alphagov/whitehall

Publishes government content on GOV.UK

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stars

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Ruby

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Sep 11, 2026

updated

docs.publishing.service.gov.uk/apps/whitehall.html
govuk

README

Whitehall

Whitehall (also known as 'Whitehall Admin' or 'Whitehall Publisher') is used by publishers to create and manage content.

Running the Application

Use GOV.UK Docker to run any commands that follow.

Technical documentation

This is a Ruby on Rails app, and should follow our Rails app conventions.

You can use the GOV.UK Docker environment to run the application and its tests with all the necessary dependencies. Follow the usage instructions to get started.

Running the test suite

These commands assume you have the GOV.UK Docker environment running and its binaries in your PATH.

# run all the test suites
govuk-docker-run bundle exec rake

Javascript unit tests can also be run separately:

# run all the JavaScript tests
govuk-docker-run bundle exec rake jasmine

Further documentation

See the docs/ directory.

Licence

MIT License

Contributors

(top 30 of 244)

tekin

2,153 commits

dependabot[bot]

1,675 commits

davidgisbey

1,506 commits

ChrisBAshton

1,290 commits

alphagov/whitehall

Publishes government content on GOV.UK

1,029

stars

33,930

commits

Ruby

primary language

Sep 11, 2026

updated

docs.publishing.service.gov.uk/apps/whitehall.html
govuk

README

Whitehall

Whitehall (also known as 'Whitehall Admin' or 'Whitehall Publisher') is used by publishers to create and manage content.

Running the Application

Use GOV.UK Docker to run any commands that follow.

Technical documentation

This is a Ruby on Rails app, and should follow our Rails app conventions.

You can use the GOV.UK Docker environment to run the application and its tests with all the necessary dependencies. Follow the usage instructions to get started.

Running the test suite

These commands assume you have the GOV.UK Docker environment running and its binaries in your PATH.

# run all the test suites
govuk-docker-run bundle exec rake

Javascript unit tests can also be run separately:

# run all the JavaScript tests
govuk-docker-run bundle exec rake jasmine

Further documentation

See the docs/ directory.

Licence

MIT License

Contributors

(top 30 of 244)

tekin

2,153 commits

dependabot[bot]

1,675 commits

davidgisbey

1,506 commits

ChrisBAshton

1,290 commits

Languages

Ruby

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HTML

11.5%

JavaScript

2.6%

Gherkin

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