CWAC
The facts below are what the maker publishes about CWAC, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From CWAC's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| CWAC | Free | GPL-3.0 licensed open-source tool; no commercial plan or price stated |
The facts
Each one read from CWAC's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Audit types
- Available audits include axe-core accessibility checks, element and focus indicator checks, English readability, 320px reflow, screenshots, and page titles.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Configuration
- A scan requires a JSON configuration file and a CSV file of base URLs; the URL CSV must include organisation, url, and sector columns.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Crawling
- It can crawl pages to discover additional pages up to a configured maximum and respects robots.txt and server signals while crawling.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- The maker recommends running CWAC with Docker.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Extensibility
- CWAC supports audit plugins, and users can add plugins by implementing them and enabling them in the configuration.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Extensible audits
- CWAC supports audit plugins that can be enabled and configured, and the documentation describes adding new plugins.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Government use
- The tool can monitor New Zealand Government websites against minimum accessibility standards and guidelines, including WCAG 2.2 Level AA.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Intended use
- CWAC can monitor New Zealand Government websites against minimum accessibility standards and guidelines.checked 12 Oct 2026
- License
- The repository lists CWAC under the GPL-3.0 license.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- CWAC automatically scans many websites for accessibility issues and saves findings to a CSV file.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Results
- Scan outputs include CSV audit findings and may include screenshots, scan logs, and the configuration used.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Run method
- The project recommends running CWAC with Docker using the bin/run script.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Scan scope
- sitechecked 22 Sep 2026
- Security reporting
- The security policy asks reporters to contact [email protected] privately and describes a coordinated disclosure approach.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Technology
- CWAC uses Python, Selenium, axe-core, and Chrome for Testing.checked 12 Oct 2026
- WCAG version
- wcag 2.2checked 22 Sep 2026
The company
- Maker
- CWAC is designed and developed by the Web Standards team at Te Pūnaha Matihiko, the Government Digital Delivery Agency of the New Zealand Government.checked 12 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Platform limitation
- The maker notes that on macOS the current Chrome for Testing version has a 500px minimum screen width, preventing the Reflow audit from running on that OS.checked 12 Oct 2026
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