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google/material-design-lite

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TLDR

Pre-built Material Design UI components in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for web developers to use in websites without building from scratch.

Mindmap

mindmap
  root((repo))
    What it does
      UI components
      Material Design
      Web interfaces
    Tech stack
      HTML
      CSS
      JavaScript
    Use cases
      Build websites faster
      Consistent styling
      Material Design apps
    Status
      Archived project
      Successor available
      MDC Web recommended

Things people build with this

USE CASE 1

Add pre-styled Material Design buttons, cards, and navigation to a website without custom CSS.

USE CASE 2

Build a web app with consistent Material Design components across multiple pages.

USE CASE 3

Prototype a web interface quickly using ready-made UI elements instead of designing from scratch.

Tech stack

HTMLCSSJavaScript

Getting it running

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min
Use freely for any purpose including commercial. Keep the notice and disclose changes to the patent grant.

In plain English

Material Design Lite is a collection of user interface components built with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. These components follow Material Design, the visual design system named in the project's topics. The goal is to let web developers add consistently styled interface elements to websites without building them from scratch. The README is brief and primarily serves as a redirect notice: Material Design Lite v2 has evolved into a successor project called Material Components for the web, hosted in a separate repository. No further detail about the original project's specific components, configuration, or usage is provided in the available data, so a complete explanation is not possible from the provided data alone.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
Show me how to add a Material Design button to my HTML page using Material Design Lite.
Prompt 2
How do I use Material Design Lite components in my existing website project?
Prompt 3
What Material Design Lite components are available and how do I customize their appearance?
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