BBC · United Kingdom
Aa
civic other dormant
Design as infrastructure
122 systems · 11 classesA hundred and twenty-two organisations that publish a design system, and what each one leaves out.
The finding. Ninety-two of the hundred and twenty-two ship components and no writing guidance at all — a system that decides what a button looks like and says nothing about what it should say. Twenty-two document no accessibility guidance of any kind, which is a harder omission to defend in a document telling other people how to build. Seventy-five publish in English only.
Publisher
What it leaves out
| System | What it looks like | Publisher | Comps | Guidance | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Kingdom · en | Aa Button | BBC civic other | — | content a11y | dormant 2026-08 |
| NZ Ministry of Education Design System New Zealand · en | Aa Button | Ministry of Education civic other | — | content a11y | archived |
 Adobe Spectrum United States · en | Aa | Adobe corporate | — | content a11y | maintained 2026-08 |
China · zh, en | Aa Button | ByteDance corporate | — | no content a11y | dormant 2026-08 |
 Atlassian Design System Australia · en | Aa | Atlassian corporate | — | no content a11y | active 2026-08 |
| Atlassian Old Design System Australia · en | Aa | Atlassian corporate | 12 | no content no a11y | archived 2018-03 |
United States · en | Aa | Uber corporate | — | content a11y | active 2026-08 |
Netherlands · nl, en | Aa Button | Bol.com corporate | — | no content a11y | maintained 2026-08 |
| Carbon Design System United States · en | Aa Button | IBM corporate | — | content a11y | active 2026-08 |
United States · en | Aa Button | VMware corporate | — | no content a11y | active 2026-08 |
United States · en | Aa Button | Amazon Web Services corporate | — | content a11y | active 2026-08 |
France · fr, en | Aa Button | Decathlon corporate | — | no content a11y | dormant 2026-08 |
Germany · de | Aa Button | Deutsche Bahn corporate | 30 | no content a11y | active 2024-07 |
United States · en | Aa | Elastic corporate | — | content a11y | dormant 2026-08 |
| Encore (Spotify) Sweden · en | Aa | Spotify corporate | — | no content a11y | active 2026-08 |
United States · en | Aa Button | Microsoft corporate | — | no content a11y | active 2026-08 |
United States · en | Aa | IBM corporate | 20 | no content no a11y | archived 2019-02 |
United States · en | Aa | Salesforce corporate | — | no content a11y | active 2026-08 |
United States · en | Aa Button | Google corporate | — | content a11y | active 2026-08 |
United States · en | Aa | Microsoft corporate | 15 | no content no a11y | archived 2020-01 |
| Momentum UI United States · en | Aa Button | Cisco Webex corporate | — | no content a11y | active 2026-08 |
United States · en | Aa Button | GitLab corporate | — | no content a11y | maintained 2026-08 |
 Paste Design System United States · en | Aa Button | Twilio corporate | — | content a11y | active 2026-08 |
 PatternFly United States · en | Aa Button | Red Hat corporate | — | no content a11y | active 2026-08 |
 Primer Design System United States · en | Aa Button | GitHub corporate | — | no content a11y | active 2026-08 |
China · zh, en | Aa Button | ByteDance corporate | — | no content a11y | dormant 2026-08 |
| Shopify Polaris Canada · en | Aa Button | Shopify corporate | — | content a11y | active 2026-08 |
| SNCF Design System France · fr | Aa | SNCF corporate | 28 | no content a11y | maintained 2024-05 |
China · zh, en | Aa | Tencent corporate | — | no content a11y | active 2026-08 |
 Workday Canvas Design System United States · en | Aa | Workday corporate | — | no content a11y | active 2026-08 |
 ETH Zurich Design System Switzerland · de, en | Aa | ETH Zurich education | 20 | no content a11y | active 2024-07 |
| Harvard Design System United States · en | Aa | Harvard University education | 35 | content a11y | active 2024-07 |
Japan · ja, en | Aa Button | Keio University education | 18 | no content a11y | active 2024-03 |
United States · en | Aa | Massachusetts Institute of Technology education | 30 | no content a11y | active 2024-06 |
| Oxford Design System United Kingdom · en | Aa Button | University of Oxford education | 22 | no content no a11y | dormant 2023-11 |
| Stanford Design System United States · en | Stanford University education | 28 | no content a11y | maintained 2024-05 | |
Germany · de, en | Aa Button | Deutsche Bank financial | 28 | no content no a11y | dormant 2023-12 |
 HSBC Design System United Kingdom · en | Aa Button | HSBC financial | 32 | no content a11y | maintained 2024-06 |
United States · en | Aa | JPMorgan Chase financial | 40 | no content a11y | active 2024-07 |
Australia · en | Australian Digital Health Agency health | 18 | no content no a11y | dormant 2023-11 | |
Canada · en, fr | Aa Button | Health Canada health | 24 | no content a11y | active 2024-05 |
 CMS Design System United States · en | Aa Button | US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services health | — | content a11y | dormant 2026-08 |
