Vue MDB 5 installation guide

Manual installation (zip package)

Step 1

Download the package

MDB VUE UI KIT download

Step 2

Unzip downloaded package and open it in the code editor

Step 3

Install dependencies.

Terminal

        
            
          npm install

Step 4

Run the application.

Terminal

        
            
          npm start

Step 5

Explore our documentation (menu on the left). Choose components you like, copy it to your project and compose your website. And yes, it's that simple!

Note: Manual installation with a .zip package is the easiest way, but many useful features are not available there.
To use the full potential of MDB and all available options, we recommend installation through MDB CLI.

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MDB CLI

CLI installation is the most efficient way to use MDB. It enables options such as:

Free hosting (supports custom domains, SSL, FTP access)
Install any MDB package with a single command
Easy updates with a single command
Backend starter templates (Laravel, plain PHP, node.js & more)
WordPress setup in 3 minutes (blog, ecommerce or blank project)
Git repository for you and your team

Install MDB CLI

Advanced installation

Prerequisites

Before starting the project make sure to install Vue CLI (4.x.x or higher) and Node LTS (12.x.x or higher).

Step 1

Create Vue App. Choose Vue 3.x.x. version.

Terminal

        
            
      vue create my-app

Step 2

Navigate to app's directory

Terminal

        
            
      cd my-app

MDB installation

Step 1

Setup MDB

Terminal

        
            
      vue add mdb5

choose Free version
decide whether to install Roboto font
decide whether to install Font Awesome 5
choose one of the styling options
- compiled in the package (CSS)
- editable in your project (SCSS)
decide whether to add MDB welcome page

Step 2

Launch your app

Terminal

        
            
      npm start

GitHub

You can also download MDB VUE UI KIT directly from our GitHub.

If you like - please do not forget to support us with your star :)

MDB VUE UI KIT GitHub

NPM

Installation

To install MDB VUE UI KIT in your project easily type the following command in the terminal:

Terminal

        
            
      npm i mdb-vue-ui-kit

CSS import

Add the following line at the beginning of your main.js file:

main.js

        
            
      import 'mdb-vue-ui-kit/css/mdb.min.css';

Font Awesome

Add the following line in public/index.html file inside head section:

index.html

        
            
      <link href="https://use.fontawesome.com/releases/v5.15.1/css/all.css" rel="stylesheet" />

Roboto font

Add the following line in public/index.html file inside head section:

index.html

        
            
      <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto:300,400,500,700,900&display=swap" rel="stylesheet" />

Set font family in src/App.vue inside style section as in the example:

App.vue

        
            
      #app {
        font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
      }

CDN

You can easily test MDB Vue components by adding CDN scripts to your classic HTML template without the need for installing any packages. All components will be accessible from the global variable mdb. In this case, however, you must not use PascalCase when creating component names. We recommend adopting a naming convention as in the example below:

HTML

        
            
      <!DOCTYPE html>
      <html lang="en">
        <head>
          <title>MDB Vue App</title>
          <meta charset="utf-8" />
          <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" />
          <meta
            name="viewport"
            content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0"
          />
          <link
            href="https://use.fontawesome.com/releases/v5.15.1/css/all.css"
            rel="stylesheet"
          />
          <link
            href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto:300,400,500,700,900&display=swap"
            rel="stylesheet"
          />
          <link
            rel="stylesheet"
            href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/mdb-vue-ui-kit/css/mdb.min.css"
          />
        </head>

        <body>
          <div id="app">
            <mdb-btn color="primary">Button</mdb-btn>
          </div>

          <script src="https://unpkg.com/vue@next"></script>
          <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/mdb-vue-ui-kit/js/mdb.umd.min.js"></script>
          <script>
            const App = {
              components: {
                mdbBtn: mdb.MDBBtn,
              },
            };

            Vue.createApp(App).mount("#app");
          </script>
        </body>
      </html>

Vite

Vite (French word for "fast", pronounced /vit/) is a build tool that aims to provide a faster and leaner development experience for modern web projects. Our UI KIT can be imported in Vite applications according to the following procedure:

Step 1

Init the project. Select a vue framework during installation.

Terminal

        
            
          npm init vite@latest

Step 2

Navigate to app's directory. Replace <vite-project> with your project name.

Terminal

        
            
        cd <vite-project>

Step 3

Install dependencies.

Terminal

        
            
        npm install

Step 4

Setup MDB.

Terminal

        
            
        npm install mdb-vue-ui-kit

Step 5

Import CSS. Add the following line at the beginning of your main.js file:

main.js

        
            
        import 'mdb-vue-ui-kit/css/mdb.min.css';

Step 6

Import Font Awesome. Add the following line in public/index.html file inside head section:

HTML

        
            
        <link href="https://use.fontawesome.com/releases/v5.15.1/css/all.css" rel="stylesheet" />

Step 7

Import Roboto font. Add the following line in public/index.html file inside head section:

HTML

        
            
        <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto:300,400,500,700,900&display=swap" rel="stylesheet" />

Set font family in src/App.vue inside style section as in the example:

App.vue

        
            
        #app {
          font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
        }

Step 8

Import MDB components. You can use an experimental <script setup> proposal. In the example below we showed how to import an exemplary MDBBtn component.

HelloWorld.vue

        
            
          <template>
            <h1>{{ msg }}</h1>
  
            <p>
              <a href="https://vitejs.dev/guide/features.html" target="_blank">
                Vite Documentation
              </a>
              |
              <a href="https://v3.vuejs.org/" target="_blank">Vue 3 Documentation</a>
            </p>
  
            <MDBBtn color="primary" class="mb-3" @click="state.count++">
              count is: {{ state.count }}
            </MDBBtn>
  
            <p>
              Edit components/HelloWorld.vue to test hot module replacement.
            </p>
  
          </template>
  
          <script setup>
            import { defineProps, reactive } from "vue";
            import { MDBBtn } from "mdb-vue-ui-kit";

            defineProps({
              msg: String,
            });

            const state = reactive({ count: 0 });
          </script>
  
          <style scoped>
            a {
              color: #42b983;
            }
          </style>

Step 9

Launch the application.

Terminal

        
            
        npm run dev