of the source files.

Build

Run build to build the project. The build artifacts will be stored in the build/ directory.

# build for production with minification
$ npm run build

or

# build for production with minification
$ yarn build

What's included

Within the download you'll find the following directories and files, logically grouping common assets and providing both compiled and minified variations. You'll see something like this:

coreui-free-react-admin-template
โ”œโ”€โ”€ public/          # static files
โ”‚   โ”œโ”€โ”€ favicon.ico
โ”‚   โ””โ”€โ”€ manifest.json
โ”‚
โ”œโ”€โ”€ src/             # project root
โ”‚   โ”œโ”€โ”€ assets/      # images, icons, etc.
โ”‚   โ”œโ”€โ”€ components/  # common components - header, footer, sidebar, etc.
โ”‚   โ”œโ”€โ”€ layouts/     # layout containers
โ”‚   โ”œโ”€โ”€ scss/        # scss styles
โ”‚   โ”œโ”€โ”€ views/       # application views
โ”‚   โ”œโ”€โ”€ _nav.jsx     # sidebar navigation config
โ”‚   โ”œโ”€โ”€ App.jsx
โ”‚   โ”œโ”€โ”€ index.jsx
โ”‚   โ”œโ”€โ”€ routes.js    # routes config
โ”‚   โ””โ”€โ”€ store.js     # template state example 
โ”‚
โ”œโ”€โ”€ index.html       # html template
โ”œโ”€โ”€ ...
โ”œโ”€โ”€ package.json
โ”œโ”€โ”€ ...
โ””โ”€โ”€ vite.config.mjs  # vite config

AI-Friendly Development

This template is optimized for AI-assisted development with comprehensive context files and documentation:

Context Files

  • .cursorrules - Comprehensive AI context file with project conventions, patterns, and guidelines for working with React, CoreUI, and the template architecture
  • ARCHITECTURE.md - Detailed technical documentation covering the project structure, component hierarchy, routing system, state management, and build pipeline
  • DEVELOPMENT.md - Practical developer guide with setup instructions, development workflows, code examples, and best practices

Code Documentation

  • All React components include detailed JSDoc comments with parameter types and descriptions
  • Inline documentation explaining complex logic and patterns
  • PropTypes definitions for runtime type checking

Benefits for AI Coding Assistants

When using AI coding assistants like Cursor, Claude Code, or GitHub Copilot, these context files help the AI to:

  • Understand the Stack: Recognize that this is a React 19 application using CoreUI React components (not Tailwind CSS or other frameworks)
  • Follow Patterns: Generate code that matches the project's component structure and conventions
  • Use Correct Components: Suggest appropriate CoreUI React components from @coreui/react
  • Maintain Code Style: Follow ESLint and Prettier rules automatically
  • Respect Architecture: Work within the established routing, state management, and styling patterns

Simply open the project in your AI-enabled IDE, and the assistant will automatically have context about the React architecture, CoreUI React component usage, development workflows, and coding standards.

Documentation

The documentation for the CoreUI Admin Template is hosted at our website CoreUI for React

Components

CoreUI React.js Admin Templates are built on top of CoreUI and CoreUI PRO UI components libraries, including all of these components.

Versioning

For transparency into our release cycle and in striving to maintain backward compatibility, CoreUI Free Admin Template is maintained under the Semantic Versioning guidelines.

See the Releases section of our project for changelogs for each release version.

Creators

ลukasz Holeczek

Andrzej Kopaล„ski

CoreUI Team

Community

Get updates on CoreUI's development and chat with the project maintainers and community members.

Support CoreUI Development

CoreUI is an MIT-licensed open source project and is completely free to use. However, the amount of effort needed to maintain and develop new features for the project is not sustainable without proper financial backing. You can support development by buying the CoreUI PRO or by becoming a sponsor via Open Collective.

copyright 2026 creativeLabs ลukasz Holeczek.

Code released under the MIT license.