# Material UI - CDN example

## How to use

Download the example [or clone the repo](https://github.com/mui/material-ui):

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```bash
curl https://codeload.github.com/mui/material-ui/tar.gz/master | tar -xz --strip=2  material-ui-master/examples/material-ui-via-cdn
cd material-ui-via-cdn
```

Run:

```bash
# React 19 or later
open index.html
# React 18
open react-18-example.html
```

## The idea behind the example

You can start using Material UI with minimal front-end infrastructure, which is great for prototyping. It uses [ESM CDNs](https://esm.sh/).
We discourage using this approach in production, though.
The client has to download the entire library, regardless of which components are used, affecting performance and bandwidth usage.

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[The live preview.](https://raw.githack.com/mui/material-ui/master/examples/material-ui-via-cdn/index.html)

## What's next?

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You now have a working example project.
You can head back to the documentation and continue by browsing the [templates](https://mui.com/material-ui/getting-started/templates/) section.