Material Design 3 — React / MUI

Overview

MUI (@mui/material) is the most popular React UI library. MUI v6 adds the Pigment CSS engine for better performance. M3 theming support is evolving — MUI primarily implements M2 component APIs but supports M3 color tokens and theming through customization.

Keywords: Material Design 3, M3, React, MUI, Material UI, @mui/material, Next.js, SSR, React Server Components, material-web-components-react

When to Use

• React projects where you want the largest ecosystem and most mature library
• Next.js projects needing M3 styling with SSR and React Server Components
• When you want the best React/Next.js integration

Install

npm install @mui/material @emotion/react @emotion/styled