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@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ You can find some example projects in the [GitHub repository](https://github.com
- [CDN](https://github.com/mui-org/material-ui/tree/master/examples/cdn)
- [Plain server-side](https://github.com/mui-org/material-ui/tree/master/examples/ssr)
- [Tailwind CSS](https://github.com/mui-org/material-ui/tree/master/examples/tailwind)
+- [Vite.js](https://github.com/mui-org/material-ui/tree/next/examples/vitejs)
- [Use styled-components as style engine](https://github.com/mui-org/material-ui/tree/master/examples/create-react-app-with-styled-components) ([TypeScript version](https://github.com/mui-org/material-ui/tree/master/examples/create-react-app-with-styled-components-typescript))
Create React App is an awesome project for learning React.
diff --git a/examples/vitejs/.gitignore b/examples/vitejs/.gitignore
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+# See https://help.github.com/articles/ignoring-files/ for more about ignoring files.
+
+# dependencies
+node_modules
+
+# misc
+.DS_Store
+dist
+dist-ssr
+*.local
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diff --git a/examples/vitejs/README.md b/examples/vitejs/README.md
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+# Vite.js example
+
+## How to use
+
+Download the example [or clone the repo](https://github.com/mui-org/material-ui):
+
+
+
+```sh
+curl https://codeload.github.com/mui-org/material-ui/tar.gz/next | tar -xz --strip=2 material-ui-next/examples/vitejs
+cd vitejs
+```
+
+Install it and run:
+
+```sh
+npm install
+npm run dev
+```
+
+or:
+
+
+
+[](https://stackblitz.com/github/mui-org/material-ui/tree/master/examples/vitejs)
+
+[](https://codesandbox.io/s/github/mui-org/material-ui/tree/master/examples/vitejs)
+
+## The idea behind the example
+
+This example uses [Vite.js](https://github.com/vitejs/vite).
+It includes `@mui/material` and its peer dependencies, including `emotion`, the default style engine in Material-UI v5.
+
+## What's next?
+
+
+
+You now have a working example project.
+You can head back to the documentation, continuing browsing it from the [templates](https://next.material-ui.com/getting-started/templates/) section.
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+
+
+