Flask Dashboard Shards

Overview

Flask Dashboard Shards is an open-source Flask dashboard that is built on top of a modern design. It is a high-quality and free Bootstrap admin dashboard template pack that offers a wide variety of templates and components. The dashboard is fully responsive and can adapt its layout to fit any viewport size. It is based on Bootstrap 4 and comes with features such as DBMS support for SQLite and PostgreSQL, modular design with blueprints, session-based authentication, and deployment scripts for Docker and Heroku. Support for Flask Dashboard Shards is provided via Github and Discord.

Features

• DBMS: SQLite, PostgreSQL (production)
• DB Tools: SQLAlchemy ORM, Alembic (schema migrations)
• Modular design with Blueprints, simple codebase
• Session-Based authentication (via flask_login), Forms validation
• Deployment scripts: Docker, Gunicorn / Nginx, Heroku
• Support via Github and Discord

Build from sources

The app is provided with a basic configuration to be executed in Docker, Gunicorn, and Waitress.

Docker execution

To execute the application in a Docker container, follow these steps:

1. Get the code
2. Start the app in Docker
3. Visit http://localhost:5005 in your browser. The app should be up and running.

Gunicorn

Gunicorn 'Green Unicorn' is a Python WSGI HTTP Server for UNIX. To install and use Gunicorn:

1. Install using pip
2. Start the app using the gunicorn binary
3. Visit http://localhost:8001 in your browser. The app should be up and running.

Waitress

Waitress is a production-quality pure-Python WSGI server with acceptable performance, equivalent to Gunicorn for Windows. To install and use Waitress:

1. Install using pip
2. Start the app using the waitress-serve command
3. Visit http://localhost:8001 in your browser. The app should be up and running.

Summary

Flask Dashboard Shards is an open-source Flask dashboard template pack that provides a modern design and a range of features. It is based on Bootstrap 4 and comes with support for SQLite and PostgreSQL databases, SQLAlchemy ORM, and Alembic for schema migrations. The dashboard has a modular design with blueprints, supports session-based authentication, and provides deployment scripts for Docker, Gunicorn, and Heroku. Support for Flask Dashboard Shards is available via Github and Discord.