Material UI has continued to be one of the most popular component libraries for React with over 89k stars on GitHub. It is consistently adding new components and features as well as expanding its ecosystem beyond just a simple component library. Under the new brand MUI it now encompasses Material UI, Joy UI, Base UI, MUI X, and MUI System. Each of these individual packages provide specific value in different use cases, and its evolution continues to optimize and enhance the React developer experience. Material UI is the component library that implements and adheres to Google’s Material Design standard. Joy UI implements MUI’s own design system for modern, simple, and clean styles that are easily customized. Base UI is a stripped down version of the Material UI components without any styles - you get all the same functionality but without any of the opinionated styles so you are free to completely customize them from the ground up to your liking. MUI System provides a set of CSS utilities that simplify the process of building your own design systems from scratch, for example, for use with Base UI or third party non-MUI components. MUI X is a collection of complex, more powerful and advanced components than what’s found in the standard Material UI library with an emphasis on data-intensity and high performance. We’ll take a look at how we can get the most out of each of these packages in different specific use cases. We’ll also examine the major upgrades introduced in Material UI version 5 and how these changes continue to consolidate MUI features into a tightly integrated package that streamlines your experience and caters to your specific needs as a React developer. We’ll also get a glimpse at the future of MUI with version 6 and how the MUI team is striving towards even better optimizations that closely align with the future of React as a whole.