10 Free CSS and HTML Admin and Backend Templates

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As every developer will know, finding a high quality and flexible admin template can be very, very difficult. So, if you are looking for a free and easy to customize template that is suitable for either your CMSes backend or for the cool new app you are developing, then you will certainly find them in this post.

Internet Dreams Admin Skin

Internet Dereams is a clean, user friendly and attractive Admin template that would fit in perfectly as the backend for most web applications. Included in the template are the login screens, the dashboard, form elements and table layout screens. The PSD is also available.

Internet Dreams Admin Skin
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INADMIN – HTML,CSS & jQuery Admin Panel

Choc-full of nice effects and customizations, INADMIN is a fantastic solution for your web application. Here are some of its unique features: Digital and Analog clock, dropdown menu, jQuery sidebar accordion menu and some original form styling.

INADMIN - HTML,CSS & jQuery Admin Panel
INADMIN – HTML,CSS & jQuery Admin Panel →
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Adminizio Lite – Admin Template

Adminizio Lite is a well-designed template with a strong emphasis on usability and clarity. Its main features include: Tested across all major browsers, well commented coded (always appreciated) and its universal set of CSS styles has been used for titles, tables, lists, forms and system messages.

Adminizio Lite - Admin Template
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My Ecommerce Admin Template

The My Ecommerce Admin Template is a 3 column design with a tabbed menu. The idea is having the standard categories in the tab menu for easy reach and have all the detailed ones in the left menu. And there is also a useful info box at the right of the template to inform users what's going on on at that page.

My Ecommerce Admin Template
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Admin Template For Web Applications

Admin Template For Web Applications
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Spring Time – Simple Admin Template

Spring Time is a simple and professional interface for your custom web application and does include the PSD within the download package.

Spring Time - Simple Admin Template
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Transdmin Light

Transdmin Light is a minimal template that could be used for a basic web application. PSD is also available.

Transdmin Light
Transdmin Light
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Web App Admin Theme

Web App Theme is a powerful rails generator by Andrea Franz that you can use to generate admin panels quickly. It has been inspired by cool web apps like Lighthouse, Basecamp, RadiantCMS and others.

Web App Admin Theme
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Steal My Admin Template

Inspired by the BBC homepage, Steal My Admin features a dashboard with movable blocks that allow the user to customize the website to their liking, and clean and smooth user friendly forms and tables.
Robert Jan Dreu has also made a jQuery port of this theme, you can download it here: jQuery Admin Template →

Steal My Admin Template
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Basic Admin Skin & Basic Pastel GUI

Chocotemplates.com has created two basic admin templates you could freely use. The PSD is also included in both downloads.

Basic Pastel GUI
Basic Pastel GUI →
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Basic Admin Skin
Basic Admin Skin →
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  • http://www.websolpk.com Imran Khan

    Good one!! Thanks

    Web App Admin Theme and Transdmin Light are pretty good

    • Mayur More

      Exactly… Web App Admin Theme and Transdmin Light are really very nice… I will surely use them..

    • Mayur More

      Really a very nice and useful post…. It saves my time of finding good templates for admin panel.. thank you..

    • Mayur More

      Thank you… I was looking for such excellent designs… thanks for sharing…

    • Mayur More

      thanks for sharing…

  • willy

    Ultimate Admin Panel Solution is not free anymore..

  • http://www.maieo.com Ign. Mario

    Thanks you so much this what i looking for…

  • http://mergewords.com Arturo

    Great collection of templates. I’ve searched from time to time for admin panel examples.

    Now it’s neatly compiled in a list with demo’s :)

    Thanx heaps!

  • http://www.brilang.com Brian Lang

    I just want to point out that the Ultimate Admin Panel Solution theme was free in September 2009. It’s not free anymore.

    • apaulandrew

      Removing the link now, thanks for letting us know.

  • http://www.sumitchauhan.com Sumit Chauhan

    Great templates
    Thanks for sharing
    Sumit Chauhan

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  • http://www.colddesign.it Giacomo Colddesign

    If I had find this article sometimes ago, I would have saved a lot of hours over the keyboard! :)

  • http://searchtalk.ru Ilya

    «Internet Dreams Admin Skin»
    Don’t work…

  • http://twitter.com/jonathanulco jonathanulco

    I have just seen the first template admin, and i have looked the code. How i laught … the form in a table ! Great design but ugly code.

