Dashboard UI Kits: Free Figma Files, React and Bootstrap

The free Figma examples use fictional trial accounts. Other product details and advertised prices were checked October 16, 2026.

The right dashboard UI kit depends on what you need to deliver: a design in Figma or a frontend your team can run. Choose that first, then compare the components, license and work still left to do.

For a free Figma table layout, start with Flowbite Free. UKO Basic offers free foundations for personal exploration, with table and commercial-use caveats explained below. For broader Figma systems, inspect Untitled UI or SnowUI. For React, start with the official shadcn/ui block or Untitled UI’s separate React library. For Bootstrap, compare Tabler, AdminLTE and Material Dashboard. Metronic is a broader commercial route when you need several admin flows.

Use the previews to narrow the field, then copy the kit selection brief and try the same screen in two candidates.

Choose the deliverable before the kit

A dashboard UI kit is a set of interface components and layouts. A Figma kit helps you design and hand off those screens. A coded template or block provides frontend code in a particular stack. Neither category, by itself, supplies your product’s data, permissions or business logic.

This is a fit-based shortlist, not a benchmark ranking. Flowbite Free and UKO Basic were used for the Figma exercise below. The other options are based on official documentation and public previews; we did not purchase every package or compare production builds. Screenshots show demonstration content, not customer results.

Figma kits for designing the product

If you want a free Figma starting point, the useful question is whether you can edit the screen you need. A preview can look complete while its rows are a single image.

The Flowbite Free and UKO Basic exercise below was run by Codex on October 28–29, 2026, using the public free Community files. It uses five fictional trial accounts. The screens are editable Figma designs and prototype transitions, not connected applications; the mobile layouts and workflow states are our additions.

Flowbite Design System Free

Start here for a table-heavy Figma screen. The free file supplied reusable table headers, cells and buttons. Those parts could be assembled into the six-column account list below, rather than recreating every row from a picture.

The inspected Table component offered a Desktop breakpoint. The 390 px cards shown below were built for this exercise, so don’t read the mobile result as an included free dashboard. The source also provided local color, type and spacing variables, but individual component bindings still needed checking.

Open the free Flowbite Figma file · Maker’s Figma editions

UKO Basic

Useful foundations, with a catch for table-heavy work. UKO Basic contained real buttons, form controls, text and paint styles, plus an editable dashboard sample. Its two Data table pages, however, were image-filled rectangles with no editable rows or text.

You can still use UKO Basic as a visual foundation. For this task, though, the editable table, mobile cards and workflow screens had to be added. That distinction matters more than a large count of pages in the listing: an image of a table does not give you reusable table cells.

Open UKO Basic in Figma · Maker’s free Figma listing. UKO’s React products are separate deliverables.

What the same-screen exercise revealed

The task was to find trial accounts that had not reached their first useful result, inspect an account and return to the filtered list. Both designs used the same five records, including a long name and a missing owner.

Neither free file supplied the finished mobile workflow. The 390 px designs below keep the same account information in custom cards. Compare whether you can still find the account, read its last step and reach the next action.

See both 390 px mobile layouts

Three repairs are worth checking in your own file:

• Long names need room to wrap. Our first Flowbite assembly kept narrow text boxes inside wider cells. Letting the labels fill the cells restored readable account names. The manually assembled UKO rows also needed consistent height and alignment.
• A shared type change can miss a table. Flowbite’s chosen text-size variable updated linked buttons and copy, while table body text used a different variable. We explicitly bound the tested cells. In UKO, our direct formatting had detached body styles; reapplying the source styles fixed our assembly error.
• Repeated row actions need less emphasis than recovery. A red primary style on every “View account” button overwhelmed the records. The final examples use compact neutral outlines, a pale selected filter and dark recovery actions. These are our styling decisions, not new components supplied by either kit.