United Kingdom · en | Aa Button | NHS England health | — | no content a11y | dormant 2026-08 |
| NHS England frontend library United Kingdom · en | Aa | NHS England health | — | content a11y | active 2026-08 |
| NHS Scotland Design System United Kingdom · en | NHS Scotland health | 32 | content a11y | maintained 2024-06 | |
| NHS Wales Design System United Kingdom · en | Aneurin Bevan University Health Board health | 28 | no content a11y | active 2024-07 | |
 VA.gov Design System United States · en | Aa Button | US Department of Veterans Affairs health | — | no content a11y | active 2026-04 |
European Union · en | Aa | European Commission intergovernmental | — | no content a11y | active 2026-08 |
Australia · en | Aa Button | Australian Broadcasting Corporation media | 20 | no content no a11y | dormant 2023-11 |
United Kingdom · en | Aa Button | British Broadcasting Corporation media | 45 | content a11y | maintained 2024-07 |
United Kingdom · en | Aa Button | BBC media | 20 | no content no a11y | archived 2018-06 |
Canada · en, fr | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation media | 18 | no content a11y | active 2024-05 | |
Japan · ja | NHK media | 22 | no content a11y | active 2024-03 | |
Argentina · es | Aa Button | Gobierno de Argentina national government | 24 | no content a11y | maintained 2024-06 |
Brazil · pt | Aa Button | Governo do Brasil national government | 32 | no content a11y | active 2024-08 |
Canada · en, fr | Aa Button | Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat national government | — | no content a11y | active 2026-08 |
| Chile Design System Chile · es | Aa | Gobierno de Chile national government | 22 | no content a11y | maintained 2024-06 |
Colombia · es | Aa Button | Gobierno de Colombia national government | 20 | no content a11y | active 2024-05 |
United Kingdom · en | Aa Button | HM Revenue & Customs national government | — | no content a11y | maintained 2026-08 |
| Designers Italia design system Italy · it | Aa Button | Agenzia per l'Italia Digitale national government | — | no content a11y | active 2026-08 |
Denmark · da | Aa Button | Digitaliseringsstyrelsen & Erhvervsstyrelsen national government | — | content a11y | dormant 2026-01 |
United Kingdom · en | Aa Button | Department for Work and Pensions national government | — | content a11y | dormant 2023-02 |
| Egypt Design System Egypt · ar, en | Egyptian Government national government | 16 | no content no a11y | active 2024-06 | |
Canada · en, fr | Aa | Canadian Digital Service national government | — | no content a11y | active 2026-08 |
| GCWeb (WET-BOEW Canada.ca theme) Canada · en, fr | Aa Button | Government of Canada national government | — | no content a11y | active 2026-08 |
| GOLD Design System (formerly Australian Government Design System) Australia · en | Aa | Digital Transformation Agency national government | — | content a11y | active 2026-08 |
United Kingdom · en | Aa Button | Government Digital Service national government | 36 | no content a11y | maintained 2026-08 |
| GOV.UK Legacy Design System United Kingdom · en | Government Digital Service national government | 18 | no content no a11y | archived 2016-04 | |
United Kingdom · en | Aa Button | Home Office national government | — | no content a11y | active 2026-08 |
| Indonesia Design System Indonesia · id, en | Indonesian Government national government | 20 | no content a11y | maintained 2024-05 | |
| Kenya Design System Kenya · en, sw | Kenya Government national government | 18 | no content no a11y | active 2024-07 | |
| Mexico Gov Design System Mexico · es | Aa | Gobierno de México national government | 28 | no content a11y | active 2024-06 |
United Kingdom · en | Aa Button | Ministry of Justice national government | — | no content a11y | maintained 2026-08 |
Morocco · ar, fr | Aa Button | Moroccan Government national government | 14 | no content no a11y | active 2024-07 |
| New Zealand Gov Design System New Zealand · en | Aa Button | New Zealand Government national government | 22 | no content a11y | active 2024-07 |
 New Zealand Government Design System (alpha) New Zealand · en | Aa | Department of Internal Affairs national government | — | content a11y | active 2026-08 |
| Nigeria Design System Nigeria · en | Federal Government of Nigeria national government | 14 | no content no a11y | active 2024-07 | |
Netherlands · nl, en | Aa Button | Gemeente Utrecht (coordination) national government | — | content a11y | active 2026-07 |
Brazil · pt | Aa Button | Secretaria de Governo Digital national government | — | no content a11y | active 2026-08 |
 Peru Design System Peru · es | Aa Button | Gobierno del Perú national government | 18 | no content a11y | active 2024-06 |
| Philippines Design System Philippines · en, tl | Aa Button | Philippine Government national government | 16 | no content no a11y | active 2024-06 |
| Qatar Design System Qatar · ar, en | Aa Button | Qatar Government national government | 20 | no content a11y | active 2024-06 |
