Dash Bootstrap Components
Bootstrap components for Plotly Dash
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_dash-bootstrap-components_ is a library of [Bootstrap][bootstrap-homepage]
components for use with [Plotly Dash][dash-homepage], that makes it easier to
build consistently styled Dash apps with complex, responsive layouts.
## Table of contents
- [Installation](#installation)
- [Quick start](#quick-start)
- [Contributing](#contributing)
- [Copyright and license](#copyright-and-license)
## Installation
### PyPI
You can install _dash-bootstrap-components_ with `pip`:
```sh
pip install dash-bootstrap-components
```
### Anaconda
You can also install _dash-bootstrap-components_ with `conda` through the
conda-forge channel:
```sh
conda install -c conda-forge dash-bootstrap-components
```
## Quick start
To use _dash-bootstrap-components_ you must do two things:
- Link a Bootstrap v5 compatible stylesheet
- Incorporate _dash-bootstrap-components_ into your layout
### Linking a stylesheet
_dash-bootstrap-components_ doesn't come with CSS included. This is to give you
the freedom to use any Bootstrap v5 stylesheet of your choice. This means
however that in order for the components to be styled properly, you must link
to a stylesheet yourself.
For convenience, links to [BootstrapCDN][bootstrapcdn] for each theme are
available through the `themes` module, which can be used as follows:
```python
import dash
import dash_bootstrap_components as dbc
app = dash.Dash(external_stylesheets=[dbc.themes.BOOTSTRAP])
```
For more information on how to link local or external CSS, check out the
[Dash documentation][dash-docs-external].
### Build the layout
With CSS linked, you can start building your app's layout with our Bootstrap
components. These include layout components for organising the content of your app on the page, as well as UI components like navbars, cards, alerts and many more.
See our [_documentation_][docs-components] for a full list of available
components.
## Contributing
We welcome contributions to _dash-bootstrap-components_. If you find a bug or
something is unclear please [submit a bug report][bug-report], if you have ideas
for new features please feel free to make a [feature request][feature-request].
If you would like to submit a pull request, please read our
[contributing guide][contribution-guide], which contains instructions on how to
build and install _dash-bootstrap-components_ locally, how to check your code
will pass our linting checks, and how to submit the pull request itself.
## Acknowledgements
The _dash-bootstrap-components_ maintainers would like to thank [Faculty][faculty] for their early support in helping this project get off the ground. Since 2025, it has been maintained by the Dash community.
## Copyright and license
Copyright © 2018–2025 [Faculty Science Ltd.][faculty]
Copyright © 2025 the _dash-bootstrap-components_ maintainers
Released under the [Apache 2.0 license](https://github.com/dbc-team/dash-bootstrap-components/blob/main/LICENSE).
[dash-homepage]: https://dash.plotly.com/
[dash-docs-external]: https://dash.plotly.com/external-resources
[bootstrap-homepage]: https://getbootstrap.com/
[docs-components]: https://www.dash-bootstrap-components.com/docs/components
[bootstrapcdn]: https://www.bootstrapcdn.com/
[faculty]: https://faculty.ai
[bug-report]: https://github.com/dbc-team/dash-bootstrap-components/issues/new?template=bug.md
[feature-request]: https://github.com/dbc-team/dash-bootstrap-components/issues/new?template=feature.md
[contribution-guide]: https://github.com/dbc-team/dash-bootstrap-components/blob/main/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md