Capitol

Capitol is a free Zendesk help center theme designed for government: cities, counties, state agencies, and public utilities. Use it as a ready-made Guide theme for any industry, every color, font, and label is yours to change, with defaults tuned for public services.

Capitol is built around persistent sidebar navigation. Every category and section stays visible and expandable while residents browse, so the things people contact government about, permits and licensing, utilities and billing, records and requests, are always one click away instead of a trip back to the home page. The design stays clear and plain-language, legible on any device.

Customize everything from Theming Center, no code required

• Brand color, link color, and background color

• Heading and body fonts

• Your logo and favicon

• Hero title and search placeholder text

• Home page layout: categories, recent activity, and promoted articles

• Content toggles for every page: related articles, recently viewed, follow buttons, social sharing

• All 21 Guide pages styled, including approvals and the service catalog

• Fully responsive, WCAG AA contrast throughout, fonts self-hosted with no external requests

Free, with an upgrade for code access

The standard license is free: install Capitol, customize it in Theming Center, and receive updates. It includes a small "Powered by Artica" link.

The developer license adds full code access and export, so your team can extend the theme and remove the attribution.

Built by Artica. Find out what your customers are asking and what your help center is missing, first audit free at askartica.com.