Twelve open-source and premium Vue.js dashboards and UI kits for a digital agency with 1.9M users. Over 50,000 free downloads, 2,000 premium purchases and an average 4.8/5 review score.
50,000+
Free template downloads across 12 Vue.js dashboards
CreativeTim is a digital agency with a user base of over 1.9 million developers, building free and premium UI kits on top of frameworks like Vue.js, React and Angular. We initially connected through open source, and after a series of meetings agreed to develop a Vue.js UI kit together — at a time when Vue was still on version 1 and the ecosystem was a fraction of its current size.
From day one we knew the bar was high: every component had to be production-quality, because thousands of other developers would copy it into their own products. A leaky abstraction or sloppy edge case would propagate downstream to every project built on top of the template.
Each template also needed comprehensive documentation — every component had to ship with usage examples, configurable props and clear conventions so developers could adopt it without reading the source.
And finally, the templates had to be visually flawless and as bug-free as possible. They were the face of CreativeTim for an audience of frontend engineers who would notice every misaligned pixel.
We bet on Vue.js early — back when the framework had just hit version 1 and the community was small. Our process was deliberately staged: start with a free open-source release to learn from real developers, then layer premium dashboards on top of the patterns that proved themselves.
Phase 2
After the open-source release validated demand, we layered on premium templates — richer dashboards, marketing pages and component variants. Each new template extended the same foundational component library, so polish compounded instead of being rebuilt every time.
Frontend · Component Engineering
Phase 1
Rather than guessing what developers wanted, we shipped a free open-source Vue.js template and let the community tell us. The early feedback shaped the API surface, the component priorities and the documentation style we carried into every subsequent release.
Discovery · OSS Strategy
Phase 3
Every template shipped with full documentation, working examples and a structure built to last. The frontend conventions we crystallised here — folder layout, prop patterns, theming hooks — became the blueprint we still reuse on long-running Vue.js projects today.
Docs · Architecture
Our relationship with CreativeTim started in open source and grew into a long-term Vue.js partnership. We owned the frontend craftsmanship behind a catalog of templates — dashboards, marketing pages and UI kits — that have been downloaded over 50,000 times by developers around the world.
Across 12 templates we defined the component patterns, project structures and documentation conventions that let CreativeTim scale its Vue.js catalog without rewriting the same primitives over and over. The same foundations still inform how we build large Vue.js codebases today.
We bet on Vue.js when it was still emerging, and paired it with utility-first styling so each template stayed easy to customise without forking the source.
Vue.Js 
Tailwind CSS Designed reusable Vue.js components with consistent APIs, variants and theming hooks so every template inherited the same primitives.
Wrote per-component usage docs and live examples so engineers could drop templates into production without reading the source.
Defined project structures and conventions that hold up as the catalog grows — easy to extend, easy to maintain, easy to hand off.
Over the partnership we shipped 12 free and premium Vue.js templates that, together, racked up more than 50,000 downloads and 2,000 premium purchases. Reviews settled at an average of 4.8/5 from end-users and developers, and CreativeTim's CEO credits the Vue.js launch with a 20% lift in general sales. The collaboration is still ongoing — we keep delivering Vue.js solutions together years after the first open-source release.
“Launching the Vue.js products, which regularly receive 5-star reviews, has boosted general sales by 20%. BinarCode always delivers immaculate code and thorough documentation. Their fluid communication and timely deliveries make the relationship successful.”
Alex Paduraru — CEO, CreativeTim