# finnhvman/matter

Material Design Components in Pure CSS. Materializing HTML at just one class per component 🍰

Repository: https://github.com/finnhvman/matter
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/matter
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: material, material-design, library, design-system, css, material-components, google-design
Last push: 2022-12-06T15:00:30+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2802, "days_push": 1366, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1132, forks 80 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:42.757443+00:00)

## What it is
Matter is a pure CSS library implementing Material Design components with just one class per HTML element, requiring no JavaScript. It provides buttons, selection controls, progress indicators, links, and color utilities as a lightweight stylesheet.

## Use cases
- style html forms with material design without javascript
- add material design buttons to a static site
- lightweight css alternative to material components web
- style checkboxes radios and switches with material look
- include material design stylesheet from a cdn
- build a fast landing page with material styling

## When to choose
- you want Material Design styling with zero JavaScript dependency
- you need a tiny CSS-only drop-in stylesheet via CDN
- your project uses plain HTML and you want one class per component

## When to avoid
- you need the full Material Design component set including complex interactive components like dialogs, drawers, or tabs
- you want a JavaScript framework with dynamic component behavior and theming APIs
- you need actively developed components with frequent updates

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, css-framework
- domain: web-development, frontend, web-design
- platform: browser, cross-platform
- tags: material-design, pure-css, design-system, no-javascript, class-per-component, web-server

## Member repositories
- finnhvman/matter (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:42.757443+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 2026-08-30T06:37:57.234126+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/finnhvman/matter (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:42.757443+00:00, sha c5aff965499e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.