Free access and licensing: Both tested Community files were free to duplicate and displayed CC BY 4.0. Flowbite’s maker FAQ also uses MIT wording for a free product; check the notice and terms for the exact Figma file or code package you use. UKO’s conflicting commercial-use wording is explained above. A free Figma file does not establish access to a paid edition or a separate code library.

Untitled UI

Design the whole product, then align the implementation.

Untitled UI makes sense when the dashboard sits inside a larger product: you also need settings, forms, navigation and consistent states. Its Figma dashboard examples include desktop/mobile and light/dark layouts. The useful question is whether those components can support your own data density and workflow.

The React library is a separate route, built with TypeScript, Tailwind CSS and React Aria. The preview above is that React implementation, not a screenshot of a Figma file. Check the exact dashboard’s code access before assuming it belongs to the free library.

Cost and license: Figma PRO SOLO is advertised at $129; React PRO SOLO at $349. They are separate product selections. SOLO covers one person accessing the source; shared libraries and additional users need the right seats. Standard licenses restrict source redistribution and competing kits.

Explore Untitled UI · Figma dashboard preview · React examples · Pricing · License

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SnowUI

Explore a quieter, modular dashboard layout.

SnowUI’s preview uses pale surfaces, compact navigation and a separate activity column. It is a useful reference when you want the interface to feel calm despite a lot of information. Test whether the low-contrast separators and smaller labels still work with your content.

Its documented Figma variables cover colors, spacing, icon size, radius and light/dark themes. That supports systematic restyling; it does not turn the design into working filters, an activity service or a data pipeline.

Cost and license: The newer SnowUI is advertised at $99 for one user, $199 for up to six and $279 for unlimited users. The older Snow Dashboard UI Kit is a different listing. Match the preview, product name and license at checkout; ask the maker if your client handoff or redistribution use is unclear.

Explore SnowUI · Variables documentation · Maker’s product listing

Code kits for building the frontend

shadcn/ui dashboard block

Build a custom React dashboard from editable components.

The dashboard-01 block puts a sidebar, metric cards, an interactive chart and a data table into a starting layout. The code is copied into your project, giving your team control over the implementation rather than a remote dashboard service.

The table is the interesting part for an operational app. In the current public demo, we opened Customize Columns and hid Reviewer; the column disappeared. That is a useful interaction to inspect, but it says nothing about whether your own records, permissions or saved preferences are connected.

Cost and license: The official shadcn/ui source is MIT licensed. This is the official project, distinct from third-party products using “shadcn” in their names. v0 usage has separate account and pricing conditions.

Official block and code · Current live demo · MIT license

Want an admin shell with screens already assembled? The free shadcn dashboard comparison checks Sat Naing, Kiranism and Bundui through the same account workflow, with React/Vite and Next.js options and the data work each leaves you.

Metronic

Start from a broad set of account and admin screens.

Metronic is worth examining when your scope extends beyond an overview into profiles, member management, account settings, billing and security screens. Its breadth can give a team a consistent starting vocabulary. It can also leave a small MVP with more navigation and dependencies than it needs.

Select the exact package first. Metronic has separate Tailwind and Bootstrap routes, and availability differs across HTML, React and Next.js implementations. A concept shown for one route is not proof that it is included in another; some public demo entries are marked Soon.

Cost and license: The advertised Regular license is $49 for a single end product with no paying end users. A single paid SaaS product requires the Extended license, listed at $999. Plus tiers have different terms. Check the current license for your exact distribution model before buying.

Product and editions · Tailwind HTML demo · Pricing · License conditions

Tabler

Build a restrained Bootstrap admin interface.

Tabler suits a team already using Bootstrap that wants relatively restrained typography, tables, forms and admin layouts. Its demo is useful beyond the overview: inspect form elements, validation states and table density before choosing the visual style.

The core is MIT licensed. That does not settle every dependency’s terms: Tabler’s repository explicitly flags separate third-party licenses, including the charting library. Check the chart and plugin versions you actually ship; a free template does not automatically make every bundled dependency unrestricted.

