diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 73f6789..ec28ea0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 .env.backup
 npm-debug.log
 yarn-error.log
-/bower_components
 /node_modules
 /public/css
 /public/fonts
diff --git a/bower.json b/bower.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 11a4a8e..0000000
--- a/bower.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "hypothetical-template",
-  "version": "1.0.0",
-  "authors": [
-    "Kevin MacMartin <prurigro@gmail.com>"
-  ],
-  "description": "The Hypothetical website template",
-  "license": "MIT",
-  "dependencies": {
-    "simplemde": "~1.11.2",
-    "SpinKit": "~1.2.5",
-    "list.js": "^1.5.0"
-  }
-}
diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index 2f34bdd..31b5965 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ if (!isProduction) {
 
 // Declare plugin settings
 const sassOutputStyle = isProduction ? "compressed" : "expanded",
-    sassPaths = [ "bower_components", "node_modules" ],
+    sassPaths = [ "node_modules" ],
     autoprefixerSettings = { remove: false, cascade: false },
-    vuePaths = [ "./bower_components", "./node_modules", "./resources/components", "./resources/js" ];
+    vuePaths = [ "./node_modules", "./resources/components", "./resources/js" ];
 
 // Javascript files for the public site
 const jsPublic = "resources/js/app.js";
@@ -62,15 +62,15 @@ const jsDashboardLibs = [
     "node_modules/bootstrap/dist/js/bootstrap.js",
     "node_modules/flatpickr/dist/flatpickr.js",
     "node_modules/sortablejs/Sortable.js",
-    "bower_components/list.js/dist/list.js",
-    "bower_components/simplemde/dist/simplemde.min.js"
+    "node_modules/list.js/dist/list.js",
+    "node_modules/simplemde/dist/simplemde.min.js"
 ];
 
 // CSS libraries for the dashboard
 const cssDashboardLibs = [
     "node_modules/flatpickr/dist/flatpickr.css",
-    "bower_components/simplemde/dist/simplemde.min.css",
-    "bower_components/SpinKit/css/spinners/11-folding-cube.css"
+    "node_modules/simplemde/dist/simplemde.min.css",
+    "node_modules/spinkit/css/spinners/11-folding-cube.css"
 ];
 
 // Paths to folders containing fonts that should be copied to public/fonts/
diff --git a/init.sh b/init.sh
index 55edefd..2e246ad 100755
--- a/init.sh
+++ b/init.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 # Dependencies
-deps=('bower' 'composer' 'egrep' 'npm' 'php' 'sed')
+deps=('composer' 'egrep' 'npm' 'php' 'sed')
 
 # Default settings
 no_db=0
@@ -102,9 +102,6 @@ sed -i 's|^CACHE_BUST=.*|CACHE_BUST='"$(LC_CTYPE=C LANG=C tr -dc A-Za-z0-9 </dev
 msg "Running: ${c_m}npm install --production"
 npm install --production || error "${c_m}npm install --production$c_w exited with an error status"
 
