Technology history for direct.gov.uk
Stack size over time
From 2 detected technologies in Apr 2018 to 30 in Jun 2026 (peak 32).
Currently detected
- Nginx since Apr 2018
- jQuery since Apr 2018
- Google Analytics since Jun 2018
- jQuery UI since Jun 2018
- Varnish since Jun 2018
- Modernizr since Aug 2018
- Moment.js since Aug 2018
- Apache HTTP Server since Aug 2018
- Incapsula since Aug 2018
- Java since Aug 2018
- Google Tag Manager since Aug 2018
- Ruby since Aug 2018
- Ruby on Rails since Aug 2018
- MySQL since Nov 2018
- WordPress since Nov 2018
- WordPress Super Cache since Nov 2018
- Bootstrap since Nov 2018
- Gravity Forms since Nov 2018
- jQuery Migrate since Nov 2018
- PHP since Nov 2018
- UIKit since Oct 2019
- GOV.UK Frontend since Mar 2020
- GOV.UK Template since Feb 2021
- Amazon Web Services since Aug 2021
- core-js since Sep 2021
- Wheelio since Sep 2021
- PWA since Aug 2022
- HSTS since Sep 2022
- Open Graph since Sep 2022
- Envoy since Mar 2025
Previously used
- Amazon ALB Aug 2021 to Nov 2024 · 3 yrs
- Azure Aug 2022 to Feb 2023 · 6 mo
- C Feb 2023 to Feb 2023 · 1 mo
- Tailwind CSS Apr 2022 to Apr 2022 · 1 mo
- Apache Tomcat Aug 2018 to Aug 2021 · 3 yrs
- IIS Aug 2018 to Sep 2019 · 1 yr
- Microsoft ASP.NET Aug 2018 to Sep 2019 · 1 yr
- Progress Sitefinity Aug 2018 to Sep 2019 · 1 yr
- Windows Server Aug 2018 to Sep 2019 · 1 yr
- AngularJS Aug 2018 to Aug 2019 · 1 yr
- ZURB Foundation Dec 2018 to Dec 2018 · 1 mo
- AppNexus Aug 2018 to Nov 2018 · 3 mo
- Facebook Aug 2018 to Nov 2018 · 3 mo
- FancyBox Aug 2018 to Nov 2018 · 3 mo
- SWFObject Aug 2018 to Oct 2018 · 2 mo
- Twitter Aug 2018 to Oct 2018 · 2 mo
Timeline
2025 1 added · 1 dropped
- added Envoy Mar 2025 · Reverse proxies
- dropped Amazon ALB Jan 2025 · Load balancers
2023 1 added · 1 dropped · 1 switched
- switched C Java May 2023 · Programming languages
- dropped Azure Apr 2023 · PaaS
- added C Feb 2023 · Programming languages
2022 9 added · 1 switched
- added HSTS Sep 2022 · Security
- added Open Graph Sep 2022 · Miscellaneous
- added Amazon ALB Aug 2022 · Load balancers
- added Amazon Web Services Aug 2022 · PaaS
- added Azure Aug 2022 · PaaS
- added core-js Aug 2022 · JavaScript libraries
- switched Tailwind CSS GOV.UK Template Aug 2022 · UI frameworks
- added Java Aug 2022 · Programming languages
- added PWA Aug 2022 · Miscellaneous
- added Tailwind CSS Apr 2022 · UI frameworks
2021 5 added · 1 dropped
- dropped Apache Tomcat Oct 2021 · Web servers
- added core-js Sep 2021 · JavaScript libraries
- added Wheelio Sep 2021 · Widgets
- added Amazon ALB Aug 2021 · Load balancers
- added Amazon Web Services Aug 2021 · PaaS
- added GOV.UK Template Feb 2021 · UI frameworks
2020 1 added
- added GOV.UK Frontend Mar 2020 · UI Frameworks
2019 7 added · 7 dropped · 1 switched
- dropped IIS Nov 2019 · Web Servers
- dropped Progress Sitefinity Nov 2019 · CMS
- dropped Windows Server Nov 2019 · Operating Systems
- dropped AngularJS Oct 2019 · JavaScript Frameworks
- switched Microsoft ASP.NET UIKit Oct 2019 · Web Frameworks
- added AngularJS Mar 2019 · JavaScript Frameworks
- added Apache Tomcat Mar 2019 · Web Servers
- added IIS Mar 2019 · Web Servers
- added Java Mar 2019 · Programming Languages
- added Microsoft ASP.NET Mar 2019 · Web Frameworks
- added Progress Sitefinity Mar 2019 · CMS
- added Windows Server Mar 2019 · Operating Systems
- dropped ZURB Foundation Feb 2019 · Web Frameworks
- dropped AppNexus Jan 2019 · Advertising Networks
- dropped Facebook Jan 2019 · Widgets
2018 9 added · 1 dropped · 2 switched
- dropped Twitter Dec 2018 · Widgets
- added ZURB Foundation Dec 2018 · Web Frameworks
- added Bootstrap Nov 2018 · Web Frameworks
- switched SWFObject Gravity Forms Nov 2018 · Miscellaneous
- switched FancyBox jQuery Migrate Nov 2018 · JavaScript Libraries
- added MySQL Nov 2018 · Databases
- added PHP Nov 2018 · Programming Languages
- added WordPress Nov 2018 · CMS
- added WordPress Super Cache Nov 2018 · Cache Tools
- added Google Analytics Jun 2018 · Analytics
- added jQuery UI Jun 2018 · JavaScript Frameworks
- added Varnish Jun 2018 · Cache Tools