Testaro
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Testaro, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Testaro's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Open source | Free | MIT-licensed software; install and run independently |
The facts
Each one read from Testaro's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Automated scans
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Built-in tests
- Testaro includes about 50 of its own tests, mostly intended to complement tests from the other rule engines.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- The maker documents installation on macOS, Windows, Debian, or Ubuntu with Node.js 22.12 or later, and says Playwright browser binaries must also be installed.checked 12 Oct 2026
- How it works
- A job typically identifies a web page and asks Testaro to run rule engines; Testaro adds test results to the job to create a report.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Job execution
- Testaro can run a single job and quit, or run as a daemon that polls a server or watches a directory for jobs.checked 12 Oct 2026
- License
- The repository is licensed under the MIT License.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Mobile testing
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Purpose
- Testaro performs ensemble testing of web pages for accessibility, usability, and conformity to HTML and CSS specifications.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Remediation guidance
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Rule coverage
- The README describes about 1,300 rules across all rule engines.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Rule engines
- The README lists integrations including Axe, Alfa, Accessibility Checker, ASLint, Editoria11y, HTML CodeSniffer, Nu Html Checker, Pour Engine, QualWeb, SureA11y, Testaro, and WAVE.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Standardized reports
- Testaro can provide rule-engine results in a uniform Testaro-defined format, and can include native results as well.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Support and issue reporting
- The maker welcomes contributions and directs users to report issues and feature requests in the repository.checked 12 Oct 2026
- TLS handling
- Server polling verifies TLS certificates by default; the README warns that certificate tolerance can expose credentials and reports to interception.checked 12 Oct 2026
- WAVE limitation
- The WAVE subscription API accepts a URL rather than a transmitted document, so it cannot test an interaction-reached page state or a page that is not directly URL-accessible.checked 12 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Browser security
- Testaro leaves Playwright Chromium sandboxing enabled by default and warns that non-sandboxed browsers are less secure.checked 12 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
The company
- Maker location
- The YRA Tech GitHub organization profile lists the United States of America.checked 12 Oct 2026
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