Top 23 JavaScript A11y Projects

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1. bootstrap-vue

   1 44 14,424 1.9 JavaScript

   MOVED to https://github.com/bootstrap-vue-next/bootstrap-vue-next

   

2. Kargo

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   Stop Scripting Promotions. Start Shipping with Kargo. Kargo automates promotion across dev, staging, and prod with approval gates and verification. Open source, built by the team behind Argo CD. Download now.

   

3. grommet

   2 8 8,349 8.9 JavaScript

   a react-based framework that provides accessibility, modularity, responsiveness, and theming in a tidy package

   

4. axe-core

   3 107 7,507 9.3 JavaScript

   Accessibility engine for automated Web UI testing

   

   Project mention: Everyone is getting ready for WCAG 2.2. Two thirds of Europe's biggest sites still fail 2.1 Level A. | dev.to | 2026-08-27

5. pa11y

   4 26 4,523 7.4 JavaScript

   Pa11y is your automated accessibility testing pal

   

   Project mention: Fusuma: Write Markdown, Get Slides, PDFs, and a Self-Made Social Card | dev.to | 2026-07-13

   Then, using that same open browser tab, it runs pa11y (not Lighthouse, despite what you'd guess) against the live page for an accessibility audit, filtering out a couple of known-noisy rules and anything inside a block.

6. eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y

   5 19 3,616 5.5 JavaScript

   Static AST checker for a11y rules on JSX elements.

   

7. dialog-polyfill

   6 10 2,458 0.0 JavaScript

   Polyfill for the HTML dialog element

   

   Project mention: The HTML Dialog Element: Your Native Solution for Accessible Modals and Popups | dev.to | 2025-11-22

   element is fully supported in all modern browsers (Chrome 37+, Edge 79+, Safari 15.4+, Firefox 98+), making it production ready for contemporary projects. For legacy browser support, consider dialog-polyfill, though it's rarely needed today. Basic Usage: At its simplest, a dialog requires minimal HTML and JavaScript: id="openBtn">Open Dialog id="myDialog"> Hello, Dialog! This is a simple dialog window. id="closeBtn">Close

8. leonardo

   7 1 2,143 7.2 JavaScript

   Generate colors based on a desired contrast ratio

   

9. AppSignal

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   Monitoring that respects your time & budget. APM, error tracking, and dashboards for modern web apps. Ten-minute setup, transparent flat pricing, and support from engineers who actually use the product.

   

10. ally.js

    8 1 1,553 0.0 JavaScript

    JavaScript library to help modern web applications with accessibility concerns

    

11. react-focus-lock

    9 1 1,392 2.1 JavaScript

    It is a trap! A lock for a Focus. 🔓

    

12. pa11y-dashboard

    10 1 1,090 6.0 JavaScript

    Pa11y Dashboard is a web interface which helps you monitor the accessibility of your websites

    

13. testing-playground

    11 1 813 3.1 JavaScript

    Simple and complete DOM testing playground that encourage good testing practices.

    

14. pa11y-ci

    12 1 629 6.1 JavaScript

    Pa11y CI is a CI-centric accessibility test runner, built using Pa11y

    

15. svelte-navigator

    13 4 507 0.0 JavaScript

    Simple, accessible routing for Svelte

    

16. accessibility-agents

    14 3 406 9.5 JavaScript

    Accessibility review agents for Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and Claude Desktop. Eleven specialists that enforce WCAG 2.2 AA compliance so AI coding tools stop generating inaccessible code.

    

    Project mention: The enforcement gap: why finding issues was never the problem | dev.to | 2026-04-08

    An open-source project called Community Access released 57 accessibility agents for Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and Claude Desktop. They enforce WCAG 2.2 AA by intercepting every prompt and delegating to specialist reviewers.

17. tobii

    15 4 240 8.2 JavaScript

    An accessible, open-source lightbox with no dependencies

    

18. vue-announcer

    16 1 238 2.2 JavaScript

    A simple way with Vue to announce any useful information for screen readers.

    

19. focus-trap-vue

    17 1 216 8.1 JavaScript

    Vue component to trap the focus within a DOM element

    

20. bookworm

    18 3 189 8.7 JavaScript

    The Universally Accessible document Reader (by blindpandas)

    

21. a11y-color-tokens

    19 3 162 3.3 JavaScript

    Generate accessible UI colors from your base color tokens.

    

22. news-homepages

    20 6 161 5.6 JavaScript

    An open-source archive that gathers, saves, shares and analyzes news homepages

    

23. evaluatory

    21 2 98 4.9 JavaScript

    Web page evaluation with a focus on accessibility

    

24. agnostic-axe

    22 1 87 0.0 JavaScript

    Framework agnostic accessibility reporter, powered by axe-core

    

25. remark-a11y-emoji

    23 1 64 6.5 JavaScript

    Remark Plugin to make Emoji in Markdown accessible. Wraps Emoji in a <span>-Tag with role and aria-label attributes.

    

26. SaaSHub

    www.saashub.com sponsored

    SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives

    

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• Everyone is getting ready for WCAG 2.2. Two thirds of Europe's biggest sites still fail 2.1 Level A.

  2 projects | dev.to | 27 Aug 2026

• Um revisor encontrou três critérios WCAG errados no meu plugin de acessibilidade. Fui verificar e encontrei oito.

  1 project | dev.to | 13 Aug 2026

• Un relecteur a trouvé trois critères WCAG erronés dans mon extension d'accessibilité. J'ai vérifié, et j'en ai trouvé huit.

  1 project | dev.to | 12 Aug 2026

• Un revisor encontró tres criterios WCAG equivocados en mi plugin de accesibilidad. Fui a mirar y encontré ocho.

  1 project | dev.to | 11 Aug 2026

• Baking Accessibility into Your Design System: A Four-Layer Testing Strategy

  2 projects | dev.to | 11 Aug 2026

• How to test dark mode accessibility in CI with Playwright and axe-core

  1 project | dev.to | 10 Aug 2026

• I scanned 36 well-known sites in seven browser states. The default one missed something on 71% of them.

  1 project | dev.to | 10 Aug 2026
• A note from our sponsor - Kargo
  akuity.io | 15 Sep 2026

  Kargo automates promotion across dev, staging, and prod with approval gates and verification. Open source, built by the team behind Argo CD. Download now. Learn more →

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