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nswdpc/waratah
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Silverstripe integration for the NSW Design System

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NSW Design System integration for Silverstripe websites
=======================================================

[](#nsw-design-system-integration-for-silverstripe-websites)

This module integrates the [NSW Design System](https://github.com/digitalnsw/nsw-design-system) with a Silverstripe website and handles all the branding requirements for building a NSW Government website.

If you are a NSW Government agency using, or thinking of using, [Silverstripe Framework and/or CMS](https://silverstripe.org) this is the module to get you started.

This module is maintained by the PD Digital Team. We're a friendly crew that welcomes pull/merge requests and issue reports via Github.

Features
--------

[](#features)

- ✅ Implements all components from the NSW Design System v3
- ✅ Branding: full support for Masterbrand, Co-brand and Independent entities within [the NSW branding guidelines](https://designsystem.nsw.gov.au/core/logo/index.html).
- ✅ [Aboriginal colour palette support](./docs/en/102_aboriginal_colour_palette.md)
- ✅ **BSD-3 licensed**. Can be used in all projects, including proprietary projects.
- ✅ Completely extendable using standard development practices via Silverstripe templating, configuration and Composer module management
- ✅ Standard page layouts based on [template examples](https://designsystem.nsw.gov.au/templates/index.html)
- ✅ Integrates our supported [Elemental content blocks](https://github.com/silverstripe/silverstripe-elemental)
- ✅ Includes our [Silverstripe content authoring boilerplate](https://github.com/nswdpc/silverstripe-content-boilerplate) containing our supported content authoring tools.
- ✅ Form building - supports all Silverstripe form fields plus our supported form field extensions
- ✅ Adds SlimSelect for `` support - [see documentation](./docs/en/005_components.md)
- ✅ [A simple frontend build process using Yarn or NPM](./docs/en/001_index.md)
- ✅ Themes and templates: supports adding project-specific JS and SCSS requirements to the build, including templates and settings overrides
- ✅ Custom branding, theming and templating available via build system and standard Silverstripe template/theme integration
- ✅ [Extra components](./docs/en/005_extra_components.md)
- ✅ Can be easily integrated into your development stack
- ✅ Can be easily integrated with your CI/CD, audit and change management processes.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Starting within a standard Silverstripe installation, install via [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/download/) in your chosen development environment.

### Silverstripe >= 5

[](#silverstripe--5)

Read [important changes in ^2](./docs/en/006_v2_changes.md)

```
composer require nswdpc/waratah:^2
```

### Silverstripe >= 4.13.0

[](#silverstripe--4130)

```
composer require nswdpc/waratah:~1.1.0
```

[Previous version history](./docs/en/404_previous_versions.md)

After installation and next steps
---------------------------------

[](#after-installation-and-next-steps)

Next 👉 [building the frontend assets](./docs/en/001_index.md)

License
-------

[](#license)

[BSD-3-Clause](./LICENSE.md)

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

- [Further documentation](./docs/en/001_index.md)

Configuration
-------------

[](#configuration)

See [\_config directory](./_config) for default configuration settings

Maintainers
-----------

[](#maintainers)

PD web team

Security
--------

[](#security)

If you have found a security issue with this module, please email digital\[@\]dpc.nsw.gov.au in the first instance, detailing your findings.

Bugtracker
----------

[](#bugtracker)

We welcome bug reports, pull requests and feature requests on the Github Issue tracker for this project.

Please review the [code of conduct](./code-of-conduct.md) prior to opening a new issue.

Development and contribution
----------------------------

[](#development-and-contribution)

If you would like to make contributions to the module please ensure you raise a pull request and discuss with the module maintainers.

Please review the [code of conduct](./code-of-conduct.md) prior to completing a pull request.

###  Health Score

53

—

FairBetter than 97% of packages

Maintenance88

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity23

Limited adoption so far

Community16

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity71

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 89.5% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~10 days

Recently: every ~34 days

Total

164

Last Release

71d ago

Major Versions

v0.3.0-rc.8 → v1.0.0-rc.12022-04-08

v0.3.1 → v1.0.0-rc.32022-04-28

v0.3.4 → v1.0.02022-07-01

v1.1.58 → v2.0.02025-01-13

v1.1.59 → v2.0.22025-02-13

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/1caefd99092b4a43254e48c40347224f671032ec1ffc3a457e06a7e9ab6e7c02?d=identicon)[nswdpc](/maintainers/nswdpc)

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Top Contributors

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Tags

designsystemnswsilverstripesilverstripemodulethemenswnsw design system

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan, Rector

Code StylePHP CS Fixer

Type Coverage Yes

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