The Angular Components library started its life as Angular Material, a set of Material Design components built for Angular by the Angular team. Released around the time of Angular 5, the Angular Material library consisted of some 30 material components.

When developing web applications, choosing a UI component library is one of the earliest decisions your team has to make. Beyond reducing the amount of functionality your team has to maintain, UI component libraries shield developers from the complexities involved in designing user interactions that are accessible and behave correctly across browsers and devices.