Dark Material Design admin interface based on the Material Design Lite component library
material-dashboard-lite — HTML Admin dashboard Template
By CreativeIT
A free dark admin dashboard template based on Material Design Lite, built with HTML, SCSS, and ES6, without relying on a JavaScript framework.
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No JavaScript framework dependency; written in HTML5, SCSS, and ES6
Sass organized with BEM structure; theme variables adjustable via src/variables.scss
Chart components built with D3 and NVD3
Build and local preview via Gulp, with watch support for source changes
MIT license, permitting free use, modification, commercial use, and distribution
Template Details
Material Dashboard Lite is a dark-themed admin dashboard template released by CreativeIT, with interface components based on Google's Material Design Lite. The template does not depend on any JavaScript framework; page structure and styles are written in HTML5, SCSS, and ES6, and built with Babel and Gulp. Charts are drawn using D3 and NVD3.
The project organizes Sass with a BEM naming structure. Theme variables can be adjusted by editing src/variables.scss, then rebuilding for the changes to take effect. Because Material Design Lite itself has not implemented the select element, the template additionally relies on the getmdl-select plugin to provide the dropdown select component. The repository README states the project is still under development, and future features can be tracked in its issues list.
Regarding licensing, the repository uses the MIT License, permitting free use, modification, commercial use, and distribution of this version of the code, provided the copyright notice and full license notice are retained when distributing. Third-party assets such as demo images, fonts, and icons must be checked separately under their respective licenses, and external services such as domains and hosting may incur separate charges.
Is it right for your project?
Use Cases
- Building a dark-style admin interface prototype
- Customizing theme variables and component styles on top of Material Design Lite
- Using as a sample project to learn HTML, SCSS, ES6, and the Gulp build process
- Providing a D3/NVD3 integration reference for admin pages that need chart display
Suitable For
- Front-end developers who need a dark Material Design admin template
- Projects that want to quickly adjust theme styles based on SCSS variables
- Static admin pages that do not plan to introduce a JavaScript framework
- Teams with commercial use or distribution needs for MIT-licensed code
Getting started & customization
Use these recorded setup notes alongside the repository instructions for your chosen version.
- 1
After cloning the repository, enter the directory and run npm install to install npm dependencies
- 2
Run bower install to install Bower components
- 3
Use gulp build to build the project and gulp serve to view the running result
- 4
After modifying src/variables.scss, rerun gulp build for the theme variables to take effect
- 5
The dropdown select component depends on the getmdl-select plugin, and charts depend on D3 and NVD3
License & source material
Usage conditions & limitations
Free to use · keep license noticeThis entry covers the free version in the public repository under the MIT License; the free scope applies to this version of the code and does not mean external services or third-party assets are free.
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- Permits free use, modification, commercial use, and distribution of this version of the code.
- When distributing copies or substantial portions of the code, retain the original author's copyright notice and the full MIT license notice.
- The code is provided as is; warranties and limitations of liability are governed by the original license and applicable law.
Additional costs & items to verify
- The README explicitly states the project is still under development, features are incomplete, and more content will follow, so it should not be regarded as a finished product or one ready for direct production use.
- The dropdown select component depends on the third-party getmdl-select plugin, which is an independent project whose licensing and maintenance must be verified separately.
- Chart functionality depends on the two third-party libraries D3 and NVD3; their license terms must be confirmed separately before use.
- The README provides channels for paid customization and commercial collaboration, which are optional value-added services and do not affect use of the free code.
- Demo images, fonts, icons, and other third-party assets must be checked under their respective licenses and cannot be judged solely by the code's MIT license.
- External services such as domains, hosting, databases, payments, or AI may incur separate charges.
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Permission is hereby granted, free of charge
Original License Text
We are still working on the project and there will be much more awesome
Original README
the project depends on [getmdl-select plugin](https://github.com/CreativeIT/getmdl-select)
Original README
Also project uses [d3](https://d3js.org/) and [nvd3](http://nvd3.org/) to build charts
Original README
https://github.com/CreativeIT/material-dashboard-lite/blob/master/LICENSEhttps://github.com/CreativeIT/material-dashboard-lite/blob/master/README.mdWe are ready to bring value to your business. Visit our site [creativeit.io](http://creativeit.io/)
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Template Information
- Source platforms
- GitHub
- Documentation and maintenance reference score
- More documented · 76 / 100
- Technologies
- HTML
- Website type
- Admin dashboard
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- 2020-09-03
- Screenshot last checked
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Source file / repository# Material Dashboard Lite
Welcome to first dark dashboard on the Material Design Lite!
<a target="_blank" href="http://material-dashboard-lite.creativeit.io"><img src="https://trello-attachments.s3.amazonaws.com/56af74f7f1b5b81a201453c4/2000x1105/796e1dae05e88ba87162dd8bbf188e65/Darkboard_Showcase_1_3.png"/></a>
Its much more fun with the [demo](http://material-dashboard-lite.creativeit.io).
Material admin template is absolutely free for commercial usage theme, that uses google's implementation of material design — [Material Design Lite](http://www.getmdl.io) library. It doesn’t rely on any JavaScript frameworks and aims to be responsive and optimized for cross-device usage. All components are created with CSS (scss), JavaScript (es6), and HTML5.
>**Important**: We are still working on the project and there will be much more awesome, check out our [issues](https://github.com/CreativeIT/material-dashboard-lite/issues) to see what features are coming soon.
# SETUP and USAGE
The steps bellow will take you through cloning your own fork, installing dependencies and building:
1. Fork and/or clone our repository. To use Git from command line, see the [Setting up Git](https://help.github.com/articles/set-up-git/) and [Fork a repo](https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo/) articles.
```
git clone https://github.com/CreativeIT/material-dashboard-lite.git
```
2. Open your copied repo folder in terminal and install [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/) components with command:
```
cd material-dashboard-lite
npm install
```
3. Install [bower](http://bower.io/) components with command:
```
bower install
```
4. Now you are able to build project with [gulp](http://gulpjs.com/):
```
gulp build
```
5. To see the result use command:
```
gulp serve
```
# FEATURES
* [Material Design](http://www.google.com/design/spec/material-design/introduction.html) via [Material Design Lite](http://getmdl.io)
* Ecmascript 6 (with [babel](https://babeljs.io/))
* Responsive dark material design. DARK, Carl!
* User experience focused
* [Sass](http://sass-lang.com/)
* [Gulp](http://gulpjs.com/) build
* [D3](https://d3js.org/) and [NVD3](http://nvd3.org/)
* MIT License
# Additional
Since the project uses [BEM](http://getbem.com) structure with sass, it can be customized in easy way by editing `src/variables.scss` file. To take effect you must run `gulp build` in terminal again. Also you may want to use `gulp watch`, that will run default command every time you modify any file in source folder. You can use `gulp default`if you don't want to minify js-files.
Google hasn't implemented select element yet ([see why here](http://37.media.tumblr.com/6a9fcffde2da977266b0ea99b15d5803/tumblr_n42cjjsriB1smcbm7o1_400.gif)), that is why the project depends on [getmdl-select plugin](https://github.com/CreativeIT/getmdl-select). Also project uses [d3](https://d3js.org/) and [nvd3](http://nvd3.org/) to build charts and chart components.
# Hire us
We are ready to bring value to your business. Visit our site [creativeit.io](http://creativeit.io/) or drop us a line <[email protected]>. We will be happy to help you!
# Credits
UI components built with [Material Design Lite](http://www.getmdl.io).
Designed with passion and coffee by CreativeIT
# Support the project
* Star the repo
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