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 # Material Web
 
-Material
-[web components](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Web_Components)<!-- {.external} -->
-is a UI toolkit to build customizable and accessible web applications.
+<img src="./docs/images/material-web.gif"
+  title="Material web components"
+  alt="A collection of Material web components"
+  style="border-radius: 32px">
 
-[Material 3](https://m3.material.io/)<!-- {.external} --> is the latest version of
-Google's open-source design system.
+[![Published on npm](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/%40material%2Fweb)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@material/web)
+[![Join our Discord](https://img.shields.io/badge/discord-join%20chat-5865F2.svg?logo=discord&logoColor=fff&label=%23material)](https://lit.dev/discord/)
+[![Test status](https://github.com/material-components/material-web/actions/workflows/test.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/material-components/material-web/actions/workflows/test.yml)
+[![npm Downloads](https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/%40material%2Fweb?label=npm%20downloads)](https://npm-stat.com/charts.html?package=%40material%2Fweb)
+[![jsDelivr hits (npm)](https://img.shields.io/jsdelivr/npm/hm/%40material%2Fweb)](https://www.jsdelivr.com/package/npm/@material/web?tab=stats)
 
-> Tip: Using Angular? We recommend using
-> [Angular Material](https://material.angular.io/)<!-- {.external} --> components
-> instead.
+`@material/web` is a library of
+[web components](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Web_Components)<!-- {.external} -->
+that helps build beautiful and accessible web applications. It uses
+[Material 3](https://m3.material.io/)<!-- {.external} -->, the latest version of Google's
+open-source design system.
 
-**Resources**
+## Resources
 
 -   [Introduction](./docs/intro.md)
 -   [Roadmap](./docs/roadmap.md)
--   [Quick start](./docs/quick-start.md)
--   [Bundle sizes](./docs/size.md)
 -   [Component docs](./docs/components/)
+-   [Bundle size](./docs/size.md)
 -   [Browser support and FAQ](./docs/support.md)
+
+## Quick start
+
+> Tip: Using Angular? We recommend using
+> [Angular Material](https://material.angular.io/)<!-- {.external} --> components
+> instead.
+
+This code snippet is a buildless example that loads `@material/web` from a CDN.
+Check out the [quick start](./docs/quick-start.md) guide to install and build
+for production.
+
+<!-- LINT.IfChange -->
+
+```html
+<head>
+  <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Roboto:wght@400;500;700&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
+  <script type="importmap">
+    {
+      "imports": {
+        "@material/web/": "https://esm.run/@material/web/"
+      }
+    }
+  </script>
+  <script type="module">
+    import '@material/web/all.js';
+    import {styles as typescaleStyles} from '@material/web/typography/md-typescale-styles.js';
+
+    document.adoptedStyleSheets.push(typescaleStyles.styleSheet);
+  </script>
+</head>
+<body>
+  <h1 class="md-typescale-display-medium">Hello Material!</h1>
+  <form>
+    <p class="md-typescale-body-medium">Check out these controls in a form!</p>
+    <md-checkbox></md-checkbox>
+    <div>
+      <md-radio name="group"></md-radio>
+      <md-radio name="group"></md-radio>
+      <md-radio name="group"></md-radio>
+    </div>
+
+    <md-outlined-text-field label="Favorite color" value="Purple"></md-outlined-text-field>
+
+    <md-outlined-button type="reset">Reset</md-outlined-button>
+  </form>
+  <style>
+    form {
+      display: flex;
+      flex-direction: column;
+      align-items: flex-start;
+      gap: 16px;
+    }
+  </style>
+</body>
+```
+
+<!-- LINT.ThenChange(./g3doc/docs/quick-start.md) -->
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 <!--*
 # Document freshness: For more information, see go/fresh-source.
-freshness: { owner: 'lizmitchell' reviewed: '2024-04-01' }
+freshness: { owner: 'lizmitchell' reviewed: '2024-04-09' }
 tag: 'docType:gettingStarted'
 *-->
 
@@ -16,6 +16,60 @@ tag: 'docType:gettingStarted'
 
 <!-- [TOC] -->
 
+## CDN
+
+For fast prototyping, we recommend using [esm.run](https://esm.run/)<!-- {.external} -->,
+a CDN that allows you to use `@material/web` without installing and building
+from NPM.
+
+<!-- LINT.IfChange -->
+
+```html
+<head>
+  <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Roboto:wght@400;500;700&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
+  <script type="importmap">
+    {
+      "imports": {
+        "@material/web/": "https://esm.run/@material/web/"
+      }
+    }
+  </script>
+  <script type="module">
+    import '@material/web/all.js';
+    import {styles as typescaleStyles} from '@material/web/typography/md-typescale-styles.js';
+
+    document.adoptedStyleSheets.push(typescaleStyles.styleSheet);
+  </script>
+</head>
+<body>
+  <h1 class="md-typescale-display-medium">Hello Material!</h1>
+  <form>
+    <p class="md-typescale-body-medium">Check out these controls in a form!</p>
+    <md-checkbox></md-checkbox>
+    <div>
+      <md-radio name="group"></md-radio>
+      <md-radio name="group"></md-radio>
+      <md-radio name="group"></md-radio>
+    </div>
+    <md-outlined-text-field label="Favorite color" value="Purple"></md-outlined-text-field>
+    <md-outlined-button type="reset">Reset</md-outlined-button>
+  </form>
+  <style>
+    form {
+      display: flex;
+      flex-direction: column;
+      align-items: flex-start;
+      gap: 16px;
+    }
+  </style>
+</body>
+```
+
+<!-- LINT.ThenChange(../../README.md) -->
+
+For production, follow the [install](#install) and [build](#building) steps
+below.
+
 ## Install
 
 <!--#include file="../googlers/quick-start-install.md" -->
