Functional Accessibility Evaluator

Spec sheet

Purpose

FAE is an open source web application that analyzes web pages for accessibility requirements and use of HTML accessibility features.Read 12 Oct 2026 · accessibleit.disability.illinois.edu

Intended users

The Open Source Web Accessibility Tools User Group invites designers, developers, and web accessibility evaluators interested in open source tools.Read 12 Oct 2026 · accessibleit.disability.illinois.edu

Free plan

YesRead 22 Sep 2026 · github.com

Headquarters

The Accessible IT Group lists its address as 1207 S. Oak St., Champaign, IL 61820.Read 12 Oct 2026 · accessibleit.disability.illinois.edu

Maker

The Accessible IT Group is part of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s Division of Disability Resources and Education Services.Read 12 Oct 2026 · accessibleit.disability.illinois.edu

Companion tools

FAE is designed to be used with AInspector for Firefox and Accessibility Bookmarklets.Read 12 Oct 2026 · accessibleit.disability.illinois.edu

Maker organization

The Accessible IT Group promotes and supports inclusion of students with disabilities in the University of Illinois information technology environment.Read 12 Oct 2026 · accessibleit.disability.illinois.edu

Manual checks

Approximately one third of the shared evaluation library’s rules produce only a Manual Check result requiring human intervention.Read 12 Oct 2026 · accessibleit.disability.illinois.edu

Reporting

FAE aggregates saved page-level evaluation results into a summary report for the website.Read 12 Oct 2026 · accessibleit.disability.illinois.edu

Reports

FAE processes saved page-level results and aggregates them into a summary report for the website.Read 12 Oct 2026 · accessibleit.disability.illinois.edu

Rule categories

Rules are organized into familiar categories including headings, lists, forms, and tables.Read 12 Oct 2026 · accessibleit.disability.illinois.edu

Rule library

FAE uses the OpenA11y Evaluation Library, which comprises over 120 evaluation rules.Read 12 Oct 2026 · accessibleit.disability.illinois.edu

Rulesets

The shared evaluation library offers HTML5 and ARIA Techniques and HTML4 Legacy Techniques rulesets, with HTML5 and ARIA Techniques recommended as the most up-to-date.Read 12 Oct 2026 · accessibleit.disability.illinois.edu

Scan scope

siteRead 22 Sep 2026 · github.com

Spidering controls

FAE spidering uses a starting URL, depth level, and domain and path constraints to control which pages are analyzed.Read 12 Oct 2026 · accessibleit.disability.illinois.edu

Standards

Its evaluation rules draw on WCAG Success Criteria, WAI-ARIA, WAI-ARIA Authoring Practices, and the HTML Standard.Read 12 Oct 2026 · accessibleit.disability.illinois.edu

Support status

The University of Illinois says FAE is no longer supported due to limitations in resources.Read 12 Oct 2026 · accessibleit.disability.illinois.edu

WCAG version

wcag 2.0Read 22 Sep 2026 · github.com

Website scanning

FAE can evaluate entire websites by spidering pages according to a starting URL, depth level, and domain and path constraints.Read 12 Oct 2026 · accessibleit.disability.illinois.edu

Whole-site evaluation

FAE can evaluate entire websites through web spidering, while AInspector WCAG evaluates a single page.Read 12 Oct 2026 · accessibleit.disability.illinois.edu

Plans and prices

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Where Specifiction places it

• Website Accessibility Tools#88 of 1337.6