What is Ripple?

Ripple is a system of reusable styles, components, patterns and tools for building brand Victoria digital products.

Developed by the Single Digital Presence (SDP) team in the Department of Government Services, Ripple:

• makes it easier for citizens to find, understand and use government information
• makes creating Brand Victoria approved content, assets and sites easy
• increases delivery speed for digital products and services.

Over 50 government websites use Ripple, including our main vic.gov.au platform. These sites attract millions of views per month.

#Why use Ripple?

#Ripple solves the hard problems so you don’t have to

We spent the past 5 years refining Ripple based on user feedback to ensure it:

• meets the publishing needs of government users
• makes it easier for citizens to interact with government services.

Ripple users can be confident their site’s design and development is based on industry standards and best practices for:

• accessibility
• SEO
• security
• performance.

Users can easily navigate sites regardless of technical ability, location or device.

Designers and developers can create consistent digital experiences across Victorian Government sites.

#Ripple gives you efficient and reusable digital resources

Ripple promotes efficiency and reuse by providing reusable styles, components and patterns.

It provides a set of standards to manage design at scale, to:

• reduce redundancy
• create a shared language
• provide visual consistency.

Developer contributions can be shared across projects, adding value to all government departments. This results in reduced project development time and expense.

#Ripple is by government, for government

The Ripple Design System has been made open-source to foster collaboration across government. By making the system open-source, departments and agencies can help improve the citizen experience across government. Ripple has been developed by government, for government and retains all intellectual property and expertise.

#Who can use Ripple?

Ripple is open to all departments or agencies that use Victorian Government branding. Visit the Who's it for? page for more information.

Ripple is a modular system, allowing it to be used separately from our other SDP products, Tide and Bay. Visit the Usage page for more information.

#How do I find out more?

If you are a Victorian Government department or agency wanting to use Ripple in a Brand Victoria digital product (or a vendor supporting them), please visit https://www.vic.gov.au/work-sdp or contact [email protected].

To find out more about the Single Digital Presence program, please visit https://www.vic.gov.au/single-digital-presence.