5 engineers on Hacker News describe using Material UI first-hand: 0 endorse it, 3 regret it, 0 are mixed.
“each major version update was a tedious process because they completely upended many APIs.”
regret · production · oneneptune · 2026-07-05 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I've used all of them in production on major web apps and they're half baked. I avoid them.”
regret · production · erikpukinskis · 2023-11-11 · source ↗ · wrong label?“we had to rewrite the app 3 times because the library switched from Less, to 2 different css-in-js solutions across 3 different major versions.”
regret · production · jmconfuzeus · 2022-10-09 · source ↗ · wrong label?“We use MaterialUI in a current project, and the commercial MUI-X DatePickers.”
neutral · production · littlecranky67 · 2025-12-29 · source ↗ · wrong label?“to test UI elements from Material UI, React Select, etc.”
neutral · production · hugocbp · 2020-12-11 · source ↗ · wrong label?