Vue Vben Admin alternatives

Naive UI Admin

Vue · Free · 5,933 stars

Best for: A Vue 3 developer who already has a backend API and wants a free, MIT-licensed admin frontend that comes with menu and button permissions.

Skip it if you need auth, billing or a database out of the box, or your team can't read Chinese: the README and changelog are in Chinese, and you'd build the whole server side yourself.

CoreUI Vue

Vue · Freemium · 642 stars

Best for: Vue 3 developers who want a free, MIT-licensed dashboard UI kit built on familiar Bootstrap 5 conventions.

Compared with Vue Vben Admin

• Freemium, where Vue Vben Admin is free.
• Doesn't list role-based access and i18n, which Vue Vben Admin has.

You want a Tailwind-based design system instead of Bootstrap, or need a full-stack SaaS boilerplate rather than just dashboard UI.

TailAdmin Vue

Vue · Free · 310 stars

Best for: Vue developers who want a free, Tailwind-based admin dashboard template consistent with TailAdmin's broader React/HTML ecosystem.

Compared with Vue Vben Admin

• Doesn't list role-based access and i18n, which Vue Vben Admin has.

You want a formally licensed template with clear terms - this repo doesn't publish a license file - or need a React/Next.js version instead.

Soybean Admin

Vue · Free

Best for: Vue 3 developers who want a modern, free, MIT-licensed admin template with a choice of UI library (Naive UI, Element Plus, or Ant Design Vue).

Compared with Vue Vben Admin

• Doesn't list role-based access and i18n, which Vue Vben Admin has.

You want a React-based admin template, or need a full SaaS boilerplate with auth/billing rather than just dashboard UI.

Ant Design Pro

React · Free · 38,920 stars

Best for: Teams building internal tools or enterprise dashboards who want a mature, actively-maintained admin scaffold on Ant Design.

Compared with Vue Vben Admin

• Built on React rather than Vue.
• Lists auth, which Vue Vben Admin doesn't.
• Doesn't list role-based access, which Vue Vben Admin has.

You're not building with Ant Design's component library, or you want a more modern/minimal design system.

CoreUI React

React · Free, paid from $2 · 4,956 stars

Best for: Teams wanting a free, Bootstrap-based React admin dashboard starter with a clear upgrade path to premium components.

Compared with Vue Vben Admin

• Free, paid from $2, where Vue Vben Admin is free.
• Built on React rather than Vue.
• Doesn't list role-based access and i18n, which Vue Vben Admin has.

You want a Tailwind-native design system, or need advanced data-grid features without paying for CoreUI PRO.

ng-matero

Angular · Free · 1,473 stars

Best for: Angular developers who want a free, Material Design admin dashboard with permissions and i18n already set up.

Compared with Vue Vben Admin

• Built on Angular rather than Vue.
• Lists auth, which Vue Vben Admin doesn't.
• Doesn't list an admin dashboard, which Vue Vben Admin has.

You want a non-Angular Material design system, or a full SaaS starter rather than just an admin template.