About Mateu
Mateu is a backend-driven UI layer for Java teams building business applications and internal tools.
This section explains what Mateu is, why it was built, and how to think about it. Start here if you are evaluating Mateu or need to understand it from the ground up.
In this section
Section titled “In this section”- What is Mateu? — the core idea in plain terms
- Philosophy — the problem Mateu was built to solve
- The Mateu mental model — how the system thinks about UI
- The basics — how it works in practice
- How to think in Mateu — the mindset shift
- Architecture — how the system is structured
- Mateu and system architecture — where Mateu fits in your backend design
- Advantages — what you gain
- Comparison with traditional stacks — side-by-side contrast
- Status — current state of the project