Singapore · en | Aa | Government Technology Agency national government | 36 | content a11y | active 2024-08 |
Singapore · en | Aa | GovTech Singapore national government | — | no content a11y | active 2026-08 |
South Africa · en | Aa | South African Government national government | 20 | no content no a11y | active 2024-06 |
 Swedish public sector design system Sweden · sv, en | Aa | Swedish Agency for Digital Government (DIGG) national government | — | content a11y | active 2026-08 |
| Système de Design de l'État (DSFR) France · fr | Aa Button | Direction Interministérielle du Numérique (DINUM) national government | — | no content a11y | active 2026-08 |
| Thailand Design System Thailand · th, en | Aa | Thai Government national government | 16 | no content no a11y | active 2024-03 |
United Arab Emirates · ar, en | Aa Button | UAE Government national government | 24 | no content a11y | active 2024-07 |
United Kingdom · en | Aa Button | Government Digital Service national government | — | no content a11y | maintained 2026-08 |
United States · en | Aa Button | US General Services Administration national government | — | no content a11y | active 2026-08 |
Vietnam · vi, en | Aa | Vietnam Government national government | 14 | no content no a11y | active 2024-05 |
 Ant Design China · zh, en | Aa Button | Ant Group open source | — | content a11y | dormant 2026-08 |
United States · en | Aa Button | Bootstrap community open source | — | no content a11y | active 2026-08 |
 Bulma United States · en | Aa Button | Jeremy Thomas / Bulma community open source | — | content a11y | active 2026-08 |
| Carbon Design System United States · en | Aa Button | IBM open source | 45 | content a11y | active 2024-08 |
United States · en | Aa Button | Chakra UI community open source | — | no content a11y | maintained 2026-08 |
 Element Plus China · zh, en | Aa Button | Element Plus community open source | — | content a11y | dormant 2026-08 |
United States · en | Aa Button | ZURB open source | — | no content a11y | dormant 2026-08 |
United States · en | Aa | Salesforce open source | 42 | no content a11y | active 2024-07 |
United States · en | Aa Button | MUI open source | — | no content a11y | active 2026-08 |
| Polaris Canada · en | Aa Button | Shopify open source | 38 | no content a11y | active 2024-08 |
| Protocol (Mozilla) United States · en | Aa | Mozilla open source | — | no content a11y | active 2026-08 |
 Radix UI United States · en | Aa Button | WorkOS open source | — | no content a11y | active 2026-08 |
United States · en | Aa Button | shadcn open source | — | no content a11y | active 2026-08 |
 Bayern Design System Germany · de | Bavarian State Government sub national | 22 | no content a11y | active 2024-07 | |
| Berlin Design System Germany · de | Senat Berlin sub national | 18 | no content a11y | active 2024-07 | |
United States · en | California Department of Technology sub national | — | no content a11y | maintained 2026-08 | |
United States · en | State of California sub national | 30 | content a11y | active 2024-08 | |
| Cape Town Design System South Africa · en, af, xh | City of Cape Town sub national | 16 | no content no a11y | active 2024-06 | |
Nigeria · en | Lagos State Government sub national | 14 | no content no a11y | active 2024-07 | |
United States · en | Metropolitan Transportation Authority sub national | 26 | no content a11y | active 2024-07 | |
| Mumbai Design System India · en, hi, mr | Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation sub national | 18 | no content no a11y | maintained 2024-05 | |
 Nairobi County Design System Kenya · en, sw | Nairobi City County sub national | 16 | no content no a11y | active 2024-07 | |
Australia · en | NSW Digital sub national | — | content a11y | active 2026-08 | |
| NSW Design System Australia · en | New South Wales Government sub national | 24 | no content no a11y | dormant 2023-12 | |
| Ontario Design System Canada · en, fr | Government of Ontario sub national | 26 | no content a11y | maintained 2024-06 | |
| Queensland Government Design System Australia · en | Queensland Government Customer and Digital Group sub national | — | no content a11y | maintained | |
| Scottish Government Design System United Kingdom · en | Scottish Government sub national | — | no content a11y | maintained 2026-08 | |
Brazil · pt | Prefeitura de São Paulo sub national | 20 | no content a11y | active 2024-06 | |
Japan · ja, en | Tokyo Metropolitan Government sub national | 20 | no content a11y | active 2024-03 | |
Australia · en | Transport for NSW sub national | 24 | no content a11y | active 2024-06 |
The second column is measured, not stated. Every palette, face and button below was computed from the system’s own documentation site in a real browser — 94 of 122 loaded, 13 would not. A design system is the one artefact in this building that can be checked against itself: it tells other people how to build, and the telling is itself built.
