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GOV.UK Developer Toolkit

GOV.UK Developer Toolkit

by Service-now.com

Deploy a GDS-compliant portal in days, not months.

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First tracked: 2026-06-17 Latest: 2026-11-01 (0 installs)
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About

The GOV.UK Developer Toolkit (GDS Service Portal) is a library of reusable, GDS-compliant portal widgets and embeddable components that let ServiceNow developers and partners build citizen-facing portals for UK government customers fast, with minimal customization.

Key Features

The GOV.UK Developer Toolkit (GDS Service Portal) June 2026 release ships 12 components — all as GDS-compliant Service Portal widgets:

1. GDS Portal SDK V1 — foundation (portal record, theme record, GDS branding/typography/layout)
2. Homepage
3. Catalogue — browse available services
4. Case Detail — view status, history, communicate with caseworkers
5. Case List — track open and closed cases
6. Knowledge Page — self-service articles
7. Profile — view/update contact information
8. FAQs
9. Error Pages (404/403, service problem)
10. Record Producer — submit applications and requests
11. Login
12. Register

GDS Page patterns have been added to October 2026 release to include these GDS Page patterns:

- [Question pages](https://design-system.service.gov.uk/patterns/question-pages/) - forms experience where the questions are surfaces one by one on the UI, and the user can see their responses at the bottom and make changes to them

- [Step by step navigation](https://design-system.service.gov.uk/patterns/step-by-step-navigation/) - Where a user can see all the steps required to complete a task in one view

- [Confirmation page](https://design-system.service.gov.uk/patterns/confirmation-pages/) - Where a user sees the confirmation page after submitting their answer to the last question.

- [Exit a page](https://design-system.service.gov.uk/patterns/exit-a-page-quickly/) - this buttons gives users a way to quickly and safely exit a service, website or application. 

Version History (5)
v1.5.1 2026-10-08 17:31:22
This version adds three GDS page patterns to the GDS portal which are: - Question pages - forms experience where the questions are surfaces one by ...
v1.4.2 2026-09-10 20:22:56
This release resolves some accessibility defects which makes Gov.UK Developer Toolkit WCAG 2.2 AA conformant. 
v1.3.2 2026-08-07 19:39:16
This release resolves the accessibility issues/defects to make the app WCAG 2.2 compliant and some design defects.
v1.1.0 2026-07-09 17:05:35
Accessibility fixes.
v1.0.0 2026-06-16 17:01:22
The GOV.UK Developer Toolkit (GDS Service Portal) June 2026 release ships 12 components, all as GDS-compliant Service Portal widgets: GDS Portal S...

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ID: 4f50a79aff113210d1e5ffffffffff24 · Published: Oct 2026 · Updated: Nov 01, 2026