axe-core Playwright
Accessibility testing integration for Playwright enabling automated WCAG compliance checks.
Testing npm MPL-2.0
Used in agent projects
98
0.8% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in testing
#13 of 40
by use in those projects
Downloads
13.7M
npm, last 7 days, @axe-core/playwright
GitHub stars
726
last push Oct 9, 2026
How axe-core Playwright is used
axe-core Playwright is a dependency in 98 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.8%), #13 of 40 in testing. The most used alternative there is Vitest. Projects that use it most often also use Playwright (JavaScript) (99.0%), Vitest (69.4%), Testing Library (45.9%).
Often used with axe-core Playwright
| Playwright (JavaScript) | 99.0% of axe-core Playwright projects · 11.3× more than average |
|---|---|
| Vitest | 69.4% of axe-core Playwright projects · 5.7× more than average |
| Testing Library | 45.9% of axe-core Playwright projects · 6.4× more than average |
| jsdom | 44.9% of axe-core Playwright projects · 8.4× more than average |
| Zod | 53.1% of axe-core Playwright projects · 3.1× more than average |
| ESLint | 74.5% of axe-core Playwright projects · 2.0× more than average |
| tsx | 37.8% of axe-core Playwright projects · 3.8× more than average |
| TypeScript | 88.8% of axe-core Playwright projects · 1.6× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 2.0% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| GitHub Copilot | 1.6% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 1.3% of projects set up for it |
| OpenAI Codex | 2.4% of projects set up for it |
| Gemini CLI | 2.3% of projects set up for it |
| OpenCode | 2.8% of projects set up for it |
| Devin Desktop | 2.9% of projects set up for it |
| Kiro | 4.1% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list axe-core Playwright as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install @axe-core/playwright |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (61), Next.js (31), PHP (2), Python (2) |
| Example projects | msrbuilds/elementor-mcp, Asymmetric-al/core, nirholas/three.ws, thiagodmont/keynobi, ChrisTitusTech/website |
Alternatives to axe-core Playwright
| Tool | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vitest npm Next-generation testing framework powered by Vite with native ESM. |
1,549 (12.2%) | 123M | 17.2K | MIT |
| Playwright (JavaScript) npm Cross-browser automation library for end-to-end testing. |
1,117 (8.8%) | 74.2M | 97.4K | Apache-2.0 |
| Testing Library npm Testing utilities for React encouraging testing user behavior. |
915 (7.2%) | 68.7M | 19.7K | MIT |
| Jest npm Delightful JavaScript testing framework with minimal configuration. |
702 (5.5%) | 46.3M | 45.6K | MIT |
| jsdom npm JavaScript implementation of web standards for testing DOM interactions. |
681 (5.4%) | 112M | 21.7K | MIT |
| pytest pypi Simple, powerful Python testing framework with fixtures and plugins. |
330 (2.6%) | 196M | 14.6K | — |
| Chai npm BDD/TDD assertion library for Node.js and browsers with expressive syntax. |
305 (2.4%) | 14M | 8,265 | MIT |
| Mocha npm Feature-rich JavaScript test framework for Node.js and browsers. |
281 (2.2%) | 12.6M | 22.9K | MIT |