Welcome to the MUI Annual Developer Survey! Your feedback helps us decide what to improve next across our components, tooling, and documentation. It takes just a few minutes, and every answer directly influences our roadmap. Thanks for helping us make MUI better for you and your team.

Your styling preferences

How would you prefer your component library to handle styling?

Headless/unstyled (no default styles; I provide all CSS/design tokens)

Neutral, minimal base styles (basic layout/spacing; I apply your own brand styling)

Fully styled, production-ready theme (modern look; customizable)

Material Design–aligned theme

Which parts would you happily outsource to the library/vendor instead of building and maintaining them yourself?

(Select all that apply)

Which parts would you happily outsource to the library/vendor instead of building and maintaining them yourself?

Full visual theme (colors, typography, component look & feel)

Performance & cross-browser compatibility

Foundations: spacing/layout primitives

Design tokens & theming system

Component API (prop names, defaults, slots/composition model)

Component behavior & logic (interaction patterns, internal state, accessibility behavior)

None of the above (we prefer to own all of it)

What styling solution do you prefer using?

(Select all that apply)

What styling solution do you prefer using?

Tailwind CSS

Styled Components / Emotion

Rate the statement: “I like having rich defaults and out-of-the-box features, even if customization is limited.”

Do you wrap Material UI inside your own component library?

Yes

Your use of the Advanced Components

Which MUI X plan are you using?

MUI X Premium

MUI X Community (free)

We don't use any advanced components

When considering UI components that rely on MUI backend services, like the AI Assistant, what are the factors that influence your decision (if any)?

Which advanced components are you interested in giving feedback on?

Data Grid

Scheduler (Coming soon)

Gantt chart (Planning stage)

MUI Figma Design Kit

Have you or anyone in your team used the MUI Figma Kit?

Yes, we use it regularly

Yes, we’ve tried it, but we don’t use it much

I’ve seen it, but never used it

No, I didn’t know it existed

No, we use a different design system or custom setup

AI Front-End Development Today

Describe the last time you used AI with any MUI project. Did you accomplish your goal, how did it turn out?

On a scale from 1 to 10, how would rate how often do you use AI in front-end work?

Where does AI fit into your workflow?

(Select all that apply)

Where does AI fit into your workflow?

I’m not using AI yet

I can’t use AI tools due to company policy/security

AI code assistants (autocomplete, code suggestions)

Debugging & troubleshooting (errors, CSS/layout issues, performance)

Refactoring/migrations (component extraction, API upgrades)

Generating UI code from prompts (prompt → React/CSS/layout)

Design-to-code (Figma/screenshot → code e.g.)

Styling/theming help (CSS, tokens, theme config)

Tests/stories/mocks generation

Which tools or services are involved when incorporating AI into your front-end work?

Please leave your email, if you're open to being asked follow-up questions.

Where did you first hear about MUI?

Word of mouth

Conference

How proficient are you in the following technologies?

What product(s) are you building?

(Select all that apply)

What product(s) are you building?

Hobby/Side project

User-facing dashboard

Enterprise product

Data analysis tool

How many developers are using MUI at your company?

Only me

How many developers work at your company?

Only me

Which role(s) best describe you?

Front-end Engineer

Engineer in a related space

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JavaScript
React
CSS
MUI libraries

MUI Developer Survey 2025

Your styling preferences

How would you prefer your component library to handle styling?

Which parts would you happily outsource to the library/vendor instead of building and maintaining them yourself?

What styling solution do you prefer using?

Rate the statement: “I like having rich defaults and out-of-the-box features, even if customization is limited.”

Do you wrap Material UI inside your own component library?

Your use of the Advanced Components

Which MUI X plan are you using?

When considering UI components that rely on MUI backend services, like the AI Assistant, what are the factors that influence your decision (if any)?

Which advanced components are you interested in giving feedback on?

MUI Figma Design Kit

Have you or anyone in your team used the MUI Figma Kit?

AI Front-End Development Today

Describe the last time you used AI with any MUI project. Did you accomplish your goal, how did it turn out?

On a scale from 1 to 10, how would rate how often do you use AI in front-end work?

Where does AI fit into your workflow?

Which tools or services are involved when incorporating AI into your front-end work?

About you

Email (optional)

Where did you first hear about MUI?

How proficient are you in the following technologies?

What product(s) are you building?

How many developers are using MUI at your company?

How many developers work at your company?

Which role(s) best describe you?

Final comments

Anything else we should know?