Government & public sector

17 design systems

Government design systems are some of the most thoroughly researched in the world. They must meet strict accessibility law and work for every citizen, on any device, often on slow connections. The GOV.UK Design System and the U.S. Web Design System (USWDS) are the best-known examples, and both are open source.

Many countries now have their own: France's DSFR, Italy's Designers Italia, the Korea Design System (KRDS), the Singapore Government Design System, Canada's Aurora and Germany's KoliBri web components. Below national level there are systems for New York State, Ontario, the City of Boston and Transport for West Midlands, plus agency systems from NASA, CMS.gov and the NHS.

Government systems usually publish the research behind their patterns, so they are a strong reference for forms, validation and error messages, even outside the public sector.

Aurora, the design system of the Government of Canada's GCTools collaboration platforms.

CSSupdated 7y ago
  • Components: yes
  • Voice: yes
  • Kit: yes
  • GitHub

Fleet, the City of Boston's pattern library for boston.gov.

updated today
  • Components: yes
  • Voice: yes
  • Kit: no
  • GitHub

Finland's country brand toolbox: visual identity, images and storytelling guidance.

  • Components: no
  • Voice: yes
  • Kit: yes
  • Code: no
GOV.UK Design System

Government Digital Service

681

Styles, components and patterns for building UK government services.

updated today
  • Components: yes
  • Voice: no
  • Kit: no
  • GitHub
Italia Design System

Italian government

Designers Italia, the design system for Italian public administration services.

  • Components: yes
  • Voice: yes
  • Kit: yes
  • GitHub
KoliBri

Public UI (Germany), Public-UI

288

KoliBri, accessible web components for German public administration.

ReactVueAngularWeb Componentsupdated today
  • Components: yes
  • Voice: no
  • Kit: no
  • GitHub
Korea Design System

Government of Korea

283

KRDS, the official design system for South Korean government websites.

CSSupdated 9mo ago
  • Components: yes
  • Voice: yes
  • Kit: yes
  • GitHub

Standards, components and content guidance for building NHS digital services.

  • Components: yes
  • Voice: yes
  • Kit: no
  • Code: no
Ontario Design System

Government of Ontario

Design system for Ontario government websites and services.

  • Components: yes
  • Voice: no
  • Kit: yes
  • Code
U.S. Web Design Standards

U.S. General Services Administration

7.2k

USWDS, the design system for U.S. federal government websites.

updated 1d ago
  • Components: yes
  • Voice: yes
  • Kit: yes
  • GitHub
U.S. CMS.gov Design System

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Design system of the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

  • Components: yes
  • Voice: no
  • Kit: no
  • Code: no

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