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title: An exciting year ahead for Base UI
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title: An exciting year ahead for MUI Base: Base UI
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description: The unstyled component library will get a stable release, lots of new components, and even better DX in 2024.
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date: 2024-02-13T00:00:00.000Z
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authors: ['danilo-leal', 'michaldudak', 'colmtuite', 'oliviertassinari']
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tags: ['Base UI', 'Product']
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The [story of Base UI](/blog/introducing-base-ui/) began several years ago—long before headless React component libraries skyrocketed in popularity—when we started to imagine a world in which Material UI could exist without Material Design.
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The [story of MUI Base](/blog/introducing-base-ui/) began several years ago—long before headless React component libraries skyrocketed in popularity—when we started to imagine a world in which Material UI could exist without Material Design.
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We're super excited to share that this dream is becoming a reality!
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This year will see a lot of investment in Base UI as we expand the team and focus hard on a stable release (tentatively planned for late 2024), which will come full of new components, features, and improvements.
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This year will see a lot of investment in MUI Base as we expand the team and focus hard on a new version (tentatively planned for late 2024), which will come full of new components, features, and improvements.
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Let's walk through some of the things we're cooking up.
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## A larger set of components
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Base UI today offers a modest set of components and hooks, including some slightly more complex ones such as [Autocomplete](https://v6.mui.com/base-ui/react-autocomplete/) and [Number Input](https://v6.mui.com/base-ui/react-number-input/).
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MUI Base today offers a modest set of components and hooks, including some slightly more complex ones such as [Autocomplete](https://v6.mui.com/base-ui/react-autocomplete/) and [Number Input](https://v6.mui.com/base-ui/react-number-input/).
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However, we're aware that the package is still missing many primitive components that developers would need in order to adopt it for real-world applications.
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Fear not, because we're working hard to ship more components with the stable release, including:
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## Improved customization API
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Currently, Base UI components can be customized to your heart's content using the `slots` and `slotProps` props.
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Currently, MUI Base components can be customized to your heart's content using the `slots` and `slotProps` props.
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(Read more about them in the "[Overriding component structure](https://v6.mui.com/base-ui/guides/overriding-component-structure/)" guide.)
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## Getting many issues out of the way
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The core of what Base UI strives to deliver out of the box is first-class accessibility and an intuitive API for extensive customization.
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The core of what MUI Base strives to deliver out of the box is first-class accessibility and an intuitive API for extensive customization.
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We've earmarked several issues we want to tackle before the stable release in areas such as keyboard navigation, better ARIA support, focus styles, and more.
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## A more independent product
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## A more independent product: Base UI
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So far, all Base UI-related development has happened within the [Material UI GitHub repository](https://github.com/mui/material-ui).
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That made a lot of sense in the beginning because we didn't intend for Base UI to be a standalone product at the time.
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So far, all MUI Base-related development has happened within the [Material UI GitHub repository](https://github.com/mui/material-ui).
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That made a lot of sense in the beginning because we didn't intend for MUI Base to be a standalone product at the time.
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As a result of this early decision, we've seen that some developers are hesitant to try it out because of the apparent association with Material Design.
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Rest assured that Base UI _is_ a standalone library, and it doesn't come packaged with _any_ default styles or themes.
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Rest assured that MUI Base _is_ a standalone library, and it doesn't come packaged with _any_ default styles or themes.
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But to make it clear, and to reflect all the breaking changes coming in 2024, the new version of MUI Base will be called **Base UI**.
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<img alt="Material UI vs. Base UI: independent but related products." src="/static/blog/base-ui-2024-plans/material-vs-base.png" width="2400" height="900" loading="lazy" />
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