🆚 AngularJS Material vs. Material Design Lite

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

User interface framework
User interface framework

About

AngularJS Material is an implementation of Google's Material Design Specification (2014-2017) for AngularJS developers.

Material Design Lite (MDL) is a legacy user interface framework that implements Material Design components using plain CSS, JavaScript, and HTML without external dependencies.

It provides a set of ready-made UI components, such as buttons, layouts, cards, menus, sliders, and dialogs, a responsive grid system, and automatic component upgrading via JavaScript.

Headquarters

Mountain View, California, United States
Mountain View, California, United States

Website

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source
Free ✔️Open source

Categories

UI Frameworks › Rank #34
UI Frameworks › Rank #22
Legacy › Rank #67
Legacy › Rank #43

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Material Design Lite UI framework is 5 times more popular than AngularJS Material.
Total websites

Market share

UI Frameworks
Legacy

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Material Design Lite is more popular in the United States, Germany, and France, while AngularJS Material is more popular in Denmark, Portugal, and Slovakia.
United States
Germany
France
Spain
Italy
India
United Kingdom
Japan
Brazil
Russia

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Material Design Lite is more popular among sites focused on business, online shopping, and marketing and merchandising, while AngularJS Material is more commonly used on sports sites.
Business
Online Shopping
Marketing/Merchandising
Travel
Education/Reference
Internet Services
Real Estate
Entertainment
Health
Blogs/Wiki

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

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#18,294
#27,639
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