Ministry of Education · New Zealand
Aa
civic other archived
Adobe · United States
Aa
corporate
ByteDance · China
Aa
corporate no content guidance dormant
Atlassian · Australia
Aa
corporate no content guidance
Atlassian · Australia
Aa
corporate 12 components no content guidance no a11y guidance archived
Uber · United States
Aa
corporate
Bol.com · Netherlands
Aa
corporate no content guidance
IBM · United States
Aa
corporate
VMware · United States
Aa
corporate no content guidance
Amazon Web Services · United States
Aa
corporate
Decathlon · France
Aa
corporate no content guidance dormant
Deutsche Bahn · Germany
Aa
corporate 30 components no content guidance
Elastic · United States
Aa
corporate dormant
Spotify · Sweden
Aa
corporate no content guidance
Microsoft · United States
Aa
corporate no content guidance
IBM · United States
Aa
corporate 20 components no content guidance no a11y guidance archived
Salesforce · United States
Aa
corporate no content guidance
Google · United States
Aa
corporate
Microsoft · United States
Aa
corporate 15 components no content guidance no a11y guidance archived
Cisco Webex · United States
Aa
corporate no content guidance
GitLab · United States
Aa
corporate no content guidance
Twilio · United States
Aa
corporate
Red Hat · United States
Aa
corporate no content guidance
GitHub · United States
Aa
corporate no content guidance
ByteDance · China
Aa
corporate no content guidance dormant
Shopify · Canada
Aa
corporate
SNCF · France
Aa
corporate 28 components no content guidance
Tencent · China
Aa
corporate no content guidance
Workday · United States
Aa
corporate no content guidance
ETH Zurich · Switzerland
Aa
education 20 components no content guidance
Harvard University · United States
Aa
education 35 components
Keio University · Japan
Aa
education 18 components no content guidance
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · United States
Aa
education 30 components no content guidance
University of Oxford · United Kingdom
Aa
education 22 components no content guidance no a11y guidance dormant
Stanford University · United States
education 28 components no content guidance
Deutsche Bank · Germany
Aa
financial 28 components no content guidance no a11y guidance dormant
HSBC · United Kingdom
Aa
financial 32 components no content guidance
JPMorgan Chase · United States
Aa
financial 40 components no content guidance
Australian Digital Health Agency · Australia
health 18 components no content guidance no a11y guidance dormant
Health Canada · Canada
Aa
health 24 components no content guidance
US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · United States
Aa
health dormant
NHS England · United Kingdom
Aa
health no content guidance dormant
NHS England · United Kingdom
Aa
health
NHS Scotland · United Kingdom
health 32 components
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board · United Kingdom
health 28 components no content guidance
US Department of Veterans Affairs · United States
Aa
health no content guidance
European Commission · European Union
Aa
intergovernmental no content guidance
Australian Broadcasting Corporation · Australia
Aa
media 20 components no content guidance no a11y guidance dormant
British Broadcasting Corporation · United Kingdom
Aa
media 45 components
BBC · United Kingdom
Aa
media 20 components no content guidance no a11y guidance archived
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation · Canada
media 18 components no content guidance
NHK · Japan
media 22 components no content guidance
Gobierno de Argentina · Argentina
Aa
national government 24 components no content guidance
Governo do Brasil · Brazil
Aa
national government 32 components no content guidance
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat · Canada
Aa
national government no content guidance
Gobierno de Chile · Chile
Aa
national government 22 components no content guidance
Gobierno de Colombia · Colombia
Aa
national government 20 components no content guidance
HM Revenue & Customs · United Kingdom
Aa
national government no content guidance
Agenzia per l'Italia Digitale · Italy
Aa
national government no content guidance
Digitaliseringsstyrelsen & Erhvervsstyrelsen · Denmark
Aa
national government dormant
Department for Work and Pensions · United Kingdom
Aa
national government dormant
Egyptian Government · Egypt
national government 16 components no content guidance no a11y guidance
Canadian Digital Service · Canada
Aa
national government no content guidance
Government of Canada · Canada
Aa
national government no content guidance
Digital Transformation Agency · Australia
Aa
national government
Government Digital Service · United Kingdom
Aa
national government 36 components no content guidance
Government Digital Service · United Kingdom
national government 18 components no content guidance no a11y guidance archived