-msg "Running: ${c_m}bower prune && bower install"
-bower prune && bower install || error "${c_m}bower prune && bower install$c_w exited with an error status"
-
 msg "Running: ${c_m}gulp --production"
 "$(npm bin)/gulp" --production || error "${c_m}gulp --production$c_w exited with an error status"
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 85d78ac..5f8fb22 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1955,6 +1955,19 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/code-point-at/-/code-point-at-1.1.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha1-DQcLTQQ6W+ozovGkDi7bPZpMz3c="
     },
+    "codemirror": {
+      "version": "5.50.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/codemirror/-/codemirror-5.50.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-PPjUsC1oXSM86lunKrw609P1oM0Wu8z9rqzjbeyBYCcx44VL41aUpccdOf1PfAZtTONlmN3sT3p2etLNYa1OGg=="
+    },
+    "codemirror-spell-checker": {
+      "version": "1.1.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/codemirror-spell-checker/-/codemirror-spell-checker-1.1.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-HGYPkIlIPMtRE7m6nKGcP0mTNx4=",
+      "requires": {
+        "typo-js": "*"
+      }
+    },
     "collection-map": {
       "version": "1.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/collection-map/-/collection-map-1.0.0.tgz",
@@ -5277,6 +5290,14 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-FWWMIEOxz3GwUI4Ts/IvgVy6LPvoMPgjMdQ185nN6psJyBJ4yOpzqm695/h5umdLJg2vW3GR5iG11MAkR2AzJA==",
       "dev": true
     },
+    "list.js": {
+      "version": "1.5.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/list.js/-/list.js-1.5.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-pMv8goHd78Av2y0wyHSL+uJfvNo=",
+      "requires": {
+        "string-natural-compare": "^2.0.2"
+      }
+    },
     "load-json-file": {
       "version": "1.1.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/load-json-file/-/load-json-file-1.1.0.tgz",
@@ -5429,6 +5450,11 @@
         "object-visit": "^1.0.0"
       }
     },
+    "marked": {
+      "version": "0.8.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/marked/-/marked-0.8.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-MyUe+T/Pw4TZufHkzAfDj6HarCBWia2y27/bhuYkTaiUnfDYFnCP3KUN+9oM7Wi6JA2rymtVYbQu3spE0GCmxQ=="
+    },
     "matchdep": {
       "version": "2.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/matchdep/-/matchdep-2.0.0.tgz",
@@ -7615,6 +7641,16 @@
         }
       }
     },
+    "simplemde": {
+      "version": "1.11.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/simplemde/-/simplemde-1.11.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-ojo12XjSxA7wfewAjJLwcNjggOM=",
+      "requires": {
+        "codemirror": "*",
+        "codemirror-spell-checker": "*",
+        "marked": "*"
+      }
+    },
     "slash": {
       "version": "3.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/slash/-/slash-3.0.0.tgz",
@@ -7993,6 +8029,11 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/spdx-license-ids/-/spdx-license-ids-3.0.5.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-J+FWzZoynJEXGphVIS+XEh3kFSjZX/1i9gFBaWQcB+/tmpe2qUsSBABpcxqxnAxFdiUFEgAX1bjYGQvIZmoz9Q=="
     },
+    "spinkit": {
+      "version": "1.2.5",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/spinkit/-/spinkit-1.2.5.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-kPn0ZqIOjjnvJNqVnB5hHCow3VQ="
+    },
     "split-string": {
       "version": "3.1.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/split-string/-/split-string-3.1.0.tgz",
@@ -8171,6 +8212,11 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/strict-uri-encode/-/strict-uri-encode-1.1.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha1-J5siXfHVgrH1TmWt3UNS4Y+qBxM="
     },
+    "string-natural-compare": {
+      "version": "2.0.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/string-natural-compare/-/string-natural-compare-2.0.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-4Kcl12rNjc+6EKhY8QyDVuQTAlMWwRiNbsxnVwBUKFr7dYPQuXVrtNU4sEkjF9LHY0AY6uVbB3ktbkIH4LC+BQ=="
+    },
     "string-width": {
       "version": "1.0.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/string-width/-/string-width-1.0.2.tgz",
@@ -8546,6 +8592,11 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/typedarray/-/typedarray-0.0.6.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha1-hnrHTjhkGHsdPUfZlqeOxciDB3c="
     },
+    "typo-js": {
+      "version": "1.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/typo-js/-/typo-js-1.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-W3kLbx+ML9PBl5Bzso/lTvVxk4BCveSNAtQeht59FEtxCdGThmn6wSHA4Xq3eQYAK24NHdisMM4JmsK0GFy/pg=="
+    },
     "ua-parser-js": {
       "version": "0.7.17",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ua-parser-js/-/ua-parser-js-0.7.17.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 16a4127..3cf6dac 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -29,9 +29,12 @@
     "gulp-strip-debug": "^3.0.0",
     "gulp-uglify": "^3.0.2",
     "jquery": "^3.4.1",
+    "list.js": "^1.5.0",
     "minimist": "^1.2.0",
     "popper.js": "^1.16.0",
+    "simplemde": "^1.11.2",
     "sortablejs": "^1.10.2",
+    "spinkit": "^1.2.5",
     "vinyl-buffer": "^1.0.1",
     "vinyl-source-stream": "^2.0.0",
     "vue": "^2.6.11",
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index f1bc64e..48b31a7 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -40,9 +40,8 @@ The following steps are performed in this order when run:
 7. Updates the `CACHE_BUST` variable in the `.env` file, which changes the value of a `version` query string appended to compiled assets and prevents clients from using a previous version in their cache.
 8. (artisan) Run new database migrations.
 9. Cleans, downloads and updates npm dependencies.
-10. Cleans, downloads and updates bower dependencies.
-11. Runs `gulp --production` to build project files and copy fonts to `public/fonts` (uses the local version of gulp installed in `node_modules`).
-12. (artisan) Takes the website out of maintenance mode.
+10. Runs `gulp --production` to build project files and copy fonts to `public/fonts` (uses the local version of gulp installed in `node_modules`).
+11. (artisan) Takes the website out of maintenance mode.
 
