What is mudblazor?

mudblazor/mudblazor — explained in plain English

Analysis updated 2026-06-24

★ 10,389C#Audience · developerComplexity · 2/5Setup · easy

Mindmap

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  root((MudBlazor))
    Components
      Buttons and Forms
      Tables and Grids
      Navigation Menus
      Dialogs
    Tech
      C# and Razor
      Blazor
      Material Design
    Setup
      NuGet Package
      No JavaScript
    Audience
      .NET Developers
      Blazor Apps

mindmap root((MudBlazor)) Components Buttons and Forms Tables and Grids Navigation Menus Dialogs Tech C# and Razor Blazor Material Design Setup NuGet Package No JavaScript Audience .NET Developers Blazor Apps

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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Build a full-stack admin dashboard in C# with professional-looking UI components without writing any JavaScript.

USE CASE 2

Add a sortable, filterable data table to a Blazor app using only Razor markup and C# code.

USE CASE 3

Prototype a multi-step onboarding form with validation and dialog boxes entirely in .NET.

What is it built with?

C#Blazor.NETRazorCSSNuGet

How does it compare?

	mudblazor/mudblazor	dodyg/practical-aspnetcore	dotnet/eshop
Stars	10,389	10,373	10,448
Language	C#	C#	C#
Setup difficulty	easy	easy	hard
Complexity	2/5	2/5	4/5
Audience	developer	developer	developer

Figures from each repo's GitHub metadata at analysis time.

How do you get it running?

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 30min

Requires an interactive Blazor render mode, static server-side rendering is not supported.

No license information is mentioned in the explanation.

So what is it?

MudBlazor is a library of user interface components for Blazor, Microsoft's framework for building web applications using C# instead of JavaScript. The components follow the Material Design visual style, which is the design language Google developed for its products. Using MudBlazor, a developer can add buttons, forms, tables, navigation menus, and other interface elements to a Blazor app by writing only C# and Razor markup, with minimal or no CSS required. The library is written entirely in C#. The authors chose to avoid JavaScript wherever possible, which makes the codebase easier for .NET developers to read, modify, and contribute to. All visual styling is handled through CSS that ships with the library, so a developer can produce a polished-looking app without needing to design anything from scratch. MudBlazor includes thorough documentation with live examples and code snippets at mudblazor.com. There is also an interactive playground at try.mudblazor.com where you can experiment with components in the browser without setting up a project locally. The project has an active Discord community and releases updates frequently. Installation is through NuGet, the standard package manager for .NET projects. The current version (9.x.x) supports .NET 8.NET 9, and .NET 10. Earlier versions supported older .NET releases, but those are no longer maintained. Static server-side rendering is not supported, the library requires an interactive Blazor render mode. MudBlazor does not depend on other component libraries, which means the project team has full control over its behavior and appearance. Contributions from the community are accepted through pull requests, with guidelines provided in the repository.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1

I'm building a Blazor Server app with MudBlazor. Show me the NuGet install steps and the minimum setup code to add MudBlazor to a new .NET 9 project.

Prompt 2

How do I create a MudBlazor data table that fetches rows from an API, supports sorting and pagination, and shows a loading spinner while data loads?

Prompt 3

I want to build a MudBlazor form with a text field, a dropdown, a date picker, and a submit button that validates on submit. Give me the complete Razor component.

Prompt 4

How do I customize MudBlazor's theme colors to match my brand without editing the library's CSS files directly?

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