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pure-admin/vue-pure-admin

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TLDR

A ready-to-use Vue 3 admin dashboard template for building internal business management systems with pre-built UI components, routing, and authentication scaffolding.

Mindmap

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    What it does
      Admin dashboard template
      Backend management interface
      User and data management
    Tech stack
      Vue 3
      Vite
      Element Plus
      TypeScript
      Pinia
      Tailwind CSS
    Use cases
      Internal tools
      Business dashboards
      Order management
      Settings panels
    Deployment
      Web application
      Desktop with Tauri
      Desktop with Electron
      Docker support

Things people build with this

USE CASE 1

Build an internal dashboard to manage users, orders, and business data without designing the UI from scratch.

USE CASE 2

Create a desktop admin application using Tauri or Electron with the same Vue 3 interface.

USE CASE 3

Deploy a lightweight management system in Docker with minimal configuration.

USE CASE 4

Set up a professional admin panel with pre-wired routing and authentication scaffolding in under an hour.

Tech stack

Vue 3ViteElement PlusTypeScriptPiniaTailwind CSS

Getting it running

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min
Free and open-source; you can use, modify, and distribute it freely.

In plain English

vue-pure-admin is a free, open-source admin dashboard template for building backend management systems, the kind of internal tool that lets a business manage users, data, orders, settings, and other operational tasks through a web interface. It is ready to use out of the box, so developers can start building their own admin panel on top of it rather than building the interface skeleton from scratch. The template is built with a modern Chinese web development stack: Vue 3 (the user interface framework), Vite (a fast build tool), Element Plus (a comprehensive UI component library for Vue with pre-built buttons, tables, forms, dialogs, and so on), TypeScript (a type-safe version of JavaScript), Pinia (for managing application state), and Tailwind CSS (a utility-based styling system). All the code is organized using ECMAScript Modules, the modern JavaScript module standard. The full version of the template is this repository, which includes all features. There is also a separate "slim" version with only the core structure, which is more suitable as a starting point for real projects, it compiles to under 2.3 megabytes, and under 350 kilobytes with compression and CDN optimization enabled. The project also has Tauri and Electron versions for building desktop applications with the same interface. Docker deployment is supported with two commands. You would use vue-pure-admin if you are a developer building an internal tool or business management system in Vue 3 and want a professionally structured starting point with routing, authentication scaffolding, and a full UI component set already wired together.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
How do I customize the sidebar navigation and add new menu items to this vue-pure-admin template?
Prompt 2
Show me how to add a new data table page with filtering and pagination using Element Plus components in vue-pure-admin.
Prompt 3
How do I set up authentication and protect routes in vue-pure-admin using the existing scaffolding?
Prompt 4
What's the best way to deploy vue-pure-admin as a Docker container, and what environment variables do I need?
Prompt 5
How do I use Pinia in vue-pure-admin to manage global state for user permissions and dashboard data?
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