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Material UI vs Widget Storm
Material-design React components, focused on design system rather than embeddable widgets.
Material UIReact components implementing Material Design
Widget StormNative web widgets — one script tag, no iframe.Which to pick
Pick Material UI if you want…
- Customizable React UI component library
- Material UI components
- Open-source code (mui/material-ui on GitHub, MIT license)
- Integrations with React, TypeScript or JavaScript (on Material UI's list, not Widget Storm's)
Pick Widget Storm if you want…
- Native DOM widgets without iframes
- A free tool
- Integrations with PHP or jQuery (on Widget Storm's list, not Material UI's)
Side by side
- What it is
- Material UI:MUI is an open-source library of customizable, accessible React components that implement Material Design or your own design system.
- Widget Storm:Widget Storm renders embeddable web widgets directly into the DOM with a single script tag, no iframes.
- Best for
- Material UI:Customizable React UI component library
- Widget Storm:Native DOM widgets without iframes
- Who it’s for
- Material UI:React developers building production-ready UIs, from startups to large product teams.
- Widget Storm:Web developers who need lightweight, SEO-friendly embeddable components.
- Pricing
- Material UI:Freemium
- Widget Storm:Free
- Plans
- Material UI:Community Free · Pro $299 / year / dev per year per developer · Premium $599 / year / dev per year per developer · Enterprise $1,399 / year / dev per year per developer
- Widget Storm:—
- Open source
- Material UI:Yes, 99,122 GitHub stars
- Widget Storm:—
- Works with
- Material UI:React, TypeScript, JavaScript, CSS
- Widget Storm:PHP, jQuery
Material UI features
- Extensive component library. Over 40 free components and many advanced ones for data-rich apps, ready for production.
- Theming & customization. Full control over colors, typography and component behavior to match any design system.
- Accessibility focus. Components are built with accessibility standards and keyboard navigation support.
- Comprehensive documentation. Detailed docs with examples, contributed by over 2,000 community members.
- MUI X advanced components. Pro and Premium grids, charts, schedulers and other complex UI widgets.
- Design kits & templates. Ready-made UI templates and design-tool kits to jump-start projects.
Widget Storm features
- Single script embed. Add widgets with one <script> tag, no per-widget monthly fees.
- Native DOM rendering. Widgets are inserted directly into the page’s DOM, inheriting site CSS and layout.
- Server-side rendering for PHP. Use $wg->get() to render widgets into initial HTML for SEO and no client JS.
- Self-contained assets. Each widget bundles its own CSS and JS, preventing style conflicts.
- No iframe isolation. Widgets avoid the performance and styling limitations of iframe embeds.
Material UI vs Widget Storm FAQ
Is Material UI or Widget Storm free?+
Material UI has a free plan (Community) and paid plans. Widget Storm is free.
Is Material UI or Widget Storm open source?+
Material UI is open source (mui/material-ui on GitHub, MIT license). DevHunt has no public source repository on record for Widget Storm.
Do Material UI and Widget Storm integrate with the same tools?+
Their integration lists don't overlap: Material UI lists React, TypeScript, JavaScript and CSS; Widget Storm lists PHP and jQuery.
On DevHunt
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