What do you think Angular should change to increase its usage?

Angular has been making efforts to improve the experience for new developers. Better documentation, standalone components, signal-based reactivity. That’s all good.

But in my opinion, there's still a big pain point: UI libraries.

Most component libraries still look like they're stuck in 2016. The default Angular Material theme is instantly recognizable — and not in a good way. It’s functional but visually outdated.

And of course, we can't really compare Angular Material with other community libraries. Material is backed by Google itself, which makes it by far the safest choice… and unfortunately, the ugliest one too.

I feel like this hurts Angular adoption, especially for startups or solo devs who want something modern out of the box.

My dream would be a fork of Angular Material that keeps the same API but offers fresh themes. Something more visually appealing, maybe with Tailwind-style presets or Radix-inspired design.

There've been suggestions by various devs, such as:-

1. It just needs signal forms. It doesn't need a UI library if tailwind becomes the default standard for making UIs

2. some say that they've never liked Material, but also they don't think its holding Angular back. they think cuz some devs are still burned from the Ang 1 -> 2 jump, or generally associate Angular with being "old fashioned"

and many more opinions . . .

Do you agree? Would that make a difference for Angular’s growth? Or are there other things you think matter more?