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All design systems
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Agriculture Design System / AgDS
Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Actively developed React system building on GOLD; listed as a reusable pattern by the Australian Government Architecture.
Astro UXDS
US Space Force / Rocket Communications
Design system for space and satellite-operations software used by the US Space Force. Stencil web components with React and Angular wrappers; audited against MIL-STD-1472H.
CMS Design System
US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Open source Section 508-compliant system built on USWDS, with child systems for Healthcare.gov, Medicare.gov and CMS.gov. Tokens sync both ways between Figma variables and the repo.
DSFR, Système de Design de l'État
French Government
The French State's design system (since 2020), mandatory for all State websites and mobile apps since July 2023. Code is MIT-licensed, but **use is restricted to French State websites**: local authorities and private actors may not use it, because it carries the State's identity.
Dubai Design System
Digital Dubai
Digital Dubai's unified design system for Dubai government entities (v1.00, November 2024), distributed on request.
GC Design System
Government of Canada, Canadian Digital Service
Bilingual (EN/FR) framework-agnostic web components for Canada.ca and other GC sites; meant to eventually replace the Canada.ca Design System and GCWeb.
GOLD Design System
Australia, community
Community successor to the decommissioned Australian Government Design System. Low activity since 2021-2022.
GOV.UK Design System
UK Government Digital Service
The UK government's design system, implemented in GOV.UK Frontend. The model for many government systems worldwide.
Intelligence Community Design System
UK SIS / MI6, MI5, GCHQ
Open source system UK intelligence agencies use for specialist apps; Stencil web components with React wrappers.
MOJ Design System
UK Ministry of Justice
Extends GOV.UK Frontend with case-working components for justice services.
NHS Design System
NHS England
The design system in the NHS digital service manual, built on GOV.UK patterns.
NL Design System
Netherlands, run by ICTU
A community-driven system where Dutch government organizations co-build shared, accessible components, then apply their own brand through design tokens. Licensed EUPL 1.2. Municipalities (Utrecht, Amsterdam, The Hague) and agencies (Logius, MinBZK) run their own themes on the shared architecture.
Platforms Code / National Design System
Saudi Digital Government Authority
Saudi Arabia's mandatory, Arabic-first (RTL) national design system for .gov.sa platforms ("كود المنصات"), reported at v4.0.0.
Ripple
Victorian Government, Australia
Apache 2.0 design system for vic.gov.au, used by 50+ government sites.
Singapore Government Design System / SGDS
GovTech Singapore
Singapore's open source government design system, aligned with the Digital Service Standards. SGDS v3 was rebuilt with a token architecture, advanced theming for agency sub-brands, and tighter Figma-code alignment.
U.S. Web Design System / USWDS
US GSA
The US federal design system for accessible, mobile-friendly government sites (21st Century IDEA Act, Section 508).
UAE Design System / AEGOV DLS
UAE TDRA
The UAE federal government's open source design language system (v3.0) for federal entity sites, built on Tailwind CSS with full Arabic RTL support.
VA.gov Design System / VADS
US Department of Veterans Affairs
VA.gov's front-end framework, built on USWDS, with a web component library and a CSS library (tokens in CSS, SCSS, JSON). Very active: frequent releases (v54.x in early 2026).