# mdbootstrap/material-design-for-bootstrap

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Repository: https://github.com/mdbootstrap/material-design-for-bootstrap
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/material-design-for-bootstrap
Homepage: https://mdbootstrap.com/docs/standard/
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: bootstrap, javascript, material-design, material, ui, bootstrap4, ui-kit, css, bootstrap-4, framework, design, frontend, google-material, mdbootstrap, material-design-for-bootstrap, uikit
Last push: 2026-03-27T14:13:23+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 66/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 74, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3696, "days_push": 159, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 9250, forks 1110 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:29.074816+00:00)

## What it is
Material Design for Bootstrap (MDB) is a UI kit that applies Google's Material Design to Bootstrap, offering 700+ components, templates, and design blocks for building web frontends. This repository hosts the Bootstrap 4 version, which is superseded by the actively developed Bootstrap 5 / vanilla JavaScript edition available on the MDB site.

## Use cases
- add material design styling to a bootstrap 4 project
- find free bootstrap templates and ui components
- build a responsive admin dashboard with material design
- get modals, datepickers, and form components for bootstrap
- quickly prototype a landing page with bootstrap components
- use a css framework with material look and feel

## When to choose
- you are maintaining or starting a Bootstrap 4 project and want Material Design components
- you want a large library of ready-made components, templates, and design blocks under an MIT license
- you need quick installation via npm, CDN, or zip with jQuery-based Bootstrap 4

## When to avoid
- you are starting a new project - use the newer MDB 5 / Bootstrap 5 version instead
- you want a framework-agnostic or React/Vue component library rather than Bootstrap-based markup
- you need long-term support for this specific Bootstrap 4 repository, which is in maintenance mode

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, css-framework, frontend-framework, templating
- domain: web-development, frontend, web-design
- platform: browser, cross-platform
- tags: bootstrap, material-design, ui-kit, bootstrap-4, bootstrap-5, mdbootstrap, javascript-components, design-system, jquery, rtl-support, nodejs

## Member repositories
- mdbootstrap/material-design-for-bootstrap (main) score 66

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:29.074816+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:23:13.594285+00:00, confidence not recorded.
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- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.