# @storybook/addon-a11y

> Storybook Addon A11y: Test UI component compliance with WCAG web accessibility standards

Latest version **10.6.0** (published 2026-09-02) · MIT license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install @storybook/addon-a11y
pnpm add @storybook/addon-a11y
yarn add @storybook/addon-a11y
bun add @storybook/addon-a11y
```

## Health

**Score 78/100 (B)** — status: active.

Positive: has types package; esm support; no vulnerabilities; has provenance; recently updated; high maintenance score; popular repo; extremely popular.

Warnings: low downloads.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 10.6.0 |
| Published | 2026-09-02 |
| First published | 2017-11-16 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | MIT |
| TypeScript types | separate (@types/storybook__addon-a11y) |
| Module format | ESM |
| Dependencies | 2 |
| Unpacked size | 183.3 KB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| Provenance | attested (GitHub Actions) |
| GitHub stars | 91062 |
| Maintainers | ndelangen, shilman, tmeasday, ghengeveld, winkervsbecks, yannbf, kylegach, jreinhold, kasperpeulen, valentinpalkovic, domyen, storybook-bot |
| Keywords | a11y, accessibility, storybook, storybook-addon, test, axe, WCAG, ARIA, component, components, react, vue, angular, svelte, web-components |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@storybook/addon-a11y
- Repository: https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook
- Homepage: https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/tree/next/code/addons/a11y
- Issues: https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/issues
- Funding: https://opencollective.com/storybook
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/@storybook/addon-a11y

## Dependencies (2)

- [axe-core](https://npm.io/package/axe-core.md) ^4.2.0
- [@storybook/global](https://npm.io/package/@storybook/global.md) ^5.0.0

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## Recent versions

- 10.6.0 (latest) — 2026-09-02
- 11.0.0-alpha.1 (next) — 2026-09-19
- 0.0.0-pr-36141-sha-6ddbeb4a (canary) — 2026-09-03
- 0.0.0-pr-35198-sha-9d05c353 (v9-canary) — 2026-06-17
- 7.6.24 (v7) — 2026-03-06
- 8.6.18 (v8) — 2026-03-06
- 0.0.0-pr-34011-sha-c45b0f3f (v7-canary) — 2026-03-06
- 9.1.20 (v9) — 2026-03-05
- 0.0.0-pr-34009-sha-c90626e7 (v8-canary) — 2026-03-04
- 8.2.10 (tag-for-publishing-older-releases) — 2024-11-04
- 7.1.1-pr-23508-1689802571-5ec8c1c3.0 (pr-23508) — 2023-07-19
- 7.1.1-pr-22631-1689802540-351503cb.0 (pr-22631) — 2023-07-19
- 7.1.0-alpha.29 (future) — 2023-06-06
- 6.5.17-alpha.0 (prerelease) — 2023-03-23
- 6.4.0-alpha.27 (foo) — 2021-08-09
- … 3449 more at https://npm.io/package/@storybook/addon-a11y/versions

## README

# Storybook Accessibility Addon

The @storybook/addon-a11y package provides accessibility testing for Storybook stories. It uses axe-core to run the tests.

## Getting Started

### Add the addon to an existing Storybook

```bash
npx storybook add @storybook/addon-a11y
```

[More on getting started with the accessibility addon](https://storybook.js.org/docs/writing-tests/accessibility-testing#accessibility-checks-with-a11y-addon?ref=readme)

Learn more about Storybook at [storybook.js.org](https://storybook.js.org/?ref=readme).

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