admin-lte

AdminLTE - Bootstrap 5 Admin Dashboard

AdminLTE is a fully responsive administration template. Based on Bootstrap 5 framework and also the JavaScript plugins. Highly customizable and easy to use. Fits many screen resolutions from small mobile devices to large desktops.

What's New in v4.0.0-rc7

Bug Fixes, Refactors & Documentation - Major plugin refactors, complete JS documentation, and new features:

• Layout & PushMenu Refactors - Single-instance architecture, proper responsive logic, configurable via data attributes
• Sidebar Without Hover - New sidebar-without-hover class to keep collapsed sidebar from expanding on hover
• Complete JS Documentation - All 7 JavaScript components now fully documented
• Astro 6.0.0 - Upgraded to latest Astro with Vite 7 and Shiki 4
• Bug Fixes - Fixed footer with layout-fixed, mobile scroll chaining, print layout, modal escape key, pagination borders

Key Improvements:

• Fixed footer now works correctly with layout-fixed (#5805)
• Sidebar no longer causes page scroll chaining on mobile (#5864)
• Print layout shows both sidebar and content (#5996)
• Sidebar persistence is now opt-in via data-enable-persistence="true" (breaking change)
• All dependencies updated to latest versions

Install the latest:

npm install admin-lte@4.0.0-rc7

See the CHANGELOG.md for complete details.

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AdminLTE has been carefully coded with clear comments in all of its JS, SCSS and HTML files. SCSS has been used to increase code customizability.

Quick start

Development

To start developing with AdminLTE:

• Install dependencies: npm install
• Start development server: npm start (opens browser at http://localhost:3000)
• Start coding! Files auto-compile and refresh on changes

Production Build

To build for production:

• Full production build: npm run production (includes linting and optimization)
• Quick build: npm run build (faster for development/testing)

Available Scripts

• npm start - Start development server with file watching
• npm run build - Build all assets for development
• npm run production - Full production build with linting and bundlewatch
• npm run lint - Run all linters (JS, CSS, docs, lockfile)
• npm run css - Build CSS only
• npm run js - Build JavaScript only

Browser Support

AdminLTE supports all modern browsers with the latest Bootstrap 5.3.8:

• Chrome (latest)
• Firefox (latest)
• Safari (latest)
• Edge (latest)

Platform Support

AdminLTE v4 build scripts work cross-platform:

• Windows - Command Prompt, PowerShell, Git Bash
• macOS - Terminal, iTerm2
• Linux - Bash, Zsh, and other Unix shells

All npm scripts use cross-platform utilities to ensure consistent behavior across different operating systems.

Security & Production Deployment

Important Security Notice

AdminLTE is a UI template - when deploying to production, follow these critical guidelines:

What to Deploy:

• Only compiled production assets: dist/js/adminlte.min.js and dist/css/adminlte.min.css
• Your application-specific files

What NOT to Deploy:

• node_modules/ directory
• Demo/example HTML files (index.html, index2.html, index3.html, etc.)
• Source files (src/ directory)
• Development configuration files

CVE-2021-36471 Notice: This CVE is disputed and does not represent a vulnerability in AdminLTE. It refers to demo pages being accessible when developers incorrectly deploy example files to production. AdminLTE v4 has a clear separation between development demos and production assets. See SECURITY.md for complete details.

Production Build:

npm run production  # Builds optimized assets in dist/

For detailed security guidelines, authentication requirements, and best practices, see SECURITY.md.

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Contributing

• Highly welcome.
• For your extra reference check AdminLTE v4 Contribution Guide
• First thing first, you should have bit knowledge about NodeJS.
• Github Knowledge.
• Install NodeJS LTS version.
• Clone this Repository to your machine and change to master branch.
• Go to Cloned Folder.
• In cli/bash run npm install it will install dependency from package.json.
• After installation completes, run npm start
• Cool, Send your changes in PR to master branch.

License

AdminLTE is an open source project by AdminLTE.io that is licensed under MIT. AdminLTE.io reserves the right to change the license of future releases.

Image Credits

• Pixeden
• Graphicsfuel
• Pickaface
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