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TailAdmin/free-nextjs-admin-dashboard
TailAdmin is a Next.js and Tailwind CSS free, open-source admin dashboard template. Provides developers with the necessary tools, components, pages to build a full-featured back-end, dashboard, or admin panel for any web project.
A Next.js 16 + Tailwind CSS v4 admin dashboard starter template — the kind of thing you clone when you need auth pages, charts, tables, and a sidebar wired up and don't want to build it from scratch. Targets developers who need a visual shell for an internal tool or SaaS backend quickly. Free tier covers one dashboard layout; the real component library is behind a paid Pro upgrade.
Stays current with the stack: Next.js 16 App Router, React 19, Tailwind v4, ApexCharts — not a template that peaked in 2022 and was never touched again. The route group structure `(admin)` / `(full-width-pages)` is a sensible App Router layout pattern that won't fight you when you add real pages. Dark mode is handled via a ThemeContext rather than a CSS hack. They patched CVE-2025-29927 within days of disclosure, which is the bare minimum you'd want from a template that becomes your app's scaffolding.
The free tier is effectively a teaser — one dashboard, 30 components, while the Pro version has 500+; you'll hit the ceiling fast on any real project. No state management, no API layer, no data fetching patterns — it's purely visual scaffolding, so anything beyond static mock data is entirely on you. The `--legacy-peer-deps` flag mentioned in the install instructions is a yellow flag: it means dependency resolution doesn't work cleanly without forcing it. SVG icons are stored as individual files imported via a barrel `index.tsx` rather than a proper icon system, which will bloat bundle size if you're not careful with tree-shaking.