axe-playwright

Axe finds only part of the WCAG failures. Treat a green scan as "no detectable violations", not as compliance. Keyboard, focus order and screen reader checks stay manual.

Setup

npm i -D @playwright/test @axe-core/playwright

import { test, expect } from '@playwright/test';
import AxeBuilder from '@axe-core/playwright';

Create a new AxeBuilder({ page }) per scan. Do not reuse a builder across pages.

Basic scan