Nuxt UI Dashboard Template
Official Nuxt UI dashboard template with a command palette, keyboard shortcuts and collapsible sidebar

- Best for
- Nuxt developers who want an official, well-maintained dashboard layout with sidebar navigation and a command palette, installable via the Nuxt CLI in one command.
- Skip if
- You need a Vue (non-Nuxt) version - there's a separate dashboard-vue template for that - or you need auth/data scaffolding beyond the UI layer.
The Nuxt Dashboard Template is a free, MIT-licensed starter maintained by the Nuxt team, built on Nuxt UI. It provides a multi-page dashboard layout with a collapsible sidebar, light/dark mode, keyboard shortcuts, and a command palette, and installs directly through the official `npm create nuxt` CLI with one-click Vercel deploy.
Pros
- Officially maintained by the Nuxt team as part of Nuxt UI, with same-day commits and 1,000+ stars
- Command palette and keyboard shortcuts are a nice differentiator over typical admin templates
- One-command install via the Nuxt CLI and one-click Vercel deploy
Cons
- UI-only - no auth, database, or backend scaffolding included
- Nuxt-specific; a separate repo exists for plain Vue, so it's not directly reusable outside Nuxt
- Tied to Nuxt UI's design system, less flexible if you want a different component library
Features
What's in the box
- Admin dashboard
- Search
Growth and ops
- Dark mode
Licensing and commercial
- Open source
- Free tier
- MIT licensed
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