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mdb-ui-kit ★ 24247 3434 APPLICATION

This repository is a frontend UI kit (MDBootstrap) that extends Bootstrap 5 with Material Design components and utilities. It provides a library of interactive UI elements (buttons, modals, dropdowns, etc.) built with JavaScript and SCSS, designed for easy integration into web projects. The architecture follows a modular pattern with separate directories for utilities, DOM helpers, components, and initialization logic. The library includes several reusable low-level components, such as a set of DOM utility functions (for data association, event handling, and element manipulation), a custom perfect scrollbar implementation, and a Material Design ripple effect. These utilities are designed to be isolated and have minimal dependencies, making them suitable for extraction and reuse in other projects. While the project is actively maintained and shows signs of being up-to-date with Bootstrap 5, there is some technical drift risk due to the maintenance of both standard Bootstrap components and MDB-prefixed variants, which may lead to duplication and synchronization challenges. Despite this, the codebase demonstrates solid engineering practices and is widely adopted in the industry.

RATING: 8.7/10 MAINT: active DRIFT: medium
material-design-for-bootstrap ★ 9250 1110 APPLICATION

This repository is a distribution of **MDBootstrap (Material Design for Bootstrap) Free version 4.20.0**, a front-end UI component library built on top of Bootstrap 4. It provides a curated set of CSS classes, JavaScript plugins (jQuery-based), and SCSS sources for creating Material Design–inspired web interfaces. The library includes standard components (buttons, cards, modals, navbars, forms, tables, etc.), utility classes, addons (DataTables integration, rating, animations), and vendor dependencies (Bootstrap 4.6.0, jQuery 3.6.0, Popper.js 1.14.7). No application-specific logic, server-side code, or data pipelines are present. The codebase is a monolithic, pre-compiled UI toolkit intended for direct consumption in web projects. While still functional, it is significantly outdated: it depends on Bootstrap 4 and jQuery, the README explicitly recommends migrating to Bootstrap 5, and the JavaScript patterns lack modern module federation or tree-shaking. The repository is maintained only in the sense that it receives occasional updates (last commit March 2026), but it is effectively in long-term support mode for legacy users.

RATING: 5.2/10 MAINT: maintained DRIFT: high
mdb-angular-ui-kit ★ 0 0 UNKNOWN

RATING: N/A/10 MAINT: unknown DRIFT: unknown
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