# Material for MkDocs
## Create beautiful project documentation
Material is a theme for [MkDocs][1], an excellent static site generator geared
towards project documentation. It is built using Google's [Material Design][2]
guidelines.
[![Material for MkDocs](assets/images/material.png)](assets/images/material.png)
[1]: https://www.mkdocs.org
[2]: https://material.io/guidelines/material-design/
## Quick start
Install the latest version of Material with `pip`:
``` sh
pip install mkdocs-material
```
Append the following line to your project's `mkdocs.yml`:
``` yaml
theme:
name: 'material'
```
## What to expect
* Responsive design and fluid layout for all kinds of screens and devices,
designed to serve your project documentation in a user-friendly way in 35
languages with optimal readability.
* Easily customizable primary and accent color, fonts, favicon and logo;
straight forward localization through theme extension; integrated with Google
Analytics, Disqus and GitHub.
* Well-designed search interface accessible through hotkeys (F or
S), intelligent grouping of search results, search term
highlighting and lazy loading.
For detailed instructions see the [getting started guide][3].
[3]: getting-started.md