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vue-bulma/vue-admin

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TLDR

A front-end admin dashboard template built with Vue 2 and Bulma CSS that gives developers a ready-made starting point with charts, UI components, and a responsive layout for internal tools.

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    What it does
      Admin panel template
      Dashboard starter kit
    Tech stack
      Vue 2
      Bulma CSS
    Features
      Pre-built charts
      UI components
      Responsive layout
    Status
      Work in progress
      Refactor underway
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USE CASE 1

Use as a starting template to quickly build an internal admin dashboard without designing the layout and components from scratch.

USE CASE 2

Customize the pre-built chart and component library to display your application's real data in a polished interface.

Tech stack

Vue.jsBulmaJavaScript

Getting it running

Difficulty · moderate Time to first run · 30min

Codebase is being refactored to newer Vue and Bulma versions, some parts may be unstable or change significantly before completion.

Use, modify, and distribute freely for any purpose including commercial use.

In plain English

Vue Admin is a front-end admin panel framework built with two open-source projects: Vue 2 and Bulma. Vue is a JavaScript framework for building interactive web interfaces, and Bulma is a CSS framework that provides ready-made visual components like buttons, forms, and navigation elements. Together they form the foundation of this project, which is meant to give developers a starting point for building internal dashboards and back-office interfaces. The framework includes a responsive layout that adjusts to different screen sizes, a selection of chart types for displaying data visually, and a library of pre-built UI components. The README points to separate documentation files for the full list of charts and components, and notes that it relies on several third-party libraries for specific functionality. The project description on GitHub states that it is currently being refactored using the latest versions of Vue and Bulma, and marks this as a work in progress. This means the codebase may be in a transitional state, and some parts could change significantly before the refactor is complete. The project has received funding from backers through OpenCollective and Patreon, and its ongoing development depends on community support. A live demo is listed in the README. The source code is released under the MIT license. This is primarily a tool for developers who want a pre-assembled admin interface template rather than building one from individual components. Non-technical users would not interact with this project directly, it provides the scaffolding that a developer would customize and fill in with real application data.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
Clone vue-admin and replace the placeholder chart data with real data fetched from my backend API, show me which files to edit.
Prompt 2
Add a new page to the vue-admin template with a searchable data table that pulls records from a REST endpoint.
Prompt 3
Customize the vue-admin sidebar navigation to add my own menu items and wire them to new page routes.
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