Package

cypress-axe

Test accessibility with axe-core in Cypress

v1.7.0, 29 Aug 2025MITCommonJSTypes: BundledAccessibility

$ npm install cypress-axe

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 476.9k; +12% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 0; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 1 year ago; v1.7.0
GitHub stars: 641; 90 forks
Open issues / PRs: 61 / 15
Contributors: -
Commits, last 52 weeks: 1

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21

Weekly npm downloads, one point per week, weeks starting 23 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2026. The y axis starts at zero.

476,917 downloads last week, 2,481,454 in the last month. The 12-month change of +12% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: 031 in total
Latest version: 1.7.0, 29 Aug 20251 year ago
First published: 5 Nov 2018
Last push to GitHub: 3 Sept 202621 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 61
Open pull requests: 15
Commits, last 52 weeks: 1
Dependents on npm: 53

Major versions

v1 first release 1.0.0, 16 Jun 2022
v0 first release 0.1.0, 5 Nov 2018

Recent releases

Version	Published
1.7.0	29 Aug 2025
1.6.0	30 Jan 2025
1.5.0	1 Sept 2023
1.4.0	24 Feb 2023
1.3.0	17 Jan 2023
1.2.0	16 Dec 2022
1.1.0	2 Dec 2022
1.0.0	16 Jun 2022
0.14.0	4 Jan 2022
0.13.0	9 Aug 2021
0.12.2	20 Feb 2021
0.12.1	8 Feb 2021
0.12.0	25 Nov 2020
0.11.0	21 Nov 2020

Compatibility

Module format: CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: Bundled
Node.js engine range: >=10
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 21 kB
Dependencies (0): None
Peer dependencies (2): cypressaxe-core

Install

npm install cypress-axe

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/cypress-axe@1.7.0/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/cypress-axe@1.7.0/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/cypress-axe@1.7.0

Alternatives

Package	Weekly downloads	Gzip	Last release	Module	Comparison
axe-playwright Custom Playwright commands to inject axe-core and test for a11y	424.1k	-	1 year ago	CommonJS	-
accented A frontend library for continuous accessibility testing and issue highlighting	20.4k	-	3 months ago	ESM only	-
jasmine-axe Custom Jasmine matcher for aXe for testing accessibility	7.6k	-	5 years ago	CommonJS	-

Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.