bslibdash: Bootstrap 5 dashboards for Shiny

Build Bootstrap 5 dashboards in Shiny, on bslib. bslibdash provides a page shell (dashboardPage(), dashboardHeader(), dashboardSidebar(), dashboardBody(), dashboardFooter()), sidebar navigation (sidebarMenu(), menuItem(), sidebarUserPanel()), cards (box(), boxLayout(), tabBox()), KPI tiles (valueBox(), infoBox()), header dropdowns (dropdownMenu(), notificationItem(), messageItem(), taskItem()), and lightweight feedback helpers (accordions, badges, toasts).

Details

Function names mirror shinydashboard wherever the underlying concept is the same, so most apps port across as a search-and-replace. bslibdash is not a drop-in clone: a small number of legacy arguments and behaviours that no longer make sense on Bootstrap 5 have been removed — see vignette("getting-started", package = "bslibdash") for the full migration story.

Every bslibdash component attaches its CSS via bslib::bs_dependency_defer(), so any bslib::bs_theme() (including the bundled brand_bs_theme()) recompiles bslibdash styles against the active theme.

Learn more

• vignette("getting-started", package = "bslibdash") — minimal skeleton and the migration guide from shinydashboard.

• vignette("components", package = "bslibdash") — a tour of every component with copy-pasteable examples.

• vignette("theming", package = "bslibdash") — customising brand_bs_theme(), swapping Bootswatch presets, and adding bespoke SCSS.

See also

Useful links:

• https://github.com/Novartis/bslibdash

• https://opensource.nibr.com/bslibdash/

• Report bugs at https://github.com/Novartis/bslibdash/issues

Author

Maintainer: Alexandros Kouretsis alexandros@appsilon.com

Authors:

• Alexandros Kouretsis alexandros@appsilon.com

• Ardalan Mirshani ardalan.mirshani@novartis.com

• Dominik Rafacz dominik.rafacz_ext@novartis.com

Other contributors:

• Novartis Open Source Initiative [copyright holder]