Material Kit - Open-Source Django Starter
Tags: material, bootstrap5, webdev, opensource
Published: 2022-04-22 09:31:41

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title: Material Kit - Open-Source Django Starter
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description: Open-Source Django Starter crafted on top of Material Kit, an open-source Bootstrap 5 design
tags: material, bootstrap5, webdev, opensource
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Hello Coders! 

This article presents an `open-source Django Starter` crafted on top of [Material Kit](https://appseed.us/product/material-kit/), a really nice Bootstrap 5 design (also free). The product can be downloaded from Github (MIT License) and used for commercial projects or eLearning activities. For newcomers, `Django` is a leading backend framework actively supported and versioned by programming experts. 

> Thanks for reading! 

- 👉 [Material Kit Django](https://django-material-kit.appseed-srv1.com/) - LIVE demo
- 👉 [Material Kit Django](https://appseed.us/product/material-kit/django/) - product page
- 🎁 Free [Support](https://appseed.us/support/) via eMail & `Discord`

Designed for those who like bold elements and beautiful websites, Material Kit design is the latest Bootstrap 5 freebie crafted by Creative-Tim using Google's Material Design 2 specifications. 

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![Material Kit (Django Seed Project) - Mobile View & Cover.](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/2ypi8rzkkyq3pg9bgafp.png)

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## ✨ Design Information

Material Kit 2 is built with over 60 frontend individual elements, like buttons, inputs, navbars, nav tabs, cards, or alerts, giving you the freedom of choosing and combining.

This Freebie Bootstrap 5 Design System is coming with prebuilt design blocks, so the development process is seamless, switching from our pages to the real website is very easy to be done.

Example Pages - If you want to get inspiration or just show something directly to your clients, you can jump-start your development with our pre-built example pages.
  
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## ✨ Codebase Features

As mentioned before, the product can be downloaded from Github and compiled in a few minutes using the Docker setupUp-to-date dependencies shipped with the sources.

- 👉 SCSS compilation via Gulp
- 👉 UI Kit: Material Dashboard - v3.0.0
- 👉 Modular design, clean codebase
- 👉 Session-Based Authentication, Forms validation
- 👉 Deployment: Docker, Gunicorn / Nginx

The Docker scripts allow a quick setup and compilation in any compatible environment (Unix, Windows, or Mac) using a single command:

```bash
# Clone/Download sources
$ git clone https://github.com/app-generator/django-material-kit.git
$ cd django-material-kit
$ 
$ # Start in Docker
$ docker-compose up --build 
```

Once all the above commands are executed, we should see the app running in the browser.

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> 👉 **Material Kit** - Team Cards

![Material Kit (Django Seed Project) - Team Cards](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/qczfu5kj24neaxfchq3p.png)

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> 👉 **Material Kit** - Contact Form

![Material Kit (Django Seed Project) - Contact Form](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/gu52kxbxt1n6osm4hjmt.png)

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> 👉 **Material Kit** - Profile Page

![Material Kit (Django Seed Project) - Profile Page](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/nqpjk3mwkuv9xeae8gz0.png)

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> 👉 **Material Kit** - Header Component

![Material Kit (Django Seed Project) - Header Component](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/t4iq8g6845nwn707ken4.png)
 
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> `Thanks for reading!` For more resources, feel free to access:

- ✨ More [Free Dashboards](https://appseed.us/admin-dashboards/open-source) crafted in Django, Flask, and [React](https://appseed.us/apps/react)
- ✨ More [Admin Dashboards](https://www.admin-dashboards.com/) - a huge index with products