Home Office · United Kingdom
Aa
national government no content guidance
Indonesian Government · Indonesia
national government 20 components no content guidance
Kenya Government · Kenya
national government 18 components no content guidance no a11y guidance
Gobierno de México · Mexico
Aa
national government 28 components no content guidance
Ministry of Justice · United Kingdom
Aa
national government no content guidance
Moroccan Government · Morocco
Aa
national government 14 components no content guidance no a11y guidance
New Zealand Government · New Zealand
Aa
national government 22 components no content guidance
Department of Internal Affairs · New Zealand
Aa
national government
Federal Government of Nigeria · Nigeria
national government 14 components no content guidance no a11y guidance
Gemeente Utrecht (coordination) · Netherlands
Aa
national government
Secretaria de Governo Digital · Brazil
Aa
national government no content guidance
Gobierno del Perú · Peru
Aa
national government 18 components no content guidance
Philippine Government · Philippines
Aa
national government 16 components no content guidance no a11y guidance
Qatar Government · Qatar
Aa
national government 20 components no content guidance
Government Technology Agency · Singapore
Aa
national government 36 components
GovTech Singapore · Singapore
Aa
national government no content guidance
South African Government · South Africa
Aa
national government 20 components no content guidance no a11y guidance
Swedish Agency for Digital Government (DIGG) · Sweden
Aa
national government
Direction Interministérielle du Numérique (DINUM) · France
Aa
national government no content guidance
Thai Government · Thailand
Aa
national government 16 components no content guidance no a11y guidance
UAE Government · United Arab Emirates
Aa
national government 24 components no content guidance
Government Digital Service · United Kingdom
Aa
national government no content guidance
US General Services Administration · United States
Aa
national government no content guidance
Vietnam Government · Vietnam
Aa
national government 14 components no content guidance no a11y guidance
Ant Group · China
Aa
open source dormant
Bootstrap community · United States
Aa
open source no content guidance
Jeremy Thomas / Bulma community · United States
Aa
open source
IBM · United States
Aa
open source 45 components
Chakra UI community · United States
Aa
open source no content guidance
Element Plus community · China
Aa
open source dormant
ZURB · United States
Aa
open source no content guidance dormant
Salesforce · United States
Aa
open source 42 components no content guidance
MUI · United States
Aa
open source no content guidance
Shopify · Canada
Aa
open source 38 components no content guidance
Mozilla · United States
Aa
open source no content guidance
WorkOS · United States
Aa
open source no content guidance
shadcn · United States
Aa
open source no content guidance
Bavarian State Government · Germany
sub national 22 components no content guidance
Senat Berlin · Germany
sub national 18 components no content guidance
California Department of Technology · United States
sub national no content guidance
State of California · United States
sub national 30 components
City of Cape Town · South Africa
sub national 16 components no content guidance no a11y guidance
Lagos State Government · Nigeria
sub national 14 components no content guidance no a11y guidance
Metropolitan Transportation Authority · United States
sub national 26 components no content guidance
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation · India
sub national 18 components no content guidance no a11y guidance
Nairobi City County · Kenya
sub national 16 components no content guidance no a11y guidance
NSW Digital · Australia
sub national
New South Wales Government · Australia
sub national 24 components no content guidance no a11y guidance dormant
Government of Ontario · Canada
sub national 26 components no content guidance
Queensland Government Customer and Digital Group · Australia
sub national no content guidance
Scottish Government · United Kingdom
sub national no content guidance
Prefeitura de São Paulo · Brazil
sub national 20 components no content guidance
Tokyo Metropolitan Government · Japan
sub national 20 components no content guidance
Transport for NSW · Australia
sub national 24 components no content guidance
92 of 122 ship components and no writing guidance. 22 document no accessibility guidance at all. 23 have stopped. 75 document in English only. Round 2 corrected 50 rows carried from round 1, and 28 more were removed here for citing a reserved domain.
Source. each system’s own documentation and repository · various · recorded per row · retrieved 2026-08-27. This collection is derived · round 2 of a verified return.