axe-core
Automated accessibility testing engine for finding and fixing UI accessibility issues.
Testing npm MPL-2.0
Used in agent projects
42
0.3% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in testing
#20 of 40
by use in those projects
Downloads
78.2M
npm, last 7 days, axe-core
GitHub stars
7,621
last push Oct 9, 2026
How axe-core is used
axe-core is a dependency in 42 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.3%), #20 of 40 in testing. The most used alternative there is Vitest. Projects that use it most often also use Playwright (JavaScript) (64.3%), Vitest (61.9%), Testing Library (54.8%).
Often used with axe-core
| Playwright (JavaScript) | 64.3% of axe-core projects · 7.3× more than average |
|---|---|
| Vitest | 61.9% of axe-core projects · 5.1× more than average |
| Testing Library | 54.8% of axe-core projects · 7.6× more than average |
| jsdom | 52.4% of axe-core projects · 9.8× more than average |
| tsx | 42.9% of axe-core projects · 4.3× more than average |
| Vite | 61.9% of axe-core projects · 2.7× more than average |
| ESLint | 76.2% of axe-core projects · 2.0× more than average |
| TypeScript | 85.7% of axe-core projects · 1.5× more than average |
By coding agent
| GitHub Copilot | 0.6% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Claude Code | 0.6% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 0.5% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list axe-core as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install axe-core |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (28), Next.js (10), Python (2), PHP (1) |
| Example projects | saschb2b/okf-studio, objectstack-ai/objectui, Hive-Academy/ptah-extension, nullxnothing/daemon, MetroStar/comet-starter |
Alternatives to axe-core
| 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 |