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Open source software

Leverage freely available open source solutions that help solve common government problems, including solutions for messaging, payments, citizen identity, online forms, content management, procurement marketplaces, data visualization tools, and more.

Use open source software to build the digital foundation of government services

Most public facing government services use similar functional components. Providing these components once, for all services to share, builds a strong digital foundation and enables innovation and experimentation to rapidly develop public services.

Design Systems

  • United Kingdom

    GOV.UK Frontend

    GOV.UK Frontend contains the code to start building a user interface for UK government platforms and services.

    Website | GitHub

  • Italy

    Designers Italia

    Designers Italia is the reference point for the design of digital public services for municipalities and and schools: models, kits and guides to facilitate design processes centered on citizens' needs.

    Website | Github

  • United States

    United States Web Design System

    The United States (US) Web Design System for the US federal government to build accessible, mobile-friendly websites for the public.

    Website | GitHub

  • France

    French Government Design System

    Guidance and resources for designing French Government websites.

    Website | Github

  • Canada

    Canada.ca design system

    Templates, patterns, and design principles by the government of Canada.

    Website

  • Brazil

    Design System do Governo Federal

    The government of Brazil's user interface design standards and templates for creation of digital services.

    Website

  • United Kingdom

    Design System

    GOV.UK Design System provides styles, components and patterns for users that want to make their services consistent with GOV.UK.

    Website

  • Scotland

    Digital Scotland Design System

    The Digital Scotland Design System provides static web assets for websites and web applications for the Scottish Government and other Scottish public sector bodies.

    Website

  • United Kingdom

    Hackney Design System

    Hackney Design System contains everything needed to build user interfaces for Hackney Council platforms and services.

    Website | Github

  • United Kingdom

    National Health Services (NHS)…

    The UK National Health Services (NHS) manual design system to build consistent, accessible user interfaces.

    Website

  • Australia

    New South Wales (NSW) Design System

    The NSW Design System is a toolkit of styles, patterns, standards and guidance for creating digital products and services.

    Website | Github

  • Canada

    British Columbia Government Design…

    The B.C. government design system is a collection of digital resources and tools including a library of reusable UI/interface components and design patterns. Components are collectively built by the government community, meet accessibility standards and are open for input and improvement.

    Website | Github

  • Canada

    Web Experience Toolkit

    Front-end framework from the Canadian Government for building websites that are accessible, usable, interoperable, mobile friendly and multilingual.

    Website | Github

  • United Kingdom

    Brighton & Hove City Council Website…

    The Brighton & Hove City Council website design guidelines and pattern library.

    Website

  • Payments

  • United Kingdom

    GOV.UK Pay

    GOV.UK Pay is an online user payment platform for government services.

    Website | GitHub

  • Notifications

  • United Kingdom

    GOV.UK Notify

    GOV.UK Notify application enables central government, a local authority, or the National Health Service to send emails, text messages and letters to their users via an integrated API.

    Website | GitHub

  • Canada

    Notify

    The Canadian government’s Notify application allows government departments to send emails and text messages to people who use their services.

    Website | GitHub

  • Forms

  • Singapore

    FormSG

    FormSG is a self-service open source digital form building solution that allows public officials in the Singapore government to build and publish customized forms in minutes.

    Github

  • United Kingdom

    XGovFormBuilder

    XGovFormBuilder is an open source online forms solution allowing you to quickly and easily design, prototype, and deploy high quality digital forms.

    Github | Sandbox

  • Identity

  • India

    Modular Open Source Identity Platform…

    MOSIP is a modular identity platform providing all aspects of a digital, foundational ID system.

    Website | Github

  • United States

    login.gov

    login.gov is a shared service providing the public with online access to participating US Government programs.

    Website | GitHub

  • Data visualization

  • India

    Sunbird Obsrv

    Sunbird Obsrv provides microservices and data products to capture metrics and perform analytics using telemetry data emitted by Sunbird building blocks and a reports configurator tool to create custom dashboards.

    Github

  • Brazil

    Datalake

    Datalake gathers data from multiple departments and agencies, harmonizes it with other datasets and makes it highly available for internal and external partners to develop data-oriented public policies.

    Github

  • Mexico

    Mexico City Open Data Portal

    An open data portal built with open source that allows users to find data, visualize it, cross-reference and build stories, as well as upload their own data and interact with public data.

    Website

  • United States

    GSA Digital Analytics

    U.S. Federal Agency digital analytics to help government agencies understand how people find, access, and use government services online.

    Website | GitHub

  • United Kingdom

    Ethnicity Facts and Figures

    Governnment data about the UK’s different ethnic groups.

    Website | GitHub

  • Argentina

    Buenos Aires Obras

    Provides data and visualizations about the progress of planned construction works in the City of Buenos Aires.

    Website | GitHub

  • Australia

    National Map

    The Digital Transformation Authority (DTA) National Map provides easy access to government spatial data and can compare multiple datasets by linking them through information about their location.

    Website | GitHub

  • United Kingdom

    Splink

    Open source package for probabalistic record linkage at scale developed by the UK Ministry of Justice.

    Website | GitHub

  • Canada

    GC InfoBase

    GC InfoBase is an interactive data-visualization tool, transforming complex federal data into simple visual stories for Canadians.

    Website | Github

  • Data exchange

  • India

    Sunbird RC

    Sunbird RC (Registry and Credential) is used to rapidly build and deploy next-generation electronic registries by providing a low-code framework, microservices, and reference tools.

    Github

  • Estonia

    XRoad

    X-Road® is open-source software and ecosystem solution that provides unified and secure data exchange between organizations.

    Website | GitHub

  • France

    Data Pass

    The Interministerial Directorate for Digital Affairs (DINUM) has implemented a centralized tool to manage access permissions to data apis providers. This tool simplifies and standardizes the authorization procedure between government agencies.

    Website | GitHub

  • Web content

  • Italy

    IO, the app for Italian public services

    IO is an open source native mobile application for iOS and Android, providing an interface for citizens to manage their data and their digital citizen profile, receive communications, and complete in-app payments.

    Github

  • United Kingdom

    LocalGov Drupal

    LocalGov Drupal is a collaboratively built open source web publishing platform for local government. It provides a Drupal install profile that each organization can quickly deploy and configure to host their website.

    Github | Documentation | Demonstration

  • Singapore

    GoGovSG

    GoGovSG is an open source link shortening and file sharing solution. Links and files are checked before publishing to prevent malicious content being shared, and analytics are provided to track click-through rates.

    Github

  • United Kingdom

    GOV.UK Whitehall (CMS)

    Whitehall is a content management application for content published by UK government departments and agencies on GOV.UK.

    Website | GitHub

  • United States

    Government of California

    Official California state government website.

    Website | GitHub

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