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CoreUI Free Bootstrap Admin Template - AI Context

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src/
├── js/          # JavaScript modules (keep small and focused)
├── scss/        # Sass stylesheets (imports Bootstrap and CoreUI)
├── pug/         # Pug templates (source of truth for HTML)
│   ├── _layout/     # Base layouts
│   ├── _partials/   # Reusable components
│   ├── _mixins/     # Pug mixins
│   └── views/       # Page templates
├── assets/      # Images, icons, static files
└── views/       # Compiled HTML (auto-generated, don't edit)

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/ global Chart /
import { getStyle } from '@coreui/utils'
const chart = new Chart(ctx, {
  type: 'line',
  data: { / ... / },
  options: { / ... / }
})

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import { ColorModeStorageManager } from '@coreui/coreui/js/color-modes'
document.addEventListener('ColorSchemeChange', () => {
  // React to theme changes
})

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include _mixins/breadcrumb
+breadcrumb(['Home', 'Components', 'Buttons'])

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CoreUI Free Bootstrap Admin Template — Built for AI-Assisted Development 

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CoreUI Bootstrap Admin Panel Template is not another blend of 3rd parties free components and libraries. It's the only Open Source Bootstrap Admin Dashboard Template built on the enterprise-grade hand-crafted UI Components Library created and backed by professionals.
CoreUI Admin Template helps you build reliable web apps faster than before. CoreUI offers 4 versions: Angular, Bootstrap, React.js, and Vue.js.

Curious why I decided to create CoreUI? Please read this article: Jack of all trades, master of none. Why Bootstrap Admin Templates suck.

Table of Contents Copy Chapter

* Frameworks
* CoreUI PRO
* CoreUI PRO Bootstrap Admin Templates
* Installation
* Usage
* What's included
* AI-Friendly Development
* Documentation
* Components
* Contributing
* Versioning
* Creators
* Community
* Support CoreUI Development
* Copyright and license

Frameworks Copy Chapter

CoreUI is built on top of Bootstrap 5 and supports popular frameworks.

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

CoreUI PRO Copy Chapter

* 💪 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 Bootstrap Admin Templates Copy Chapter

| Default Theme | Light Theme |
| --- | --- |
|  | |

| Modern Theme | Bright Theme |
| --- | --- |
|  | |

CoreUI Icons (522 Free icons) - Premium designed free icon set with marks in SVG, Webfont and raster formats. Copy Chapter

CoreUI Icons are beautifully crafted symbols for common actions and items. You can use them in your digital products for web or mobile app. Ready-to-use fonts and stylesheets that work with your favorite frameworks.


Download CoreUI Free Icons

Installation Copy Chapter

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clone the repo

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What's included  Copy Chapter
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:

- .cursorrules - Comprehensive AI context file with project conventions, patterns, and guidelines
- ARCHITECTURE.md - Detailed technical documentation covering the project structure, build pipeline, and component organization
- DEVELOPMENT.md` - Practical developer guide with examples and best practices
- JSDoc Comments - All JavaScript modules include detailed documentation with @param and @returns annotations

Benefits Copy Section

- 🤖 Smart Code Generation - AI understands your project uses CoreUI Bootstrap (not Tailwind CSS)
- 📚 Better Context Awareness - AI knows the project structure, conventions, and patterns
- ✨ Consistent Code Style - AI generates code following ESLint/Stylelint rules automatically
- 🚀 Faster Development - Less time explaining, more time building
- 💡 Intelligent Suggestions - AI provides relevant component examples from CoreUI documentation

Quick Start with AI Copy Section

Simply open the project in your AI-powered IDE (Cursor, VS Code with Copilot, etc.) and the AI will automatically understand:
- Project architecture and file organization
- CoreUI Bootstrap component usage
- Pug templating patterns
- Sass/SCSS styling conventions
- JavaScript module patterns

Documentation Copy Chapter

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

Components Copy Chapter

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

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

Contributing Copy Chapter

Please read through our contributing guidelines. Included are directions for opening issues, coding standards, and notes on development.

Editor preferences are available in the editor config for easy use in common text editors. Read more and download plugins at <http://editorconfig.org>.

Versioning Copy Chapter

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 Copy Chapter

Łukasz Holeczek

* <https://twitter.com/lukaszholeczek>
* <https://github.com/mrholek>

Andrzej Kopański

* <https://github.com/xidedix>

CoreUI Team

* <https://twitter.com/core_ui>
* <https://github.com/coreui>
* <https://github.com/orgs/coreui/people>

Community Copy Chapter

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 Copy Chapter

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 Copy Chapter

copyright 2026 creativeLabs Łukasz Holeczek. Code released under the MIT license.