Cost and license: Start with the open-source core and its license. Optional paid bundles are separate from the MIT core; check their exact contents and third-party licenses.

Live preview · Core repository and license notes · Form element examples

AdminLTE 4

Assemble a conventional internal admin shell.

AdminLTE gives an internal tool a familiar structure: persistent navigation, status tiles, content panels, forms and tables. Its version matters. AdminLTE 4 uses Bootstrap 5.3 and vanilla JavaScript; older tutorials describing the jQuery-based generation can send an implementation in the wrong direction.

In the public v4 demo, the sidebar toggle collapsed the navigation. That makes it easy to inspect one layout behavior. The sample chat and order panels still require your own services and data; their presence is not a ready-made business workflow.

Cost and license: The core is MIT licensed. Preserve the required notices and check any third-party libraries or separately packaged framework edition. A free frontend still needs implementation and maintenance time.

Current v4 demo · Documentation · Repository and license

Material Dashboard

Use a ready-made Material-inspired admin style.

Material Dashboard is a focused Bootstrap option if you like its cards, typography and component treatment. The free preview includes dashboard, tables, billing and profile navigation, so you can judge the surrounding screens as well as the first page.

Keep the edition names precise. Material Dashboard 3 is the product version; Creative Tim describes Material Design 2 inspiration. It is not a promise of a complete implementation of Google’s Material 3 system. Free and PRO packages also have different scope and terms.

Cost and license: The free Bootstrap source is MIT licensed. PRO and Access Pass offerings are commercial and have separate terms; choose the exact product and license if the free components are insufficient.

Free product · Live free demo · Free repository and license

Try one real screen in two kits

The Flowbite and UKO exercise above uses this brief. Apply the same requirements to the candidates for your own project.

A beautiful overview can hide the expensive gaps. Give both candidates the same small task before buying or importing the whole library. In Figma, assemble the design and state variants. In code, build a small local screen with fixture data and actual interactions.

Use free files or source where available. For a paid-only kit, inspect the public preview, list what you cannot test and ask the maker about missing requirements. An attractive preview is not a passed build.

Use the same sample records and labels in both candidates. A long account name, a missing owner and zero matching results reveal more than a screen filled only with short, complete examples.

1. Assemble the normal path. Create the account table, one status filter and an account detail view. Record what was already present and what you had to invent or replace.
2. Check a real phone width. Try around 390 px and a narrower laptop window. Can you reach the filter, identify the account and use the next action? Keep a wide table in its own scroll region if the task needs those columns.
3. Inspect the missing states. Show no results, loading, a failed request and read-only access. Figma variants describe those states; code needs the actual logic and recovery path.
4. Change the system once. Adjust a primary color, type size and spacing token. Check whether buttons, dialogs and tables stay consistent or need separate repairs.
5. Check interaction and ownership. Use the keyboard to reach the filter and open/close the detail view. In code, check focus and validation; separately verify server-side permissions. Review the source/dependency licenses before committing.

Use AI with the library you actually chose

For a working comparison of free React foundations, see UI libraries for vibe coding. It shows the same feedback inbox built with shadcn/ui, Untitled UI React Free and daisyUI, including the integration mistakes and their fixes.

For your product’s public website, compare free SaaS marketing blocks from Shadcnblocks, Shadcn Studio and Tailark. The same-page builds show what the selected sections supply, where mobile behavior needed repairs and which pricing logic had to be added.

AI can help assemble and adapt components. Give it the chosen library and a specific screen requirement so it does not mix unrelated UI systems. If you plan to assemble the screen in Lovable or Bolt, compare their code-editing and design-system limits before choosing a plan. If you haven’t chosen a building tool yet, our vibe-coding tool guide compares browser app builders with coding agents for an existing project.

