WAVE Evaluation Tool

Evaluate web accessibility within your browser.

WAVE Evaluation Tool is available to install from Chrome Web Store and for download from this page. It has 600,000+ active users The latest version is 3.2.7.2, and it was published 2 months ago.

Install from Chrome Web Store
View source code
Total download count: 79 (Only count downloads from Chrome-Stats)

All available versions

You can find the current and older versions of WAVE Evaluation Tool here. You can download the archived versions or inspect their source codes.

As a free user, you can only download the latest version.

Upgrade to download older versions
 14 versions available for download.

Install CRX file

Option 1: The easy way (for Windows users only)

  1. Download and run chrome-stats.exe file on your PC. This method will allow you to install Chrome extensions directly from chrome-stats.com in one click. You only need to do this once!
  2. Type in chrome://restart in the URL bar to restart the browser for the changes to take effect.
  3. Download and install the WAVE Evaluation Tool CRX file

Option 2: Advanced method

  1. Download WAVE Evaluation Tool CRX file
  2. NOTE: Sometimes the browser may block downloading / installing CRX file from outside the Chrome Web Store. If so, you may need to use option 1, or download the ZIP file instead.
  3. In the URL bar, go to chrome://extensions
  4. Enable Developer mode
  5. Drag and drop the downloaded WAVE Evaluation Tool CRX file into the Extensions page
  6. When prompted, click Add extension to install WAVE Evaluation Tool.

Install ZIP file

  1. Download and unpack the WAVE Evaluation Tool ZIP file to a directory of your choice.
  2. In Chrome browser, go to chrome://extensions
  3. Enable Developer mode.
  4. Click on the Load Unpacked button.
  5. Select the directory of with the unpacked WAVE Evaluation Tool ZIP file from step 1. WAVE Evaluation Tool is now installed on your browser.

Similar extensions

Here are some Chrome extensions that are similar to WAVE Evaluation Tool:

axe DevTools - Web Accessibility Testing
axe DevTools - Web Accessibility Testing
https://www.deque.com
3.98
300,000+
WCAG Color contrast checker
WCAG Color contrast checker
Jorge Rumoroso
4.19
70,000+
Color Contrast Analyzer
Color Contrast Analyzer
https://accessibility.oit.ncsu.edu
3.36
70,000+
Access Assistant
Access Assistant
Level Access
4.89
10,000+
taba11y
taba11y
Peter Gould
5.00
8,000+
Screen Reader
Screen Reader
https://chrome.google.com
2.51
200,000+
IBM Equal Access Accessibility Checker
IBM Equal Access Accessibility Checker
IBM Accessibility
4.88
20,000+
Visual ARIA
Visual ARIA
Laurence Lewis
5.00
2,000+
Siteimprove Accessibility Checker
Siteimprove Accessibility Checker
https://siteimprove.com
3.29
50,000+
JAWSInspect
JAWSInspect
Freedom Scientific
1.13
5,000+
EqualWeb Accessibility Checker
EqualWeb Accessibility Checker
EqualWeb
4.10
10,000+
Accessibility Insights for Web
Accessibility Insights for Web
Accessibility Insights Team
4.66
100,000+