MudBlazor
A free C# component library that gives Blazor apps ready-made Material Design UI parts.
- Stars
- 10.7k
- Forks
- 1.7k
- Licence
- MIT
- Language
- C#
- Last update
- 4 days ago
- Type
- Library
What it is
MudBlazor is a set of pre-built user interface components for Blazor, Microsoft's framework for building web apps in C#. It follows Google's Material Design style, so buttons, text, and other parts look consistent without much custom work. The README says it is written entirely in C# and aims to need little CSS or JavaScript.
- Build a Blazor web app with buttons, text, and other Material Design components
- Start from the documented examples and interactive playground to learn Blazor UI patterns
- Extend or fix a component by reading its C# source
Great for
- .NET developers building web apps with Blazor
- Teams that want Material Design styling without writing much CSS
- Developers who want to read and modify the component source in C#
- Learners who want to follow documented examples while building a Blazor app
Not ideal for
- People who do not use .NET or Blazor, since it only works inside that ecosystem
- Projects that need static server rendering, which the README says is not supported
- Teams on an old, unsupported MudBlazor and .NET version, because the version table lists several older lines as ended or limited
How to get it
- 1
Install with a package manager
You'll need: .NET (version compatible with the chosen MudBlazor release, see the version support table)
Install from the official installation guide
See https://mudblazor.com/getting-started/installation - 2
Run it
- Follow the installation guide at mudblazor.com to add the MudBlazor package to a Blazor project
- Register MudBlazor services and add the component imports as described in the guide
- Place a component such as MudButton or MudText in a Razor page
- Run the app and check that the component renders
- 3
Get the most out of it
- Use the Interactive Playground at try.mudblazor.com to test components before adding them to a project
- Read the Migration Guide when upgrading between major versions
- Check the nightly builds page if you want to test unreleased features
- Review the contribution guidelines if you want to fix a bug or add a feature
Downloads
Strengths
- Written entirely in C#, so the code is familiar to .NET developers
- Documentation includes many examples and an interactive playground
- Has a broad automated test effort and a published quality gate, according to the README
Trade-offs
- Requires Blazor and a recent browser; the README notes static rendering is not supported
- Version support depends on matching .NET versions, so upgrades can involve breaking changes
- The README does not describe the full feature list, so you must check the docs for specific components
How it compares
| Project | Stars | Type | Level | Updated | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MudBlazor (this) | 10.7k | Library | intermediate | 4 days ago | .NET developers building web apps with Blazor |
| bootstrap-vue | 14.4k | Library | intermediate | 7 months ago | Developers maintaining an existing Vue 2 app that already uses BootstrapVue |
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| framework7 | 18.8k | Framework | intermediate | 6 days ago | Developers who already know HTML, CSS and JavaScript and want to build mobile-style apps |
| preact | 39k | Library | intermediate | 4 days ago | Web developers who already know React and want a lighter library |
Stats synced from GitHub. The assessment above was drafted with AI from the project's README on 2026-10-29 and may miss recent changes — check the README before relying on a command. MIT licence: free to use, modify and distribute, including commercially, as long as you keep the copyright notice.