WAVE Evaluation Tool
Evaluate web accessibility within your browser.
Manifest V3
- By:
- WebAIM
- Users:
- 600,000+
- Rating:
- 4.10 (144)
- Version:
- 3.2.7.2 (Last updated: 2024-09-20)
- Creation date:
- 2020-04-20
- Permissions:
- activeTab
- contextMenus
- scripting
- Host permissions:
- file:///*
- http://*/*
- https://*/*
- Size:
- 352.26K
- Email:
- de*****@webaim.org
- URLs:
- Privacy policy
- Full description:
- See detailed description
- Source:
- Chrome Web Store
- Updated:
- 2 days ago
Ranking
# 668 ▼ 75
Other platforms
User reviews
WAVE Evaluation Tool is a free and detailed accessibility extension highly valued for helping developers identify and understand accessibility issues. It is especially beginner-friendly and has improved through updates. Users appreciate visual markers and explanations. However, it lacks live dynamic reassessment, forcing reloads, and settings do not persist, which hampers usability. The UI sometimes overlays content and can be confusing with many errors. Some browser incompatibilities and stability issues have been reported. Overall, it is a useful tool with room for improvement in automatic updating, UI, and persistent settings.
Pros
- Provides detailed and clear accessibility issue reports with visual markers on the page
- Useful for developers, especially those new to accessibility, helping them understand and improve accessibility
- Free to use with a comprehensive feature set, including basic WCAG checks
- Has improved over time with recent updates enhancing UX and reducing page layout breakage
- Offers toggling options like showing/hiding styles and desaturating the page which some users find helpful
Cons
- Does not automatically reassess or rerun checks on dynamic content or page navigation; requires page reload or manual reactivation
- Settings such as filtering error types do not persist between pages, forcing repeated adjustments
- UI can overlay or obscure page content, making it harder to locate some errors
- User interface can be confusing or cluttered, especially with many errors on the page
- Incompatibility or failure to work on some browsers (e.g., Brave) or specific cases, with occasional crashes noted
Recent reviews
Doesn't work in Brave
by 
BG, 2025-01-28
BG, 2025-01-28Very good extension.
by 
Ganapati Bhat, 2024-11-26
Ganapati Bhat, 2024-11-26Love the exntension, so helpfull
by 
Rüdiger Dalchow, 2024-09-25
Rüdiger Dalchow, 2024-09-25Extension safety
Risk impact
WAVE Evaluation Tool requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk impact analysis details
- Critical Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
Risk likelihood
WAVE Evaluation Tool has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.
Risk likelihood analysis details
- Low This extension was updated more than 6 months ago. Older versions are more likely to be stable and safe.
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