  • http://teknodergi.org Tekno

    Good list for developer. Second theme is good.

  • electrogeek

    first one is really awesome

  • http://www.3iesolutions.com amardeep singh

    Transdmin Light is a best admin template
    Thanks for sharing
    Amardeep Singh

  • http://www.mindblossomcreations.com mind blossom creations

    I think I’ve got a use for the steal my admin theme. Thanks!

  • Lance Sison

    Very nice. Thanks for sharing.

  • http://www.lup.com.ve Daniel

    Yo don´t know how we need this! THANKS A LOT!

  • http://mashary.batamtradezone.com mashary

    wow nice, very usefull

  • http://twitter.com/dineshviswanath Dinesh

    Great collections indeed.
    Thanks a Ton !!!

  • http://elainevellacatalano.com Elaine

    Never came across something like this, great collection!

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    Good post, I’ll posted in my Blog

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  • http://www.webmasters.comn.us Webmaster’s Tips & Tricks

    Thank you for the Internet Dreams Admin Skin. Because i could use the skin for academic project. Let me say thanks again.

  • http://sikukamaldeen.blogspot.com siku

    Thanks. This will come in handy.

  • http://www.henwen.net Eilonvi

    Thanks! great templates.

  • JDog

    Some more cool admin templates in case you were looking http://www.adminskin.com

    • Rick

      No – thats just a site showing the same ones as above plus VERY ugly and over priced premium ones.

      Tip: If you are going to pay for admin themes that aren’t unique, get them from themeforest – way better than the fugly mess on adminskin.com

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  • http://none ROBERT

    THX for sharing… good!!

  • Dohab

    Impressive!
    I picked the first one “Internet Dreams Admin Skin” .. it’s a ….WOW!
    thanx a lot paul

  • Pawan

    Nice…… got a better admin section. Thanks for sharing :)

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  • http://reynoldsdigital.myopenid.com/ D1shwasher

    Like the springtime theme, very similar to wufoo. 

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1212468089 Prihandini Astuti

    I like the first one :D

  • http://twitter.com/Adams_Jeff Jeff Adams

    If you loved these, you might consider visiting http://www.jeffadams.co.uk – I’ve got about 5 Professionally Designed Admin Templates that are for sale for as little as $12 – that’s LESS than the price of a pizza :-)

  • Crux

    thanks !!! very Userful….

  • Mariano Krauter
  • http://twitter.com/beskung สาระดี วันละ 1 นาที

    Thanks a lot.

  • Serkan-afsar

    very good

  • http://abangtrezz.blogspot.com/ Abang Trezz

    nice template,,, :)

    thank’s a lot…

  • Rashidsahilmcs

    Thanks great work!

  • http://www.roymj.com/ Roy M J

    Thanks a lot for sharing this.. Ive used 2 of the above templates for my live projects as admin section…Thanks a lot..The client really liked it…

  • Krupalpatel92@gmail.cmo

    amezing admin template layout thanks to share.

  • Mayur More

    Nice post… I am able to get good idea from this post…

    I am sure it will help me a lot… thanks for sharing….

  • Gagan

    very very thanks for admin templates

  • Maz Khi

    very very thanks for admin templates
    Arslan

     

  • Kalis s

    hearly wishes for your service and thanks 
                                                  – kalis

  • kilab

    Hi,

    Maybe my free admin panel template can will be published on this list?

    Here You can preview demo – http://kilab.pl/simpleadmin/
    And here is download – http://blog.kilab.pl/simpleadmin-free-admin-panel-template/

    Regards

    • scherbak

      Thx great admin template +1

    • 1stamendrulez

      Thanks for sharing :)

    • de crypt

      awesome :) thanks..

    • Mischief

      highcharts requires a license… I’m assuming you have the rights to distribute it ? I haven’t looked at the code, but does that layout even function without javascript?

  • ganeshi

    Thanks, very useful templates.