GOV.UK Frontend
CSS, JavaScript and Nunjucks components for building government services in the style of GOV.UK.
frontend.design-system.service.gov.uk/repositorydocs
GOV.UK Frontend is the code behind the GOV.UK Design System, published by the Government Digital Service. It provides components as CSS, browser JavaScript and Nunjucks macros that generate the HTML. The install guide adds the package with npm, and a precompiled release archive is the other documented route.
Worth knowing
The Nunjucks macros need Node.js in the application and in any framework that supports it, according to the Nunjucks page.
Identity
Rendering and deploy
Releases
Adoption
Sources
- 2026-10-27: links, Categories, License
frontend.design-system.service.gov.uk/ - 2026-10-27: links, Written in, License, GitHub stars, Contributors
github.com/alphagov/govuk-frontend - 2026-10-27: links, Install with
frontend.design-system.service.gov.uk/installing-with-npm/ - 2026-10-27: First release
github.com/alphagov/govuk-frontend/releases - 2026-10-27: Maintainer
github.com/alphagov/govuk-frontend/blob/main/LICENSE.txt - 2026-10-27: Install with
frontend.design-system.service.gov.uk/install-using-precompiled-files/ - 2026-10-27: Templating
frontend.design-system.service.gov.uk/use-nunjucks/ - 2026-10-27: Multilingual
frontend.design-system.service.gov.uk/localise-govuk-frontend/ - 2026-10-27: Current major version, Last release
github.com/alphagov/govuk-frontend/releases/tag/v6.6.0 - 2026-10-28: npm downloads a week
api.npmjs.org/downloads/range/2026-09-28:2026-10-04/govuk-frontend - 2026-10-27: Dependent packages, Dependent repositories
packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/govuk-frontend