Admin Dashboard Template with Next.js & Shadcn UI

Open source admin dashboard starter built with Next.js 16, shadcn/ui, Tailwind CSS, and TypeScript

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Overview

An open source admin dashboard starter built with Next.js 16, shadcn/ui, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS.

It ships with authentication, charts, tables, forms, and a feature-based folder structure, so you can skip the boilerplate and start building. It works well as a base for SaaS apps, internal tools, and admin panels.

Tech Stack

• Framework - Next.js 16
• Language - TypeScript
• Auth - Clerk
• Error tracking - Sentry
• Styling - Tailwind CSS v4
• Components - shadcn/ui
• Charts - Recharts • Evil Charts
• Schema validation - Zod
• Data fetching - TanStack React Query
• State management - Zustand
• Search param state - Nuqs
• Tables - TanStack Data Tables • Dice Table
• Forms - TanStack Form + Zod
• Command+K interface - kbar
• Linter / Formatter - OxLint • Oxfmt
• Pre-commit hooks - Husky
• Themes - tweakcn

Looking for a TanStack Start version? Here's the repo.

Features

• Pre-built dashboard layout with sidebar, header, and content area
• Analytics overview page with cards and charts
• Data tables with React Query prefetch, client-side cache, search, filter, and pagination
• Authentication and user management through Clerk
• Multi-tenant workspaces using Clerk Organizations (create, switch, manage teams)
• Billing and subscriptions via Clerk Billing for B2B, with plan management and feature gating
• Client-side RBAC navigation that filters menu items by organization, permissions, and roles
• Infobar component for tips, status messages, or contextual notes on any page
• shadcn/ui components styled with Tailwind CSS
• Six-plus themes with a theme switcher
• Feature-based folder structure
• A starting point for SaaS dashboards, internal tools, and client admin panels

Use Cases

A few things you can build with it:

• SaaS admin dashboards
• Internal tools and operations panels
• Analytics dashboards
• Client project admin panels
• A boilerplate for new Next.js shadcn projects

Pages

Folder Structure

src/
├── app/                           # Next.js App Router directory
│   ├── auth/                      # Auth pages (sign-in, sign-up)
│   ├── dashboard/                 # Dashboard route group
│   │   ├── overview/              # Analytics with parallel routes
│   │   ├── product/               # Product CRUD pages (React Query)
│   │   ├── users/                 # Users table (React Query + nuqs)
│   │   ├── react-query/           # React Query demo page
│   │   ├── kanban/                # Task board page
│   │   ├── chat/                  # Messaging page
│   │   ├── notifications/         # Notifications page
│   │   ├── workspaces/            # Org management & teams
│   │   ├── billing/               # Billing & plans
│   │   ├── profile/               # User profile
│   │   └── exclusive/             # Plan-gated page
│   └── api/                       # API routes
│
├── components/                    # Shared components
│   ├── ui/                        # UI primitives (buttons, inputs, kanban, etc.)
│   ├── layout/                    # Layout components (header, sidebar, etc.)
│   ├── themes/                    # Theme system (selector, mode toggle, config)
│   └── kbar/                      # Command+K interface
│
├── features/                      # Feature-based modules
│   ├── overview/                  # Dashboard analytics (charts, cards)
│   ├── products/                  # Product listing, form, tables (React Query)
│   ├── users/                     # User management table (React Query)
│   ├── react-query-demo/          # React Query demo (Pokemon API)
│   ├── kanban/                    # Drag-drop task board
│   ├── chat/                      # Messaging (conversations, bubbles, composer)
│   ├── notifications/             # Notification center & store
│   ├── auth/                      # Auth components
│   └── profile/                   # Profile form schemas
│
├── lib/                           # Core utilities (query-client, searchparams, etc.)
├── hooks/                         # Custom hooks
├── config/                        # Navigation, infobar, data table config
├── constants/                     # Mock data
├── styles/                        # Global CSS & theme files
│   └── themes/                    # Individual theme CSS files
└── types/                         # TypeScript types

Getting Started

[!NOTE] This starter uses Next.js 16 (App Router) with React 19 and shadcn/ui. To run it locally:

Clone the repo:

git clone https://github.com/Kiranism/next-shadcn-dashboard-starter.git

• bun install
• Copy the example env file: cp env.example.txt .env.local
• Fill in the required variables in .env.local
• bun run dev

Environment variables

See env.example.txt for the variables you need. They cover authentication and error tracking.

Clerk setup

For setting up Clerk auth (including organizations, workspaces, and teams), see clerk_setup.md.

The app should now be running at http://localhost:3000.

[!WARNING] After cloning or forking, be careful when pulling the latest changes. Updates can cause merge conflicts.

Cleanup

To strip out features you don't need (auth, kanban, chat, notifications, extra themes, Sentry), run the cleanup script:

```bash node scripts/cleanup.js --interactive # interactive mode node scripts/cleanup.js --list # see available features node scripts/cleanup.js --dry-run chat # preview before r