• Flowbite MCP: the official server gives compatible coding assistants Flowbite context and documents Figma-to-code and theme-generation tools. The Figma converter requires a Figma personal access token. This is a documented route for a Tailwind/Flowbite project; it was not executed in our design exercise. MCP documentation.
• Untitled UI React MCP: its official integration lets a compatible coding assistant find and install library components. Free components work without authentication; PRO components require a license. The workflow also needs an initialized Untitled UI project. This is development assistance, not automatic Figma-to-app delivery. MCP documentation.
• shadcn/ui with v0: the official Blocks page offers an AI-editing route for its code. A v0 account and its separate usage limits apply. Use it to adapt the block to a task, then inspect the resulting code and behavior. It does not establish working authorization, payments or live-data integration. Official Blocks workflow.

For the fictional trial screen, a useful request is: “Use this project’s existing components to add a Not activated filter, account detail view, no-results state and loading state. Keep the current typography and tokens. Use fixture data and list the backend work still required.”

Keep private customer data and credentials out of a public demo or an unapproved AI tool. A polished generated screen still needs a developer to connect and verify the product.

Check the total cost and the handoff

Compare the cost of delivering your screen, not just the displayed purchase price. A free template can require substantial integration; a paid kit can still omit your hardest interaction.

• People: who will open the Figma library or component source? Confirm designer/developer seats and client handoff rights.
• Distribution: an internal tool, free app, paid SaaS and resold template can have different license requirements. Metronic’s paid-end-user condition is a material example.
• Dependencies: charts, maps, icons, fonts and other plugins can have separate licenses and upgrade paths.
• Product work: budget for the data layer, authentication, server-side permissions, forms, errors, hosting and maintenance. Demo login and billing screens are not those systems.

Once the frontend is chosen, use the dashboard design field guide to define the numbers, comparisons and next actions that belong on the screen. For broader asset categories, see our UI kit and theme guide.

Copy the kit selection brief

Copy this into your project document, then fill it in before opening two previews. Ask your designer, developer or coding assistant to use the same requirements for both candidates.

Dashboard reader and decision:
One screen to deliver:
Deliverable: Figma design / running frontend
Existing framework, version and component library:
Required table, filters and detail view:
Representative records: long names / missing values / many rows
Required states: loading / no results / error / read-only
Phone and laptop behavior:
Keyboard, focus and form requirements:
Data sources and server-side permission work:
People who need source/library access:
Internal tool / free app / paid SaaS / resale:
Kit edition, license and third-party dependencies:
Candidate A: supplied / adapted / built from scratch
Candidate B: supplied / adapted / built from scratch
Unresolved blockers and owner:
Chosen starting point and reason:

You do not need the largest kit. You need the smallest suitable starting point whose remaining work and license you understand.

Questions before choosing a dashboard kit

Does a Figma dashboard kit include working code?

Only if the purchase explicitly includes a code package. Figma components, variables and prototypes describe a design; they are not a connected application. Untitled UI lists its Figma and React products separately, while SnowUI’s documented deliverable is a Figma kit.

Which free dashboard kit should I inspect first?

For an editable Figma table, inspect Flowbite Free first; consider UKO Basic for personal exploration if you are comfortable building the table; clarify its commercial-use terms before using it for a paid product. For working code, match your stack. For React, inspect the official shadcn/ui dashboard block. For Bootstrap, compare Tabler, AdminLTE 4 and the free Material Dashboard. Then run the same screen exercise and check the dependency licenses.

Can I use a kit in a paid SaaS?

Check the exact license and dependencies. MIT core code and commercially licensed templates have different conditions. Metronic explicitly separates a Regular license without paying end users from Extended use for a paid product; a general “commercial use” label is not a substitute for that check.

Can AI finish the dashboard for me?

It can help with component assembly and code changes. The data definitions, permissions, integrations and edge cases still need to be implemented and checked. Start with a specific screen brief and a supported library workflow.