Skip to content
appsgit

Administrate

Administrate is a free, open-source admin dashboard template. A Rails engine that helps you put together a super-flexible admin dashboard. It has 6,032 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license. Start a project with npx degit thoughtbot/administrate or clone the repository.

github.com/thoughtbot/administrate (opens in a new tab)

Get started

Copy the files into a new folder with degit (no git history), or clone the repository with git.

Copy with degit
npx degit thoughtbot/administrate my-site
cd my-site
Or clone with git
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/thoughtbot/administrate.git my-site

Sources: GitHub docs on template repositories, degit.

About Administrate

A framework for creating flexible, powerful admin dashboards in Rails. [Try the demo][demo]. Administrate is a library for Rails that generates admin dashboards. These give users clean interfaces that allow them to create, edit, search, and delete records for any model in the application. Administrate aims to provide the best user experience, and doing as much work as possible for you, whilst also being flexible to customise.

GitHub preview card for thoughtbot/administrate
GitHub social preview of thoughtbot/administrate.

FAQ

Administrate FAQ

Still curious? Email info@appsgit.com.

What is Administrate?

Administrate is a free, open-source admin dashboard template. A Rails engine that helps you put together a super-flexible admin dashboard. It has 6,032 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license. Start a project with npx degit thoughtbot/administrate or clone the repository.

How do I use Administrate?

Copy the files into a new folder with npx degit thoughtbot/administrate my-site (no git history), or fork the repository on GitHub. Then follow the README for the install and dev commands.

Can I use Administrate for commercial projects?

Yes. Administrate is released under the MIT license, a permissive license that allows commercial use as long as you keep the copyright and license notice. Third-party assets bundled with it (images, fonts, icons) may have their own terms.

Is Administrate maintained?

The repository's most recent commit was on Sep 18, 2026. Its latest release is v1.0.0. appsgit only lists templates from repositories with a commit in the last six months.