We rebuilt pretagov.com and went looking for a faster Plone site — and couldn't find one. Here's how headless, SSG on a CDN, a clean decoupling, and Hydra's in-page editing got us to 91/94 on PageSpeed Insights, plus an honest question.
Customised Onyx deployment for a government oversight agency — natural-language search across investigation summaries, annual reports, media releases, and PowerBI complaints data.
Customised Onyx deployment for a national health body — AI search across translated medical resources, returning the right document in the language the user reads.
In the rapidly evolving digital landscape, the way we manage and deliver content is undergoing a significant transformation. Traditional Content Management Systems (CMS) that once ruled the web are now being challenged by a new, more flexible and efficient breed: Headless CMS. However many who use Headless CMS often complain they are harder to use and give less control over the the layout of the content. This evolution marks the advent of the next generation, Visual headless CMS, designed to meet the complex needs of modern digital experiences while retaining all the benefits of a Headless CMS
Long-running CMS-managed public website for an independent NSW investigative agency. PretaGov has hosted, maintained and evolved the site since 2017.
Long-running partnership with the NSW oversight body for police misconduct — hosting, Plone CMS upgrades, and the 2022 rebuild onto the NSW Customer Service design system.
The UK Land Registry's 1862 Register — 162GB of historical archival images and metadata — faced outdated tech, security risks, and non-compliance with WCAG 2.2 standards. We delivered a secure, accessible, future-proof upgrade using headless open-source technology.
When the Marine Stewardship Council's CMS developer went out of business, PretaGov took over their legacy platform — stabilising support and modernising the site for the global sustainable-fishing standards body.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) sought a comprehensive solution to facilitate the in-house development of digital services for the conversion of manual paper based forms.
Alpha-phase delivery of the GMS Order Management System Core Broker for NHS England — secure order management for genomics testing across the English NHS.
An online application that lets health professionals create SMS/PDF/ICS reminders for appointments in over 50 languages. Commissioned by NSW Multicultural Health Communications Service
The register The solution needs to provide access to the scanned image files and metadata for 84,000 Jpeg files at 200DPI that make up the content of the 1962 Act Register. All on a GDS and WCAG complaint CMS
Custom register systems — authoritative records you can defend at audit, in court, or in front of a regulator. Versioned, accessible, citizen-facing.
WCAG 2.1 / 2.2 AA audits, remediation, and accessibility-first builds for organisations whose compliance is statutory rather than aspirational.
300,000 backyard pools across NSW, 182 Local Councils, 30 forms, and a two-month build before the 29 October 2014 legislation cut-off. PretaGov delivered the NSW Swimming Pool Register on time.
Onyx is a production-ready open-source stack for enterprise RAG. We piloted it for public-sector search, and here's what we changed to answer real questions from tables, PDFs, and dashboards.
Custom assessment-and-publication application for the MSC's certified fisheries — separate from the public MSC website, built and supported since 2016.
Multicultural Health Communications Service, faced a significant obstacle when it came to sharing large sensitive files with their stakeholders. MHCS needed to secure collaboration and sharing of large files between clients and translators. Existing off-the-shelf file sharing tools presented two critical challenges: compromised data security and unreliable email deliverability.
