Material by CosmicMind

A UI/UX framework for creating beautiful applications.

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Verdict 73/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 2/5 setup difficulty Last release 6.6 years ago

Self-host Material on hetzner CAX11 for $4.13/mo.

Health score
73 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
2 /5
Docker + read README
GitHub stars
12k
1.3k forks

About Material

From the project's README at github.com/CosmicMind/Material. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.

Welcome to Material, a UI/UX framework for creating beautiful applications. Material's animation system has been completely reworked to take advantage of Motion, a library dedicated to animations and transitions.

[](https://github.com/Carthage/Carthage) [](https://github.com/JamitLabs/Accio) [](http://cocoapods.org/pods/Material) [](https://github.com/CosmicMind/Material/blob/master/LICENSE.md)

[](https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=s-xclick&hostedbutton_id=9D6MURMLLUNQ2) Photos Sample

Take a look at a sample Photos project to get started. Sample Projects

Health score breakdown

6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

activity
80
maturity
100
community
88
security
70
sustainability
65
adoption
37

Adoption signals

Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.

SignalValueSource
GitHub stars 12k github.com/CosmicMind/Material
GitHub forks 1.3k github.com/CosmicMind/Material

Release & maintenance

Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.

Project age10.7 yearssince Aug 2015
Last commit4.0 years agoMay 16, 2022
Releases shipped281last: 6.6 years ago

Self-hosting cost across providers

Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.

ProviderPlanSpecsMonthly
hetzner CAX11 2c · 4GB · 40GB $4.13 USD Deploy →
vultr VC2 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5 USD Deploy →
linode Nanode 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5.12 USD Deploy →
digitalocean Basic Regular 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $6 USD Deploy →

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