OpenADA
The facts below are what the maker publishes about OpenADA, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
The facts
Each one read from OpenADA's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Accessibility checks
- The accessibility endpoint runs axe-core WCAG checks against submitted HTML.checked 12 Oct 2026
- API access
- Public deployments may allow anonymous checks, while configured deployments can require an API key or bearer token.checked 12 Oct 2026
- CI/CD integration
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Data handling
- OpenADA says it does not sell submitted scan content, and notes that language content may be sent to an upstream provider when configured.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- The repository documents running the service locally with Docker Compose and deploying it on AWS ECS Fargate.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Developer integrations
- The API reference names WordPress, Drupal, and custom build pipelines as integration targets.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The public MCP server documents connections for ChatGPT, Codex, and Claude.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Language checks
- OpenADA provides spelling and grammar analysis, including a LanguageTool-compatible endpoint for CMS integrations.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Legal limits
- OpenADA describes its automated results as engineering signals, not a legal opinion or accessibility certification.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Limit
- OpenADA describes automated results as engineering signals rather than legal advice or a compliance certification.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Limits
- The PDF endpoint rejects decoded files over 10 MB.checked 11 Oct 2026
- PDF checks
- It validates base64-encoded PDFs against PDF/UA-1 using veraPDF.checked 11 Oct 2026
- PDF validation
- The PDF endpoint validates base64-encoded PDFs against PDF/UA-1 with veraPDF.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- Submitted public URLs and scan metadata may be retained for scan operation and reporting, and the policy advises against submitting private or sensitive pages.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Product
- OpenADA is an open-source accessibility and language-quality service for web and document workflows.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- OpenADA checks public webpages and submitted HTML for accessibility and language issues.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Scan scope
- sitechecked 22 Sep 2026
- Security controls
- Public scans can be disabled, restricted to allowed hosts, or protected with API keys.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Self-hosting
- The repository documents running the full local stack with Docker Compose and deploying on AWS with CloudFormation.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Site scans
- OpenADA can queue a same-host crawl of up to 100 public pages.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Support
- OpenADA is maintained in public, and its support page directs users to report issues through the GitHub repository.checked 12 Oct 2026
- WCAG version
- wcag 2.1checked 22 Sep 2026
- Widget
- A hosted widget can submit a public page URL and display a score badge.checked 11 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
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