30+ Stunning Admin templates

by Lars on December 13, 2012

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An admin template can be really useful and a true time saver in nearly any web application project. While a lot of focus is often given to front-end look and feel, the value of investing time and effort on the admin pages should not be underestimated. WordPress is a good example of a very successful and popular web application that is known for its great usability and quick learning curve. For every major version,  the admin area is improved, and it is great for the product. A custom made web admin user interface usually cost a fortune and can be hard to afford for start-ups. There are free template to be found but not many. However you can get a high quality and good looking admin template at a low cost with a good range of features and typically multiple color variations. In this article I have collected some of the best admin templates available to get your web application project started. Some of them are responsive admin templates and will work well for mobile projects as well!


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Disclosure: Please note that some of the links below are affiliate links and I will earn a commission if you purchase through those links (at no extra cost to you). I recommend that you do your own independent research before purchasing any product or service. This article is not a guideline, a recommendation or endorsement of specific products.

Responsive Admin Templates

Responsive design is a hot trend and for a good reason. If you follow the responive guidelines in your design and code your solution will work and look good on both computer screens and mobile devices. This is the future of web design!

Phoenix – Responsive Admin Template MORE INFO / DEMO

Phoenix, admin templates

Phoenix is a responsive admin template, built with SASS and COMPASS and it’s based on Twitters Bootstrap framework. It has many features and is very easy to customize with the help of SASS . The file structure and the code is well organized and commented. Many jQuery plugins are included and customized to fit the needs of the design. I has some custom pages like Login, Search, Mail, Error.

Crown – Premium Responsive Admin Theme MORE INFO / DEMO

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Crown admin theme – a new premium admin panel template with lots of integrated features, plugins and custom elements. It could be useful for any type of web application, custom administration panels, any backend system etc. With integrated charts and statistics stuff, Crown will be very useful for developers who build their own graphs and charts, the design is ready to go!

Start – Metro UI Responsive Admin Template MORE INFO / DEMO

Start, Admin templates

Start is a new responsive admin template based on the latest Windows 8 interface. This one, calledMetro UI, has its roots in the design principles of classic Swiss graphic design – minimal, bold, high contrast and flat colors are some of its great features.

Developr – Fully Responsive Admin Skin MORE INFO / DEMO

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Just released and really cool admin template! Building a web app for desktop and mobile devices? Developr is for you. Write your code once, and let it handle the magic of responsive webdesign. Developr Admin skin is a flexible responsive HTML5 /CSS3 template, built on the mobile-first principle and based on the solid fundations of HTML5 Boilerplate and 320andUp, which provides a rich set of styles and features for all your needs.

Aquarius – responsive admin panel MORE INFO / DEMO

Aquarius, admin templates

Aquarius is a clean and powerful ready to use responsive admin template, based on Bootstrap v2.2.1 and powered by jQuery. Aquarius template supporting all new browsers, which means it’s compatible with desktop and mobile devices.

Canvas Admin – Premium responsive admin template MORE INFO / DEMO

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Canvas Admin is a premium, full featured, responsive admin template that helps you get your project started quickly and with ease. Included are 20+ sample pages showcasing the many layouts and widgets you have at your disposal such as: buttons, grid layout, google maps, tooltips, and much more.

Bird – Responsive Web App & Admin Template MORE INFO / DEMO

Bird, admin templates

This is suitable for any user interface or administration panel, for any devices – from desktop to mobile devices. The Bird Admin Template will save you a lot of time in your development process. It is built on top of the famous Twitter Bootstrap framework and updated for using Sass (CSS preprocessor).

MoonCake – Responsive Admin Template MORE INFO / DEMO

MoonCake

This template is build on Bootstrap framework using HTML5 and CSS3. Its main focus is simplicity while providing the most commonly used elements and widgets on web apps across devices and browsers.

Dream Works Responsive Admin Template MORE INFO / DEMO

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Dream Works is a a full featured responsive Admin Panel with custom plugins, widgets, forms, charts, galleries and much more.

Boo Admin – Responsive Template MORE INFO / DEMO

Boo, admin templates

Boo template is a flexible Twitter Bootstrap HTML5 template for backend, user interface or administration, both for desktop and mobile users. Built on the latest Twitter Bootstrap 2.2.1. Boo maintain native Bootstrap functionality, enriched of pleasing design and tons of new template features, makes it very powerful kit for rapid development.

Quick Admin – Responsive Admin Template MORE INFO / DEMO

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QuickAdmin is a template for a CMS or site back-end.Implemented using XHTML Strict and CSS3 enhancement brings a clean and easy to use interface. It comes with a variety of components, sample code and great icons to help you define your back-end.

ELITE – A Powerfull Responsive Admin Theme MORE INFO / DEMO

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Responsive design which can be flexible or fixed. It offers 4 different styles and plenty of plugins, making you able to customize your admin site to your needs.

Huraga Responsive Admin Template MORE INFO / DEMO

Huraga, admin templates

Huraga is a beautifully minimalistic HTML5 template for any backend, user interface or administration, both for desktop and mobile users. Built on latest Twitter Bootstrap and powered with LESS , Huraga will save you hours in developing your project. Template is available in 4 default colors and packed with basic and popular user interface elements and widgets.