 **NOTE**: Items with `(artisan)` prepended to them won't be run if `init.sh` is run with the `--no-artisan` flag.
 
@@ -91,7 +90,7 @@ The following list of files and directories are where various pieces of the publ
 * `resources/sass/classes`: General stylesheets for classes that can be used anywhere
 * `resources/sass/mixins`: Stylesheets declaring SCSS mixins for use in other stylesheets
 
-Dependencies can be included with bower or npm and loaded either into the `jsPublicLibs` array in the gulpfile or imported in the javascript.
+Dependencies can be included with npm and loaded either into the `jsPublicLibs` array in the gulpfile or imported in the javascript.
 
 Other information about database interaction, routing, controllers, etc can be viewed in the [Laravel Documentation](https://laravel.com/docs).
 
diff --git a/traditional-bootstrap/gulpfile.js b/traditional-bootstrap/gulpfile.js
index 53852c5..18cbeec 100644
--- a/traditional-bootstrap/gulpfile.js
+++ b/traditional-bootstrap/gulpfile.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ if (!isProduction) {
 
 // Declare plugin settings
 const sassOutputStyle = isProduction ? "compressed" : "expanded",
-    sassPaths = [ "bower_components", "node_modules" ],
+    sassPaths = [ "node_modules" ],
     autoprefixerSettings = { remove: false, cascade: false };
 
 // Javascript files for the public site
@@ -60,15 +60,15 @@ const jsDashboardLibs = [
     "node_modules/bootstrap/dist/js/bootstrap.js",
     "node_modules/flatpickr/dist/flatpickr.js",
     "node_modules/sortablejs/Sortable.js",
-    "bower_components/list.js/dist/list.js",
-    "bower_components/simplemde/dist/simplemde.min.js"
+    "node_modules/list.js/dist/list.js",
+    "node_modules/simplemde/dist/simplemde.min.js"
 ];
 
 // CSS libraries for the dashboard
 const cssDashboardLibs = [
     "node_modules/flatpickr/dist/flatpickr.css",
-    "bower_components/simplemde/dist/simplemde.min.css",
-    "bower_components/SpinKit/css/spinners/11-folding-cube.css"
+    "node_modules/simplemde/dist/simplemde.min.css",
+    "node_modules/spinkit/css/spinners/11-folding-cube.css"
 ];
 
 // Paths to folders containing fonts that should be copied to public/fonts/
diff --git a/traditional-bootstrap/package.json b/traditional-bootstrap/package.json
index d1d7cc9..85f5ecc 100644
--- a/traditional-bootstrap/package.json
+++ b/traditional-bootstrap/package.json
@@ -27,9 +27,12 @@
     "gulp-strip-debug": "^3.0.0",
     "gulp-uglify": "^3.0.2",
     "jquery": "^3.4.1",
+    "list.js": "^1.5.0",
     "minimist": "^1.2.0",
     "popper.js": "^1.16.0",
+    "simplemde": "^1.11.2",
     "sortablejs": "^1.10.1",
+    "spinkit": "^1.2.5",
     "what-input": "^5.2.6"
   }
 }