How to Install and use Materialize CSS ?

Last Updated : 16 May, 2022

Materialize CSS is a design language that was made with CSS, JavaScript, and HTML. It is made and planned by Google. Materialize is created and designed by Google. Google’s goal is to develop a system design that allows a better user experience across all products on any platform. It also makes the web page mobile-responsive.

Using Materialize CSS

1. Local Installation: You can download files from Materialize on your system and include them in your HTML file.

<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/materialize.min.css">
<script src="js/materialize.min.js"></script>

Example:

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
    <head>
        <!-- Compiled and minified CSS -->
        <link rel="stylesheet" 
              href="css/materialize.min.css">

        <!-- Compiled and minified JavaScript -->
        <script src="js/materialize.min.js">
        </script>
    </head>
    <body>
        <div class="container">
            <div id="gfg" class="card-panel green">
                <h3 class="white-text text-accent-3">
                  GeeksforGeeks
                </h3>
            </div>
            <h4 onclick=
                "M.toast({html: 'CS Portal for geeks'})" 
                class="btn blue">
              Click Me
            </h4>
        </div>
    </body>
</html>

Output:

2. Using CDN Link: You can use the CDN link to run the code without installing it. Include the following CDN links inside the head tag.

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/materialize/1.0.0/css/materialize.min.css">
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/materialize/1.0.0/js/materialize.min.js"></script>

Example:

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <!-- Compiled and minified CSS -->
    <link rel="stylesheet"
          href=
"https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/materialize/1.0.0/css/materialize.min.css">

    <!-- Compiled and minified JavaScript -->
    <script src=
"https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/materialize/1.0.0/js/materialize.min.js">
      </script>
</head>
<body>
     <div id="gfg" 
          class="card-panel green">
        <h1 class="white-text text-accent-3">
          Hello World by GeeksforGeeks
        </h1>
     </div>
</body>  
</html>

Output:

Install Materialize using npm: Before installing it in your system, First, install node.js and npm and then run the following command in the terminal: