# alphagov/whitehall

Publishes government content on GOV.UK

Repository: https://github.com/alphagov/whitehall
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/whitehall
Homepage: https://docs.publishing.service.gov.uk/apps/whitehall.html
Language: Ruby
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: govuk
Last push: 2026-09-02T15:51:31+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 96/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 100, release rhythm 88, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5462, "days_push": 0, "days_rel": 0, "gap_med": 0, "n_releases_24m": 1710}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1027, forks 198 (observed 2026-09-03T02:15:09.007349+00:00)

## What it is
Whitehall is a Ruby on Rails application used by UK government publishers to create and manage content published on GOV.UK. It provides an admin interface with edition workflows, auditing, and internationalisation support.

## Use cases
- publish government content on GOV.UK
- manage editorial workflows for public sector content
- create and edit government announcements and documents
- track content changes with an audit trail
- manage multilingual government content

## When to choose
- you are a GOV.UK publisher or developer working on UK government content
- you need a mature Rails-based publishing admin with edition workflows
- you want an open-source CMS designed for government publishing

## When to avoid
- you need a general-purpose CMS for non-government websites
- you want a lightweight or headless publishing tool outside the GOV.UK ecosystem
- you are not prepared to run the wider GOV.UK Docker dependency stack

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: web-framework, workflow-automation, internationalization
- domain: e-government, web-development, cms, documentation
- platform: ruby
- tags: govuk, ruby-on-rails, content-publishing, government, publishing-platform, cms, web-server, docker, linux

## Member repositories
- alphagov/whitehall (main) score 96

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:09.007349+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:08:07.558008+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/alphagov/whitehall (fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:09.007349+00:00, sha 8930f3ed0664)
  - homepage: https://docs.publishing.service.gov.uk/apps/whitehall.html (fetched 2026-08-29T13:08:24.346786+00:00, sha 44136fa355b3)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.