# StartBootstrap/startbootstrap-simple-sidebar

An off canvas sidebar navigation Bootstrap HTML template created by Start Bootstrap

Repository: https://github.com/StartBootstrap/startbootstrap-simple-sidebar
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/startbootstrap-simple-sidebar
Homepage: https://startbootstrap.com/template/simple-sidebar/
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: bootstrap, html, bootstrap4, bootstrap-4, bootstrap-theme, bootstrap-template, open-source, free, themes, sidebar, theme, css, bootstrap5, bootstrap-5, bootstrap5-template, bootstrap-5-template
Last push: 2023-05-24T01:44:42+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4331, "days_push": 1198, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1982, forks 1356 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:01.872366+00:00)

## What it is
Simple Sidebar is a free, MIT-licensed off-canvas sidebar navigation HTML template built on Bootstrap 5 by Start Bootstrap. It ships as ready-to-edit HTML/CSS/JS in a dist folder, with an npm-based build workflow (Pug, SCSS, live reload) for advanced customization.

## Use cases
- add a collapsible sidebar navigation to a Bootstrap website
- bootstrap admin dashboard layout with off-canvas menu
- free responsive sidebar template for a static site
- starting point for a Bootstrap 5 web app UI
- customize an HTML sidebar theme with SCSS
- quick prototype with sidebar navigation

## When to choose
- you want a free, MIT-licensed Bootstrap sidebar template you can edit directly
- you need a simple off-canvas navigation layout without a heavy framework
- you want npm build tooling (Pug/SCSS/live reload) for theme customization

## When to avoid
- you need a full admin dashboard with charts, tables, and auth out of the box
- you use a CSS framework other than Bootstrap
- you need a React/Vue component library rather than plain HTML templates

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: stable
- function: ui-components, css-framework, templating
- domain: web-development, frontend, web-design
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: bootstrap-template, sidebar-navigation, html-template, off-canvas, start-bootstrap, theme, web-server

## Member repositories
- StartBootstrap/startbootstrap-simple-sidebar (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:01.872366+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:03:32.021609+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/StartBootstrap/startbootstrap-simple-sidebar (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:01.872366+00:00, sha 0821a433810c)
  - homepage: https://startbootstrap.com/template/simple-sidebar/ (fetched 2026-08-29T10:43:37.869036+00:00, sha 8e542f61aa2a)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/startbootstrap-simple-sidebar (fetched 2026-08-29T10:43:37.872202+00:00, sha 91dd7c9f8edf)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.