Tools

Know what's in the toolbox

What each tool is, how it's licensed, and when a dev would actually reach for it.

GroupAll Languages & runtimes Databases & backends Dashboards & UI kits CSS & component libraries Dev tooling & AI Game development AI agent skills

LicenseAny Open source Source-available Public domain Freemium Commercial Managed service Open standard

Dashboards & UI kits

Pre-assembled admin panels and templates for internal tools and client portals.

Tabler

Open source

Admin dashboard template

A polished, MIT-licensed dashboard template built on Bootstrap 5, with hundreds of responsive components, an icon set, and dark mode.

CoreUI

Freemium

Admin dashboard system

An admin template with native versions for React, Vue, Angular, and plain Bootstrap. The free edition is open source; Pro adds more components and templates.

AdminLTE

Open source

Admin dashboard template

One of the longest-running open-source admin templates. Version 4 moves to Bootstrap 5 and drops the jQuery requirement.

Metronic

Commercial

Commercial admin theme

A large paid theme with dozens of prebuilt app layouts, data tables, and integrations across React, Angular, Vue, Laravel, and more.

Horizon UI

Freemium

Admin dashboard template

A modern dashboard template for React and Next.js with Tailwind CSS and Chakra UI versions, strong default dark mode, and chart-heavy widgets. Free version plus a Pro upgrade.

TailAdmin

Freemium

Admin dashboard template

A Tailwind CSS admin dashboard with free open-source editions for React, Next.js, Vue, and plain HTML, plus a paid Pro tier.