Features

Just give it a URL like "example.com". a11yscan auto-prepends https:// and checks for /sitemap.xml. No flags needed.

Scans up to 5 pages in parallel using Playwright with p-limit concurrency control. Default: 5 parallel pages.

If Chromium crashes mid-scan, the browser automatically relaunches and scanning continues. No lost progress.

Blocks localhost, private IPs (10.x, 172.16-31.x, 192.168.x), link-local, and non-HTTP protocols.

Run a11yscan with no arguments to launch a step-by-step guided setup. Prompts for site URL, sitemap location, directories to include or exclude, output formats, concurrency, and report retention — then shows a summary before scanning. No flags to memorize.

Include the path in the URL to auto-filter: a11yscan example.com/about. Reports saved to section-specific folders for easy diffing. Or use --filter "/research" explicitly.

Flexible picomatch-powered matching: --filter-glob "/*/services/**". Combine with prefix filter using AND logic.

Skip sections with comma-separated prefixes: --exclude "/blog,/archive".

Control scan scope with --depth (URL path depth) and --limit (max pages to scan).

Groups violations by axe-core rule ID + normalized CSS selector. Strips positional pseudo-classes and inline styles for cleaner grouping.

Auto-detects which framework causes the violation: Vuetify, Nuxt, WordPress, Material UI, Shopify, Elementor, and more.

Every pattern includes htmlSnippet, failureSummary, rawSelector, and suggestedFix URL. Ready for automated code generation.

Patterns sorted by affected page count descending. Critical issues affecting the most pages appear first.

Structured report with patternGroups and flat patterns array. Grouped by violation type for easy consumption by LLMs and CI/CD pipelines.

11-column spreadsheet grouped by violation type. Includes HTML snippet, failure summary, and pipe-separated affected URLs.

Collapsible violation groups sorted by severity with color-coded impact borders, jump-nav table of contents, summary dashboard, LLM-ready JSON download, and 96-rule reference. Critical and serious violations auto-expand.

GitHub-flavored Markdown with summary table, violation sections, and collapsible URL lists. Paste directly into GitHub issues or PRs.

Reports saved to ./reports/{hostname}/{section?}/{timestamp}/. Auto-prunes to keep latest 3 runs (configurable via --keep). Use `a11yscan prune` to manage old reports.