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KERN Design-System
brings the KERN UX Design System
— the shared design system for German public administration — to Drupal as a ready-to-use theme built entirely on Single Directory Components (SDC).
Install it, set it as the default theme, and your site renders
with accessible,
standards-compliant KERN UI out of the box: forms, buttons,
alerts, tables,
navigation and more, all themed to the official KERN
specification.
Features
- 40+ KERN components as native Drupal SDC (button, alert,
card, table, accordion, tabs, form elements, header, footer,
breadcrumb, …). - Drupal form, system and views template overrides —
usable KERN styling without manual theming. - KERN "Kopfzeile" (official government header)
integration. - Local or CDN delivery of the KERN base CSS, switchable in the
theme settings. - Storybook-documented components for design-system review and
development. - Starter kit for generating your own KERN-based
sub-theme. - Canvas ready components as a subtheme.
Components included
All components ship as native Drupal SDC and are documented in
Storybook.
- Layout: Container, Row, Column, Section
(Canvas), Divider - Page & navigation: Header, Footer,
Kopfzeile (government header), Navbar (Canvas), Link, Tabs - Typography & content: Heading, Text,
Icon, Image, Badge, Card - Data display: Table, Description list (+
item), Accordion (+ group), Tasklist (+ header/item), Summary (+
group) - Forms: Form element, Label, Input,
Textfield, Textarea, Select, Checkbox (+ checkboxes), Radio (+
radios), Date, File, Button, Submit - Feedback & status: Alert, Dialog,
Loader, Progress
Requirements
- Drupal 10.x or 11.x
- PHP 8.3+
- UI
Icons (ui_icons_font)
Installation
composer require drupal/kern_ux drush theme:enable kern_ux drush config:set system.theme default kern_ux
Documentation & development
Build and local-development instructions (DDEV, asset build,
Storybook) are in the
README.md and BUILD.md in the
source repository.
Project information
5 sites report using this theme
- Created by d34dman on , updated
This project is not covered by the security advisory policy.
Use at your own risk! It may have publicly disclosed vulnerabilities.
Releases
Bugfix in "local" library
Development version: 1.0.x-dev updated 17 Jun 2026 at 14:26 UTC


