Vue Vben Admin
A modern Vue 3 admin panel built with Shadcn UI, Vite, and TypeScript in a monorepo
- Best for
- Vue 3 teams who want a fast, monorepo-based admin panel with Shadcn UI and configurable RBAC out of the box.
- Skip if
- You're not building in Vue, or you prefer Element Plus/Ant Design Vue's component styling over Shadcn UI.
Vue Vben Admin is a free, open-source admin dashboard template built on Vue 3, Pinia, Vue Router, and TypeScript, with Shadcn UI and Tailwind CSS as its core UI layer inside a pnpm + Turbo monorepo. It includes built-in i18n, configurable access control/permission management, and easy theme switching.
Pros
- Actively maintained with a large, long-running GitHub community
- Modern stack: Vue 3, Vite, Shadcn UI, Tailwind, TypeScript, monorepo architecture
- Configurable access control and permission management built in
- Built-in i18n and theme switching
Cons
- Monorepo setup adds complexity versus a single-package admin template
- No payments, multi-tenant SaaS, or backend logic included - it's a frontend dashboard shell
- Shadcn UI-based design may require more customization to match non-Shadcn brand systems
Features
Auth and access
- RBAC / roles
What's in the box
- Admin dashboard
Growth and ops
- i18n
- Dark mode
Quality and DX
- Monorepo
Licensing and commercial
- Open source
- Free tier
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