volto-eea-design-system
April 17, 2026 ยท View on GitHub
Volto EEA Design System
Features
This package provides the following features:
- A Semantic UI theme
- A repository for the design system source files and mockups
- A website to showcase the design system
Upgrade
- Version
^1.60.0requires^eea.volto.policy@12.0to allow customizing the header search box.
Try the design system website
Checkout the docs found within the website folder
Try the design system mockups
Checkout the docs found within the mockups folder from the figma_mockups branch.
Note
We moved the mockups to a separate branch to avoid bloating the main branch with large files.
Docusaurus and Storybook
See Docusaurus. See Storybook.
Getting started
Try volto-eea-design-system with Docker
git clone https://github.com/eea/volto-eea-design-system.git
cd volto-eea-design-system
make
make start
Go to http://localhost:3000
make start now defaults to Volto 18. To run the same setup against Volto 17, use:
VOLTO_VERSION=17 make
VOLTO_VERSION=17 make start
Add volto-eea-design-system to your Volto project
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Make sure you have a Plone backend up-and-running at http://localhost:8080/Plone
docker compose up backend -
Start Volto frontend
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If you already have a volto project, just update
package.json:"dependencies": { "@eeacms/volto-eea-design-system": "*" }and
volto.config.js:const addons = ['@eeacms/volto-eea-design-system']; -
If not, create one with Cookieplone, as recommended by the official Plone documentation for Volto 18+:
uvx cookieplone project cd project-title
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Install or update dependencies, then start the project:
make installFor a Cookieplone project, start the backend and frontend in separate terminals:
make backend-start make frontend-startFor a legacy Volto 17 project, install the package with
yarnand restart the frontend as usual. -
Go to http://localhost:3000
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Happy editing!
Release
See RELEASE.md.
How to contribute
See DEVELOP.md.
Copyright and license
The Initial Owner of the Original Code is European Environment Agency (EEA). All Rights Reserved.
See LICENSE.md for details.