pbehnke / flask-material-dashboard

Flask Dashboard Material Design - Open-Source Admin Panel | AppSeed

Flask Dashboard Material

Open-Source Admin Dashboard coded in Flask Framework by AppSeed Web App Generator - Features:

• UI Kit: Material Dashboard provided by Creative-Tim
• Modular design with Blueprints
• SQLite, PostgreSQL, SQLAlchemy ORM
• Alembic (DB schema migrations)
• Session-Based authentication (via flask_login)
• Deployment scripts: Docker, Gunicorn / Nginx
• MIT License
• Free support via Github
• Paid Support 24/7 LIVE Support via Discord

Links

• Flask Dashboard Material - Product page
• Flask Dashboard Material - Documentation
• Flask Dashboard Material - LIVE demo
• More Flask Admin Dashboards - index hosted by AppSeed
• Free Admin Dashboards - index hosted by AppSeed

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How to use it

$ # Get the code
$ git clone https://github.com/app-generator/flask-material-dashboard.git
$ cd flask-material-dashboard
$
$ # Virtualenv modules installation (Unix based systems)
$ virtualenv --no-site-packages env
$ source env/bin/activate
$
$ # Virtualenv modules installation (Windows based systems)
$ # virtualenv --no-site-packages env
$ # .\env\Scripts\activate
$
$ # Install modules - SQLite Database
$ pip3 install -r requirements.txt
$
$ # OR with PostgreSQL connector
$ # pip install -r requirements-pgsql.txt
$
$ # Set the FLASK_APP environment variable
$ (Unix/Mac) export FLASK_APP=run.py
$ (Windows) set FLASK_APP=run.py
$ (Powershell) $env:FLASK_APP = ".\run.py"
$
$ # Set up the DEBUG environment
$ # (Unix/Mac) export FLASK_ENV=development
$ # (Windows) set FLASK_ENV=development
$ # (Powershell) $env:FLASK_ENV = "development"
$
$ # Start the application (development mode)
$ # --host=0.0.0.0 - expose the app on all network interfaces (default 127.0.0.1)
$ # --port=5000    - specify the app port (default 5000)  
$ flask run --host=0.0.0.0 --port=5000
$
$ # Access the dashboard in browser: http://127.0.0.1:5000/

Deployment

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

Docker execution

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The application can be easily executed in a docker container. The steps:

Get the code

$ git clone https://github.com/app-generator/flask-material-dashboard.git
$ cd flask-material-dashboard

Start the app in Docker

$ sudo docker-compose pull && sudo docker-compose build && sudo docker-compose up -d

Visit http://localhost:5005 in your browser. The app should be up & running.

Gunicorn

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Gunicorn 'Green Unicorn' is a Python WSGI HTTP Server for UNIX.

Install using pip

$ pip install gunicorn

Start the app using gunicorn binary

$ gunicorn --bind 0.0.0.0:8001 run:app
Serving on http://localhost:8001

Visit http://localhost:8001 in your browser. The app should be up & running.

Waitress

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Waitress (Gunicorn equivalent for Windows) is meant to be a production-quality pure-Python WSGI server with very acceptable performance. It has no dependencies except ones that live in the Python standard library.

Install using pip

$ pip install waitress

Start the app using waitress-serve

$ waitress-serve --port=8001 run:app
Serving on http://localhost:8001

Visit http://localhost:8001 in your browser. The app should be up & running.

Credits & Links

What is Flask

Flask is a lightweight WSGI web application framework. It is designed to make getting started quick and easy, with the ability to scale up to complex applications. It began as a simple wrapper around Werkzeug and Jinja and has become one of the most popular Python web application frameworks.

What is a dashboard

A dashboard is a set of pages that are easy to read and offer information to the user in real-time regarding his business. A dashboard usually consists of graphical representations of the current status and trends within an organization. Having a well-designed dashboard will give you the possibility to act and make informed decisions based on the data that your business provides - definition provided by Creative-Tim - Free Dashboard Templates.

Material Dashboard

Material Dashboard is a free Material Bootstrap 4 Admin with a fresh, new design inspired by Google's Material Design. Material Dashboard was built over the popular Bootstrap 4 framework and it comes with a couple of third-party plugins redesigned to fit in with the rest of the elements.

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Flask Dashboard Material - Provided by AppSeed Web App Generator.