How to use CoreUI in React

Tuesday, January 6, 2026

#react #coreui #ui #components #bootstrap

Building professional admin panels and dashboards requires a robust UI component library that offers consistency, accessibility, and customization. As the creator of CoreUI, I designed this library specifically to solve these challenges for React developers. CoreUI for React provides 90+ production-ready components built on Bootstrap 5, offering both free and professional versions. The installation is straightforward and integrates seamlessly with any React application.

Install CoreUI for React using npm and import components directly into your application.

npm install @coreui/react @coreui/coreui

import { CButton, CCard, CCardBody, CCardHeader } from '@coreui/react'
import '@coreui/coreui/dist/css/coreui.min.css'

const Dashboard = () => {
  return (
    <CCard>
      <CCardHeader>Dashboard</CCardHeader>
      <CCardBody>
        <CButton color='primary'>Click Me</CButton>
      </CCardBody>
    </CCard>
  )
}

export default Dashboard

Best Practice Note

After installing the packages, import the CoreUI CSS file in your main application file to ensure all components are styled correctly. CoreUI components follow React best practices with prop-based customization, TypeScript support, and tree-shaking capabilities to keep bundle sizes minimal. The library includes components for buttons, forms, modals, navigation, charts, and more. For enterprise applications requiring advanced features like premium templates, extended component sets, and priority support, check out CoreUI Pro for React.

Speed up your responsive apps and websites with fully-featured, ready-to-use open-source admin panel templates—free to use and built for efficiency.

About the Author

Łukasz Holeczek is the founder of CoreUI and the lead developer of its JavaScript, React, and Vue products. He builds open-source UI tools that help developers create better, more accessible user interfaces — CoreUI is used across tens of thousands of projects on GitHub and has been downloaded more than 58 million times.

With expertise in TypeScript, JavaScript, Node.js, and modern frameworks like React, Vue, and Next.js, Łukasz combines technical depth with a focus on UI/UX design and accessibility. CoreUI’s mission is to provide developers with tools that enhance productivity while adhering to accessibility standards.

Łukasz shares his knowledge through technical software development articles on the CoreUI blog. He also advises enterprise companies on building solutions from start to finish, and through CoreUI he offers professional services, technical support, and open-core products that help developers and businesses achieve their goals.

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