MUI
React component suite: Material UI, MUI X data grid, charts and date pickers
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MUI is the umbrella for Material UI (a 67-component MIT React library implementing Google's Material Design), MUI X (Data Grid, Date and Time Pickers, Charts, Tree View), Base UI and Joy UI. The MIT core covers the whole standard form, navigation, feedback and layout surface, and eight free page templates ship in the docs. It is the default pick for internal tools and enterprise React apps where you want a complete, opinionated kit rather than assembling primitives.
npm install @mui/material @emotion/react @emotion/styledFor an agent
Reach for MUI when the task is a data-heavy internal tool or admin panel and the user has not asked for Tailwind: the Data Grid, Date Pickers and Charts are far more complete out of the box than anything you would assemble from shadcn/ui plus TanStack. Watch the licence boundary — column grouping, row pinning, Excel export and several chart types are MUI X Pro or Premium and will render a watermark plus a console warning without a key. There is an official MCP server (`@mui/mcp`) and per-product llms.txt at mui.com/material-ui/llms.txt; prefer those over scraping the docs site, and note that the default styling is Emotion CSS-in-JS, which fights a Tailwind-first codebase.
Why it is here. The largest and oldest React component library still under heavy active development, and the reference implementation of Material Design on the web. Any index of design resources that omits it is not serious.
Facts
- License
- MIT, Commercial license
- Pricing
- Free, Open source, Freemium, Subscription
- Framework
- React, Next.js
- Styling
- CSS-in-JS, CSS custom properties
- Distribution
- npm package, GitHub repository, MCP server, Figma file or kit
- Platform
- Web
- Content type
- Code, Prose / writing, Design tokens / theme files, Figma / design source files
- Agent readiness
- MCP server, llms.txt, Structured documentation, CLI installable, Readable open source
- Accessibility
- Full ARIA pattern implemented, Keyboard navigable, Focus management and visible focus, RTL and i18n aware, Accessible
- Maturity
- Actively maintained
- Pricing detail
- Material UI core is MIT and free. MUI X Pro is $299/developer/year; MUI X Premium is $599/developer/year.
- GitHub stars
- 98,807
- Package
- @mui/material
Components it ships
67 totalHelps you build
16Templates
8- Dashboard · Data-visualisation dashboard built on MUI X Data Grid and Charts
- CRUD dashboard · Dashboard with CRUD pages and a mobile-friendly sidebar
- Marketing page · Features, testimonials, pricing and FAQ sections
- Checkout · Multi-step checkout flow
- Sign-in · Single-column sign-in page for any auth provider
- Sign-in side · Two-column sign-in page with room for marketing content
- Sign-up · Sign-up page that pairs with the sign-in template
- Blog · Blog homepage layout with markdown-to-jsx support
Notable for
- 67 documented Material UI components
- MUI X Data Grid, Charts and Date Pickers
- 8 free page templates
- official @mui/mcp MCP server
- MIT core with paid X tiers
Provenance
Verified 2026-08-16. HTTP 200. https://mui.com/material-ui/all-components/, https://mui.com/pricing/, https://mui.com/material-ui/getting-started/templates/, https://mui.com/material-ui/llms.txt (200), api.github.com/repos/mui/material-ui, registry.npmjs.org/@mui/mcp
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