https://github.com/dfe-analytical-services/shinyGovstyle
Apply GOV.UK styled components and formats in R Shiny
https://github.com/dfe-analytical-services/shinyGovstyle
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Apply GOV.UK styled components and formats in R Shiny
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/dfe-analytical-services/shinyGovstyle
- Owner: dfe-analytical-services
- License: gpl-3.0
- Created: 2019-06-20T06:41:58.000Z (over 6 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2025-08-18T16:43:39.000Z (2 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-08-18T18:31:07.884Z (2 months ago)
- Language: R
- Homepage: https://dfe-analytical-services.github.io/shinyGovstyle/
- Size: 29.3 MB
- Stars: 45
- Watchers: 29
- Forks: 10
- Open Issues: 23
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Changelog: NEWS.md
- Contributing: .github/CONTRIBUTING.md
- License: LICENSE.md
- Code of conduct: .github/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
- Codeowners: .github/CODEOWNERS
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README
# shinyGovstyle 
[](https://cran.r-project.org/package=shinyGovstyle)
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[](https://cran.r-project.org/package=shinyGovstyle)
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> Apply Gov styled components and formats in shiny
## Overview
This package provides custom widgets to style R Shiny apps using the GOV.UK design system. The components can be previewed in our [example showcase app](https://department-for-education.shinyapps.io/shinygovstyle-example-app/).
To view details and advice on how to use the GOV.UK components please visit https://design-system.service.gov.uk/components/, most components should be available to use through this package.
### Installation
You can install the latest stable version from CRAN
```r
install.packages("shinyGovstyle")
```
If you want to make use of the development version then install directly from GitHub.
```r
remotes::install_github("dfe-analytical-services/shinyGovstyle")
```
This has previously also been available on conda though is no longer actively maintained, if you are using the package in this way, please let us know!
```
conda install r-shinygovstyle
```
To use error and word count elements you will need to load useShinyjs from shinyjs in your ui.R file
```r
shinyjs::useShinyjs()
```
### Contributing
Ideas, bug reports, and requests for new components should be [raised as GitHub issue](https://github.com/moj-analytical-services/shinyGovstyle/issues/new). It's often worth checking the existing [issues log](https://github.com/moj-analytical-services/shinyGovstyle/issues) incase there is already an existing discussion you can conrtibute to.
More details on contributing can be found in the [CONTRIBUTING.md](.github/CONTRIBUTING.md) file.
This package is also released with a [Contributor Code of Conduct](.github/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md). By contributing to this project, you agree to abide by its terms.
### Available components
Details of all available components and how to use them can be found in the [package documentation](https://dfe-analytical-services.github.io/shinyGovstyle/reference/index.html).
The package contains an [example showcase app](https://department-for-education.shinyapps.io/shinygovstyle-example-app/) you can view or run yourself, showcasing available components. The code for the example app is in the `inst/example_app/` folder. You can easily run the app from the console using:
```r
shinyGovstyle::run_example()
```