alphagov/govuk-frontend
GOV.UK Frontend contains the code you need to start building a user interface for government platforms and services.
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Where it stands
Rank, growth pace and release cadence relative to everything GStars tracks.
3 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 11 days ago, with 77 contributors on GitHub.
Gained 11% more stars in the last 90 days than in the 90 days before.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Provides reusable frontend components and styles for building user interfaces on government digital services.
- Ensures accessibility compliance with WCAG 2.2 level AA and supports assistive technologies out of the box.
- Use for developing government service websites that require consistent design and accessibility standards.
- Use for integrating a tested design system into public sector digital platforms to maintain usability and compliance.
- Use for teams needing a maintained, open-source frontend framework tailored to UK government digital service requirements.
Should you depend on it?
License terms, project hygiene and risks, from GitHub metadata and GStars' snapshots.
License
MIT
Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution.
Community files
- README: present
- Contributing guide: present
- Code of conduct: present
Watch-outs
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From the README
GOV.UK Frontend contains the code you need to start building a user interface for government platforms and services.
See live examples of GOV.UK Frontend components, and guidance on when to use them in your service, in the GOV.UK Design System.
GOV.UK Frontend is maintained by a team at Government Digital Service. If you want to know more about GOV.UK Frontend, please email the Design System team or get in touch with them on Slack.
There are 2 ways to start using GOV.UK Frontend in your app:
Once installed, you will be able to use the code from the examples in the GOV.UK Design System in your service.
You should also have a plan to stay up to date with changes.
Daily snapshots
Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots
Forks
379+10
Open issues
454+12
Compared with peers in Frontend
Fastest-growing repositories GStars tracks in this cohort for the week of Nov 1, by 7-day star growth
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonxlnx/taste-skill | 110.7K | +5.2K | 55 | 1 day ago |
| heygen-com/hyperframes | 79.6K | +4.1K | 45 | today |
| DuarteSantos8/openGym | 19.7K | +2.4K | 60 | 2 days ago |
| remotion-dev/remotion | 71.1K | +2.2K | 45 | today |
| chthollyphile/folia-major | 11.7K | +1.5K | 40 | today |
| alphagov/govuk-frontend | 1.5K | — | 64 | 11 days ago |
| Category median | 71.1K | +2.4K | 45 | — |
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