https://mdbootstrap.com 1. create-react-app yourappnamehere 2. cd yourappnamehere 3. Add mdbreact as a dependency to the package.json (the #react-upgrade one) 4. yarn / npm shall install all the dependencies. Note, that mdbreact itself includes Bootstrap ( 4.0.0-beta.2 ) as its dependency. Once all of it is out of the way, 5. time to modify your App.js file. To utilize full power of MBD React there, you need to import components you would like to use, for example import {Button, NavbarBrand, Navbar, NavbarNav, NavItem} from 'mdbreact'; and secondly, you need proper CSS files. As MDB partially builds upon Bootstrap, it's safest to include both: import '../node_modules/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css'; import '../node_modules/mdbreact/docs/css/mdb.min.css'; As you can see, there is no jQuery involved. The warning popping out during npm install / yarn stems ...