Material Kit - Open-Source Django Starter

Hello! This article presents an open-source Django Starter crafted on top of 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!

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.

Material Kit (Django Seed Project) - Mobile View

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.


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:

# 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 
Material Kit Django - Docker Execution. 

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

Material Kit (Django Seed Project) - Team Cards

Material Kit (Django Seed Project) - Contact Form

Material Kit (Django Seed Project) - Profile Page

Material Kit (Django Seed Project) - Header Component

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