Material Design Lite Alternatives Filtered by 'Software Framework'

The best alternative to Material Design Lite is Bootstrap, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Material Design Lite and many of them are so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting alternatives to Material Design Lite are Foundation, Materialize, Tailwind Plus and Element UI.

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  1. Bootstrap icon
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    Bootstrap is a open-source collection of tools for creating browser sites and applications. It contains HTML and CSS-based design templates for typography, forms, buttons, charts, navigation and other interface components, as well as optional JavaScript extensions.

    107 Bootstrap alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • HTML5 Boilerplate
    • JavaScript
     
    • Bootstrap is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Material Design Lite.

    • Bootstrap is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Material Design Lite.

    • Bootstrap is Free and Open SourceMaterial Design Lite is also Free and Open Source
  2. Foundation icon
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    Foundation, a responsive front-end framework by Zurb, includes customizable HTML, CSS, and JS resources, enabling the creation of semantic, device-friendly websites and emails, promoting accessibility and content focus, with tools for designers and developers.

    94 Foundation alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • CSS
    • JavaScript
     
  3. Materialize icon
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    Simple. Built on open source. The responsive front-end library based on Google's Material Design.

    97 Materialize alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  4. Tailwind Plus icon
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    Beautifully designed, expertly crafted components and templates, built by the makers of Tailwind CSS. The perfect starting point for your next project.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Tailwind CSS
    • CSS
     
    • Tailwind Plus is the most popular commercial alternative to Material Design Lite.

    • Tailwind Plus is Paid and ProprietaryMaterial Design Lite is Free and Open Source
  5. Element UI icon
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    Element, a Vue 2.0 based component library for developers, designers and product managers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • CSS
    • JavaScript
    • Vue.js
     
  6. Polymer icon
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    Polymer is a library that uses the latest web technologies to let you create custom HTML elements. Build anything from a button to a complete application as an encapsulated, reusable element that works across desktop and mobile.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • Polymer is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Material Design Lite.

    • Polymer is Free and Open SourceMaterial Design Lite is also Free and Open Source
  7. Halfmoon icon
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    Front-end framework with a built-in dark mode and full customizability using CSS variables; great for building dashboards and tools.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  8. react-md icon
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    This project's goal is to be able to create a fully accessible material design styled website using React Components and Sass.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  9. Vuetify icon
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    Vuetify is a semantic component framework for Vue. Build amazing applications with the power of Vue and Material Design and a massive library of beautifully crafted components.

    31 Vuetify alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Vue.js
     
  10. Responsable icon
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    Responsable is a responsive HTML CSS LESS SCSS framework with clean markup, normalized CSS, and responsive images. It allows for nested columns for easy grid nesting and customization, and provides base styles for forms, tables, and typography for faster startup on your projects.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  11. yeti.css icon
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    yeti.css is a pattern library consisting of lightweight, reusable modules. It has been built to reflect &yet's visual and branding guidelines.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
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