# Base UI (UI components & kits)

> Base UI is a free, open-source UI component library built with React, Tailwind CSS and Material UI. Unstyled UI components for building accessible web apps and design systems. It has 11,094 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license.

From the creators of Radix, Floating UI, and Material UI, Base UI is an unstyled UI component library for building accessible user interfaces.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/mui/base-ui |
| Built with | React, Tailwind CSS, Material UI, TypeScript |
| Live demo | https://base-ui.com |
| GitHub template repository | no |
| GitHub stars | 11,094 |
| License | MIT |
| Language | TypeScript |
| Official | yes |
| Category | UI components & kits |
| Latest release | v1.8.0 (Sep 4, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 7, 2026 |

## Get started

### Copy with degit

```sh
npx degit mui/base-ui my-ui
cd my-ui
npm install   # then run the dev script from the README
```

### Or clone with git

```sh
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mui/base-ui.git my-ui
```

Commercial use depends on the MIT license. Sources: https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/creating-and-managing-repositories/creating-a-repository-from-a-template, https://github.com/Rich-Harris/degit

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