nooshu / gov-design-systems-list

A list of design systems that gov departments are developing

Gov Design Systems

A list of design systems and design resources that gov departments have created.

UK

National Government

Government Digital Service

• GOV.UK Design System: https://design-system.service.gov.uk
• Backlog and community discussion: https://github.com/alphagov/govuk-design-system-backlog/projects/1
• GOV.UK Publishing guide: https://docs.publishing.service.gov.uk/manual/components.html#component-guides

Home Office

• Home Office Design System: https://design.homeoffice.gov.uk/
• Backlog and community discussion: https://github.com/UKHomeOffice/design-system/projects/1
• Home Office Form builder: https://ukhomeofficeforms.github.io/hof-guide/

Department for Work and Pensions

• DWP Design System: https://design-system.dwp.gov.uk/index
• Backlog and community discussion: https://github.com/dwp/design-system-community-backlog/projects/1

Department for Education

• Design Manual: https://design.education.gov.uk
• Apply the Service Standard in DfE - https://apply-the-service-standard.education.gov.uk/

MI6, MI5, and GCHQ

• Intelligence Community Design System: https://design.sis.gov.uk
• Backlog: https://github.com/orgs/mi6/projects/2/views/4

Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs

• HMRC Design patterns: https://design.tax.service.gov.uk/hmrc-design-patterns/
• Backlog and community discussion: https://github.com/hmrc/design-patterns/projects/1

Ministry of Justice

• MoJ Design System: https://design-patterns.service.justice.gov.uk/

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

• Digital Land Design: https://digital-land.github.io/design-system/

HM Land Registry

• Design System: https://hmlr-design-system.herokuapp.com/
• Frontend components: https://hmlr-frontend.herokuapp.com/

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

• Form builder (lets you create a form transaction visually): https://github.com/DEFRA/digital-form-builder

Office for National Statistics

• ONS website pattern library: https://service-manual.ons.gov.uk/design-system/
• Electronic questionnaire product design system: https://ons-design-system.netlify.app/
• ONS Prototyping kit for internal systems: https://github.com/ONSdigital/prototype-kit

The National Archives

• TNA Frontend: https://github.com/nationalarchives/tna-frontend
• The National Archives Design System: https://nationalarchives.github.io/design-system/

Armed Forces

• Royal Navy: https://design-system.navy.digital.mod.uk/
• Ministry of Defence: https://design-system.service.mod.gov.uk/

Health & Social Care

NHS

• NHS design system: https://service-manual.nhs.uk/design-system
• NHS style guide: https://service-manual.nhs.uk/content

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)

• NICE design system: https://design-system.nice.org.uk/
• NICE backlog and discussion: https://github.com/nice-digital/nice-design-system/discussions

Scotland

• Scottish Government's Digital Scotland Design System: https://designsystem.gov.scot/

Local Gov

• BigTown Council - A generic UX and Content Strategy for others to build on as desired: https://www.bigtown.star-one.org.uk/content-and-user-experience-strategy-local-government
• Brighton & Hove City Council: http://csmdemo.uk/BHCC-website-design-patterns/index.php?p=welcome
• Hackney: https://design-system.hackney.gov.uk/
• Transport for West Midlands (West Midlands Network): https://designsystem.wmnetwork.co.uk

International

Argentina

• Poncho (in Spanish): https://argob.github.io/poncho/

Australia

• GitHub repository (archived, read-only): https://github.com/govau/design-system-components/
• Agriculture Design System https://design-system.agriculture.gov.au/

Brazil

• Brazilian Government Design System: https://www.gov.br/ds/home
• GitLab repository: https://gitlab.com/govbr-ds/dev/govbr-ds-dev-core
• Wiki: https://govbr-ds.gitlab.io/govbr-ds-wiki/

Canada

• Canada.ca Design System: https://www.canada.ca/en/government/about/design-system.html
• GC Design System: https://design-system.alpha.canada.ca/

Canadian provinces

• Ontario Design System: https://designsystem.ontario.ca/
• British Columbia Government Design System for Digital Services: https://developer.gov.bc.ca/Design-System/About-the-Design-System
• Quebec design system (Système de design gouvernemental): https://design.quebec.ca/apercu/systeme
• Yukon Design System: https://guide.yukon.ca/en/yukon-design-system

France

• State Design System: https://www.systeme-de-design.gouv.fr/

Germany

• State of Schleswig-Holstein: https://www.design-system.sh/

Greece

• Central government: https://guide.services.gov.gr/

New Zealand

• Design system for NZ public sector websites: https://design-system-alpha.digital.govt.nz/

United States

• US Web Design System: https://designsystem.digital.gov/

State and local government

• California design system: https://designsystem.webstandards.ca.gov/
• Hennepin County, Minnesota, pattern and component library: https://www.hennepin.us/pattern-components
• Commonwealth of Massachusetts design system: https://mayflower.digital.mass.gov/home/