govuk-frontend

v5.7.1

GOV.UK Frontend contains the code you need to start building a user interface for government platforms and services. For more information about how to use this package see README

Latest version published 28 days ago

License: MIT

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Package Health Score

89 / 100

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No known security issues
popularity
Popular
maintenance
Healthy
community
Active

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Security

No known security issues

All security vulnerabilities belong to production dependencies of direct and indirect packages.

Security and license risk for significant versions

All Versions

Version				Vulnerabilities	License Risk
5.7.1	\|	10/2024		0 C 0 H 0 M 0 L	0 H 0 M 0 L
4.9.0	\|	10/2024	Popular	0 C 0 H 0 M 0 L	0 H 0 M 0 L
5.6.0	\|	08/2024		0 C 0 H 0 M 0 L	0 H 0 M 0 L
3.15.0	\|	02/2024		0 C 0 H 0 M 0 L	0 H 0 M 0 L
3.14.0	\|	10/2021		0 C 0 H 0 M 0 L	0 H 0 M 0 L

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Popularity

Popular

Weekly Downloads (147,308)

GitHub Stars: 1.18K
Forks: 323
Contributors: 80

Direct Usage Popularity

The npm package govuk-frontend receives a total of 147,308 downloads a week. As such, we scored govuk-frontend popularity level to be Popular.

Based on project statistics from the GitHub repository for the npm package govuk-frontend, we found that it has been starred 1,178 times.

Downloads are calculated as moving averages for a period of the last 12 months, excluding weekends and known missing data points.

Community

Active

Readme.md: Yes
Contributing.md: Yes
Code of Conduct: Yes
Contributors: 80
Funding: No

With more than 10 contributors for the govuk-frontend repository, this is possibly a sign for a growing and inviting community.

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Maintenance

Healthy

Commit Frequency

Open Issues: 303
Open PR: 26
Last Release: 28 days ago
Last Commit: 3 days ago

Further analysis of the maintenance status of govuk-frontend based on released npm versions cadence, the repository activity, and other data points determined that its maintenance is Healthy.

We found that govuk-frontend demonstrates a positive version release cadence with at least one new version released in the past 3 months.

As a healthy sign for on-going project maintenance, we found that the GitHub repository had at least 1 pull request or issue interacted with by the community.

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Package

Node.js Compatibility: >= 4.2.0

Age: 6 years
Dependencies: 0 Direct
Versions: 72
Install Size: 5.99 MB
Dist-tags: 5
# of Files: 909
Maintainers: 1
TS Typings: No

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Not sure how to use govuk-frontend?

To help you get started, we've collected the most common ways that govuk-frontend is being used within popular public projects.

alphagov / govuk-frontend / docs / installation / examples / webpack / assets / main.js View on Github

import Button from 'govuk-frontend/govuk/components/button/button'

new Button(document).init()

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GOV.UK Frontend

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

See live examples of GOV.UK Frontend components, and guidance on when to use them in your service, in the GOV.UK Design System.

Contact the team

GOV.UK Frontend is maintained by a team at Government Digital Service. If you want to know more about GOV.UK Frontend, please email the Design System team or get in touch with them on Slack.

Quick start

There are 2 ways to start using GOV.UK Frontend in your app.

Once installed, you will be able to use the code from the examples in the GOV.UK Design System in your service.

1. Install with npm (recommended)

We recommend installing GOV.UK Frontend using node package manager (npm).

2. Install by using compiled files

You can also download the compiled and minified assets (CSS, JavaScript) from GitHub.

Importing styles

You need to import the GOV.UK Frontend styles into the main Sass file in your project. You should place the below code before your own Sass rules (or Sass imports) if you want to override GOV.UK Frontend with your own styles.

To import add the below to your Sass file:

@import "node_modules/govuk-frontend/dist/govuk/all";

More details on importing styles

Importing JavaScript

Some of the JavaScript included in GOV.UK Frontend improves the usability and accessibility of the components. You should make sure that you are importing and initialising JavaScript in your application. This will ensure all users can use it successfully.

You can include JavaScript for all components by copying both govuk-frontend.min.js and govuk-frontend.min.js.map from node_modules/govuk-frontend/dist/govuk/ into your application and referencing the JavaScript directly:

Next you need to import and initialise GOV.UK Frontend by adding:

More details on importing JavaScript and advanced options

Importing assets

In order to import GOV.UK Frontend images and fonts to your project, you should configure your application to reference or copy the relevant GOV.UK Frontend assets.

More details on importing assets

Getting updates

To be notified when there’s a new release, you can either:

Find out how to update with npm.

Licence

Unless stated otherwise, the codebase is released under the MIT License. This covers both the codebase and any sample code in the documentation. The documentation is © Crown copyright and available under the terms of the Open Government 3.0 licence.

Contribution guidelines

If you want to help us build GOV.UK Frontend, view our contribution guidelines.

FAQs

What is govuk-frontend?

GOV.UK Frontend contains the code you need to start building a user interface for government platforms and services. Visit Snyk Advisor to see a full health score report for govuk-frontend, including popularity, security, maintenance & community analysis.

Is govuk-frontend popular?

The npm package govuk-frontend receives a total of 147,308 weekly downloads. As such, govuk-frontend popularity was classified as a popular. Visit the popularity section on Snyk Advisor to see the full health analysis.

Is govuk-frontend well maintained?

We found that govuk-frontend demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity. It has a community of 80 open source contributors collaborating on the project. See the full package health analysis to learn more about the package maintenance status.

Is govuk-frontend safe to use?

The npm package govuk-frontend was scanned for known vulnerabilities and missing license, and no issues were found. Thus the package was deemed as safe to use. See the full health analysis review.

Last updated on 8 November-2024, at 12:10 (UTC).

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