Wagtail Space 2026

What is Sites Conformes

  • A pre-configured Wagtail installation to create websites for the French central administration, using the French Government Design System (DSFR)
  • Created and operated by France's Interministerial Digital Directorate (Direction interministérielle du Numérique or DINUM), which is tasked with developing and overseeing the implementation of France's digital strategy
  • Sites created with it should be compliant by design with legal requirements regarding security, accessibility, design
Presentation at Wagtail Space 2025

The Team

Emma Ghariani

Head of the Open Source and Digital Commons Unit at DINUM – Sites Conformes

Juliette Dixmier

Product manager and user support – Sites Conformes

Sylvain Boissel

Dev – Sites Conformes

Lucie Laporte

Dev – Sites Conformes

The State of French governement websites

398

websites in .gouv.fr

31%

of them are showcase websites

1 / 3

does not use the official government design system

1 / 4

does not meet accessibility standards

9/10

perform at an average or poor level, which affects the user experience and energy consumption

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No data available on their security


And how much for a website ?

Cost breakdown — Government website
Nothing added yet

Total cost of one government showcase website

Excluding content, training and evolving maintenance. Source: sites.beta.gouv.fr

Current context

  • Major cost reduction

  • Prioritize European and open-source tools

Spend less, depend less on foreign tech, and invest in shared tools

What if the State builds its own tools ?

Tchap

replaces Whatsapp

Visio

replaces Zoom and Teams

Docs

replaces Google Docs, Word and Notion

Grist

replaces Google Sheet, Excel

And ✨ Sites Conformes ✨

Why Wagtail fits ?

3 things that make all the difference :

  • Python and Django ecosystem
  • StreamFields
  • Community

Club Contributeurs : the Fellowship of Sites Conformes

DINUM

France's Interministerial Digital Directorate

ANSSI

French Cybersecurity Agency

ADEME

French Agency for Ecological Transition

Ministry of Interior

Ministry of Agriculture

Académie Nancy-Metz

Regional education authority

Finance

- 5000€ per websites (vs ≈ 97 000€)

- no maintenance contract required

Compliance

- Get the updates

- In accordance with the French design system

- basis accessibility

- security

Finance

- forum for discussion and support

- benefits from community updates

Challenges

Convincing the right people

Managing the tension with regulators

Living up to our name

Deployment and maintenance

Scaling beyond .gouv.fr.

Sources