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A list of design systems that gov departments are developing

Gov Design Systems

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

Argentina

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

Australia

• Australian Government Design System: https://designsystem.gov.au/ (decommissioned but still available as of November 2021)
• 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.alpha.canada.ca/en/

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

Finland

Helsinki

• https://hds.hel.fi/

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/

Netherlands

• https://nldesignsystem.nl/ (in Dutch language)
• Related:
  • https://studiodumbar.com/work/the-dutch-government
  • https://www.government.nl/topics/government-communications/central-government-visual-identity-and-websites
  • http://www.webrichtlijnen.nl/english (Broken Link)

New Zealand

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

Singapore

• https://www.designsystem.tech.gov.sg/

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 Pattern Library: https://design-patterns.service.justice.gov.uk/

HM Courts & Tribunals Service

• CJS Crime programme design patterns: https://cjscpp-design-patterns.herokuapp.com/
• HMCTS Design System: https://hmcts-design-system.herokuapp.com/

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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

DVSA

• DVSA Front-end: https://dvsa-front-end.herokuapp.com/

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://onsdigital.github.io/ons-pattern-library-starter/
• Electronic questionnaire product design system: https://ons-design-system.netlify.app/
• ONS Prototyping kit for internal systems: https://github.com/ONSdigital/prototype-kit

Armed Forces

• Royal Navy: https://docs.royalnavy.io

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
• Storybook to play around with component options: https://storybook-nds.netlify.app/?path=/story/components-action-banner--default

Scotland

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

Local Gov

• Brighton & Hove City Council: http://csmdemo.uk/BHCC-website-design-patterns/index.php?p=welcome
• Essex: https://essex-design-system.herokuapp.com/
• Hackney: https://design-system.hackney.gov.uk/
• Transport for West Midlands (West Midlands Network): https://designsystem.wmnetwork.co.uk

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/