Who uses the GOV.UK Design System

A mental note of which websites use components from the GOV.UK Design System and its predecessors.

Duncan Garmonsway
January 25, 2019

I’m creating a new website that ought to be accessible. If only there was some kind of design system developed by a website that constantly improves its accessibility. If only that design system were available for everyone.

The documentation about the GOV.UK design system doesn’t yet give much advice about creating websites without GOV.UK branding (it’s in the roadmap), so I asked for examples of off-brand websites. The first answer was The First Order.

Screenshot of the website The First Order

All the other answers were other design systems in the UK Civil Service.

Home Office Design System screenshot

NHS.UK frontend screenshot

HMCTS Design System screenshot

HM Revenue & Customs design resources screenshot

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@misc{garmonsway2019who,
  author = {Garmonsway, Duncan},
  title = {Duncan Garmonsway: Who uses the GOV.UK Design System},
  url = {https://nacnudus.github.io/duncangarmonsway/posts/2019-01-25-who-uses-the-govuk-design-system/},
  year = {2019}
}