Loupe

About the startup

Loupe is a free web accessibility checker for Chrome and Edge. It runs an automated WCAG 2.1 and 2.2 audit on whatever page you are looking at, marks each failure on the page itself, and tells you how to fix it. The scanner is axe-core, the same open-source engine inside axe DevTools, Lighthouse and Accessibility Insights, so the findings match what those tools report. What Loupe adds is everything after the finding: a plain-English explanation of what broke and why it matters to a real user, the exact element that caused it, the WCAG success criterion it violates, and an optional AI-drafted code fix you review before shipping. What it catches: color contrast below WCAG AA, missing or empty alt text, form fields with no label, broken or misused ARIA, heading and landmark structure problems, keyboard and focus issues, links and buttons with no accessible name. Scans are unlimited and free, with no account and no signup. The paid plans are for the reporting side. Pro at $14/month crawls a whole site into one report, exports PDF, saves client projects and drafts fixes. Agency at $39/month puts your own logo and name on that report with a cover page and an executive summary, so a freelancer or studio hands a client a deliverable instead of a screenshot of someone else's tool. Everything runs inside your browser. Loupe does not collect browsing history and never uploads the pages you scan. The optional AI fix sends one failing element's HTML and stores nothing. One honest limit: automated testing catches a large share of accessibility problems, not all of them. Loupe is a fast first pass and a real time-saver. It is not a substitute for keyboard and screen-reader testing, and it is not a compliance certificate. There are also two free tools on the site with nothing to install: a WCAG contrast checker and a single-page scanner at getloupe.dev.