CoreUI Free Vue Admin Template - Built for AI-Assisted Development

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 – be it Mobile, Web or WebApp – CoreUI covers them all!

Table of Contents

• Versions
• CoreUI PRO
• CoreUI PRO Vue Admin Templates
• Data Grid
• Scheduler
• Quick Start
• Installation
• Basic usage
• What's included
• AI-Friendly Development
• Documentation
• Components
• Versioning
• Creators
• Community
• Support CoreUI Development
• Copyright and License

Versions

• CoreUI Free Bootstrap Admin Template
• CoreUI Free Angular Admin Template
• CoreUI Free React.js Admin Template
• CoreUI Free Vue.js Admin Template

CoreUI PRO

• 💪 CoreUI PRO Angular Admin Template
• 💪 CoreUI PRO Bootstrap Admin Template
• 💪 CoreUI PRO Next.js Admin Template
• 💪 CoreUI PRO React Admin Template
• 💪 CoreUI PRO Vue Admin Template

CoreUI PRO Vue Admin Templates

Default Theme	Light Theme

Modern Theme	Bright Theme

Data Grid

CoreUI Vue Data Grid handles 100,000+ rows with sorting, filtering, virtualization, column pinning, inline editing and CSV export — using the same markup and stylesheet this template already uses.

npm install @coreui/vue-data-grid

One license also covers JavaScript, React and Angular. It's a separate add-on, not part of CoreUI PRO.

• Vue Data Grid
• Documentation

Scheduler

CoreUI Vue Scheduler ships six views — day, week, month, agenda, resources, and timeline — with drag & drop, RFC 5545 recurrence, and DST-safe time handling, using the same markup and stylesheet this template already uses.

npm install @coreui/vue-scheduler

One license also covers JavaScript, React and Angular. It's a separate add-on, not part of CoreUI PRO.

• Vue Scheduler
• Documentation

Quick Start

• Download the latest release
• Clone the repo: git clone https://github.com/coreui/coreui-free-vue-admin-template.git

Instalation

$ npm install

or

$ yarn install

Basic usage

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

or

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

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 dist/ 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-vue-admin-template
├── public/          # static files
├── src/             # project root
│   ├── assets/      # images, icons, etc.
│   ├── components/  # common components - header, footer, sidebar, etc.
│   ├── layouts/     # layout containers
│   ├── scss/        # scss styles
│   ├── router       # routes config
│   ├── stores/      # template state example 
│   ├── views/       # application views
│   ├── _nav.js      # sidebar navigation config
│   ├── App.vue
│   ├── ...
│   └── main.js
├── index.html   # html template
├── package.json
└── vite.config.mjs

AI-Friendly Development

This template is designed to work seamlessly with AI coding assistants like Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and Claude Code. We've included comprehensive documentation and configuration files to help AI understand the project structure and conventions.

Features for AI Development

• .cursorrules: Complete AI assistant configuration with project conventions, technology stack, and coding patterns
• ARCHITECTURE.md: Detailed technical architecture documentation covering components, routing, state management, and build system
• DEVELOPMENT.md: Comprehensive development guide with setup instructions, workflows, and best practices
• JSDoc Comments: Main Vue components include documentation for better AI understanding

Getting Started with AI Assistants

1. Open the project in your AI-powered IDE (VS Code with Cursor, GitHub Copilot, or Claude Code)
2. Review .cursorrules to understand the project conventions
3. Ask your AI assistant to help you build features - it will automatically follow the project patterns
4. Use natural language to describe components, pages, or features you want to add

What AI Assistants Know About This Project

Your AI assistant understands:

• Component Library: Always use CoreUI Vue components (never Tailwind, Vuetify, or other libraries)
• Code Style: Vue 3 Composition API with `` syntax, Prettier formatting, ESLint rules
• Architecture: Single Page Application with Vue Router, Pinia for state management, Vite for building
• File Organization: Where to create components, views, routes, and styles
• Common Patterns: Lazy loading, composables, navigation configuration, theming

Example AI Prompts

Try asking your AI assistant:

• "Create a new products page with a table showing product name, price, and status"
• "Add a user profile form with validation"
• "Create a chart showing monthly sales data"
• "Add a new navigation item for the settings page"

For more information, see the DEVELOPMENT.md guide.

Documentation

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

Components

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

• Vue Accordion
• Vue Alert
• Vue Autocomplete PRO
• Vue Avatar
• Vue Badge
• Vue Breadcrumb
• Vue Button
• Vue Button Group
• Vue Callout
• Vue Card
• Vue Carousel
• Vue Checkbox
• Vue Chip
• Vue Chip Input
• Vue Close Button
• Vue Collapse
• Vue Date Picker PRO
• Vue Date Range Picker PRO
• Vue Dropdown
• Vue Floating Labels
• Vue Footer
• Vue Header
• Vue Image
• Vue Input
• Vue Input Group
• Vue List Group
• Vue Loading Button PRO
• Vue Modal
• Vue Multi Select PRO
• Vue Navs & Tabs
• Vue Navbar
• Vue Offcanvas
• Vue Pagination
• Vue Password Input PRO
• Vue Placeholder
• Vue Popover
• Vue Progress
• Vue Radio
• Vue Range
• Vue Range Slider PRO
• Vue Rating PRO
• Vue Select
• Vue Sidebar
• Vue Smart Pagination PRO
• Vue Smart Table PRO
• Vue Spinner
• Vue Stepper PRO
• Vue Switch
• Vue Table
• Vue Textarea
• Vue Time Picker PRO
• Vue Toast
• Vue Tooltip

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

Łukasz Holeczek

Andrzej Kopański

CoreUI Team

Community

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

• Follow @core_ui on Twitter.
• Read and subscribe to CoreUI Blog.

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 and License

copyright 2026 creativeLabs Łukasz Holeczek.

Code released under the MIT license.