Organon Responsive Admin Template MORE INFO / DEMO

Organon, admin templates

Organon is a dark Twitter Bootstrap HTML5 template for backend, user interface or administration, both for desktop and mobile users. Built on latest Twitter Bootstrap and powered with LESS, Organon responsive admin will save you hours in developing your project. Template is available in 5 default colors and packed with basic and popular user interface elements and widgets.

Traditional Admin Templates

Free Admin Template For Web Applications MORE INFO / DEMO

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This is an admin template which you can use for web applications like

Free Admin Template MORE INFO / DEMO

free-admin-teamplateA professional admin template ready to use in your personal and commerical projects free of charge.

White Label – a full featured Admin template MORE INFO / DEMO

White Label, admin template

A full featured skinable CMS /Admin Panel with custom plugins, widgets, forms, validations, charts, galleries and much more.

Admin Control Panel Pro MORE INFO / DEMO

Admin Control Panel Pro, admin template

This professional admin interface has been designed with not just style but also functionality in mind. Modern design coupled with jQuery powered features makes this admin template a winner. Well documented semantic code that’s w3c standards compliant makes editing an absolute breeze.

Admintasia-Powerful backend admin template MORE INFO / DEMO

Admintasia, admin template

Admintasia is a complete backend administration user interface that has the flexibility to house any kind of application. It loads last, it’s intuitive and easy to use, it uses only three small images and it also looks good. This theme’s layout is very customizable. With the help of my helper CSS classes you can, for example divide the main content area into one big box and two small ones, or three smaller one, or two big ones. You want two notification boxes side by side? No problem, just add a css class and you’re done and this goes for allmost all elements. Everything is fluid. Also, there is an option in the sidebar from which can set a fixed page width.

Adminica | The Professional Admin Template MORE INFO / DEMO

Adminica | The Professional Admin Template

Adminica is a cleanly coded, beautifully styled, easily customisable, cross-browser compatible Admin Template and Web Application Interface. It is packed full of features, allowing you unlimited combinations of layouts, controls and styles to ensure you have a trully unique app. Based on a fluid 960.gs grid, Adminica can scale itself automatically to fit whatever screen resolution the user has. The interface works perfectly all the way down to iPad and iPhone resolutions (Make sure you click on remove frame on the TF Live Preview to see iPhone scaling properly). If you prefer a fixed layout, Adminica has that too, 960px is the default width but you can set it to whatever you like and the interface will resize accordingly.

TERMINATOR – 13 different Admin Backend pages MORE INFO / DEMO

TERMINATOR - 13 different Admin Backend pages

This Admin backend template has lot of features. It’s designed with “Storm Black / Aluminium” colors to make your backend cool. The template is touch screen ready, tested on iPad, iPhone and Android.

Author : Lars Vraa

Lars started tripwire magazine back in January 2009. He is really passionate about web design, web development, SEO, social media and loves to look into new technologies, techniques, tools etc. and to write articles for tripwire magazine readers.

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35net July 29, 2011 at 11:47 am

goodgoodgood

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Jesús August 24, 2011 at 6:22 pm

great news, it is nice, thx.

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Douglas W. P. March 26, 2012 at 2:54 pm

Ótimo post.

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Douglas W. P. March 26, 2012 at 2:55 pm

Está sendo muito útil na escolha do meu prox painel :D

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Vaebris May 12, 2012 at 7:52 am

Check out Zice!

It’s one of my favorites. I’m not any way affiliated with them, but I’m in love with that design.

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Victor Viana August 11, 2012 at 4:03 pm

Very good!

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Muhammad Usman August 16, 2012 at 1:19 pm

Please check this free admin template, you will love it, http://usman.it/free-responsive-admin-template/

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Ben Major August 24, 2012 at 4:46 pm

Thanks for an insightful blog post. It’s often useful to see the screenshots on a page like this, rather than having to click through each one individually on ThemeForest.

You do have a broken link on the Canvas Admin demo and more info links though.

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Lars August 25, 2012 at 1:17 pm

Thanks Ben just fixed the links.

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kilab September 5, 2012 at 4:23 pm

Please check my free admin template

;)

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Asher September 25, 2012 at 3:16 pm

Hi Lars,

Which admin panel has more features the Crown template or eziCMS
or UltraAdmin Full Control Panel

I would like to purchase one that has more options and functions and is compatible with iphone and ipad.

Looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Regards,

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Kai October 21, 2012 at 1:57 pm

Good info!

Diseñador web

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deconia October 25, 2012 at 2:07 pm

Good One

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sawung December 15, 2012 at 1:40 pm

good info,thank’s for shared

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Roy M J March 13, 2013 at 6:54 am

Awesome Collection.. Thank you so much for sharing…

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Marc April 10, 2013 at 12:16 am

A nice collection, but it seems just one free theme has found its way into this list, just to grab some people searching for free themes.

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John Lee May 15, 2013 at 11:35 am

Great selection.
For my next job i have to design the backend admin section for a app analytics company.
I looked at mixpanel, kontagent… just wondering:
1. Are there more good examples out there?
2. What makes a good backend design?
3. Are there more resources about back admin design where i can get some research from?

Hope you or anyone else can help out :)

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