Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/bumptech/glide/vs/material-components/material-components-android
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/bumptech/glide/vs/material-components/material-components-android.md
Description: glide and material-components-android share 5 technologies: Jetpack Compose, androidx.core:core, androidx.fragment:fragment, androidx.recyclerview:recyclerview, and androidx.appcompat:appcompat. Both are written in Java.

# glide vs material-components-android

glide and material-components-android share 5 technologies: Jetpack Compose, androidx.core:core, androidx.fragment:fragment, androidx.recyclerview:recyclerview, and androidx.appcompat:appcompat. Both are written in Java.

- [bumptech/glide](https://seerepo.com/r/bumptech/glide): An image loading and caching library for Android focused on smooth scrolling
- [material-components/material-components-android](https://seerepo.com/r/material-components/material-components-android): [MAINTENANCE MODE] Modular and customizable Material Design UI components for Android

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: Jetpack Compose, androidx.core:core, androidx.fragment:fragment, androidx.recyclerview:recyclerview, androidx.appcompat:appcompat
- Only in glide: com.google.dagger:dagger, core-ktx, dagger-android, fragment-ktx, lifecycle-runtime-compose, org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk7, cardview, com.google.accompanist:accompanist-drawablepainter, androidx.exifinterface:exifinterface
- Only in material-components-android: activity-compose, androidx.activity:activity, androidx.coordinatorlayout:coordinatorlayout, androidx.customview:customview, androidx.dynamicanimation:dynamicanimation, androidx.drawerlayout:drawerlayout, androidx.vectordrawable:vectordrawable, androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout, androidx.window:window, androidx.cardview:cardview, androidx.graphics:graphics-shapes, androidx.preference:preference, androidx.viewpager2:viewpager2, material-icons-extended, androidx.compose.material:material-icons-core, Glide

## Side by side

| | glide | material-components-android |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 100,239 lines written, 434 code files | 218,683 lines written, 754 code files |
| Who writes it | 0% of its commits signed by AI | 0% of its commits signed by AI |
| Activity | Last push November 7, 2026, 2,951 commits, 35,009 stars | Last push October 16, 2026, 6,448 commits, 17,444 stars |
| Tests | 245 test files. 53.9% of its code files have a test that imports them | 206 test files. 27.3% of its code files have a test that imports them |

- Size: Lines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
- Who writes it: A commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
- Activity: From GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
- Tests: The files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.

## Frequently asked questions

### Which is bigger, glide or material-components-android?

material-components-android, with 218,683 lines written; glide has 100,239.

The proof: [material-components/material-components-android's code at commit 66b0eeb](https://github.com/material-components/material-components-android/tree/66b0eeb53afeb6025ffbbd37734b08e5bce197ed)

### Which has more GitHub stars, glide or material-components-android?

glide, with 35,009 stars; material-components-android has 17,444.

The proof: [bumptech/glide on GitHub](https://github.com/bumptech/glide)

### Which has more tests, glide or material-components-android?

glide, with 245 test files; material-components-android has 206.

The proof: [bumptech/glide's code at commit e03179f](https://github.com/bumptech/glide/tree/e03179f8456d4f7d77fff93e5d36669262816f98)

### Which was updated more recently, glide or material-components-android?

glide: its last push was on November 7, 2026, and material-components-android's on October 16, 2026.

The proof: [bumptech/glide's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/bumptech/glide/commits)

## Sources

- bumptech/glide: Read on November 7, 2026, at commit e03179f (https://github.com/bumptech/glide/tree/e03179f8456d4f7d77fff93e5d36669262816f98)
- material-components/material-components-android: Read on November 6, 2026, at commit 66b0eeb (https://github.com/material-components/material-components-android/tree/66b0eeb53afeb6025ffbbd37734b08e5bce197ed)

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