Core Portal
The Core Portal provides a starting point for building custom portal solutions with USWDS (U.S. Web Design System) styling and essential portal structure components. It’s designed to be the starting point from which agencies can build their custom portal solutions.
What’s Included
The Core Portal provides:
- USWDS Identification Banner – Government identification banner with proper styling
- Header with Search Bar – Clean header component with integrated search functionality
- Navigation Menu Bar – Structured navigation framework ready for customization
- Footer – Government footer with required links and information
Typical Use Cases
- Starting point for new government portals – Begin with proper structure and styling
- Portal modernization projects – Replace legacy portal frameworks with modern, compliant foundation
- Multi-portal consistency – Use as a common base across multiple portal projects
- Proof of concept development – Quickly stand up a professional-looking portal shell for demonstrations
The Core Portal contains no specific business functionality, data tables, or records management features. It’s purely a foundational shell designed to be extended with the specific capabilities your agency needs.
This is an open-source project maintained by Microsoft. It is not an official U.S. government website. The site uses the U.S. Web Design System (USWDS) to help agencies and partners create app catalog documentation sites of their own. Open Source at Microsoft