Alternatives to Asqatasun

Open-source, self-hosted engine that audits web pages and whole sites for accessibility and SEO. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as Asqatasun.

  • Tanaguru Engine

    An automated accessibility testing engine that checks websites and web applications against RGAA and WCAG.

    FreeProprietarySelf-hosted

    Tanaguru Engine is also self-hosted and covers RGAA and WCAG with about 380 automated tests, but it is not open source and licence details are unstated.

  • Pa11y

    Open-source command-line and dashboard tools that test web pages for accessibility issues automatically.

    FreeOpen sourceSelf-hostedCommand line

    Pa11y is open source with a CLI, CI tool and self-hosted dashboard, and follows general accessibility checks rather than the French RGAA standard.

  • Rocket Validator

    A hosted crawler that runs HTML, CSS and accessibility checks across thousands of site pages.

    PaidProprietaryWeb

    Rocket Validator is a paid hosted crawler checking HTML and accessibility on up to 5,000 pages per report, so there is no server to run yourself.

  • EXPERTE Accessibility Checker

    An online checker that crawls a website and tests each page for accessibility problems.

    FreeProprietaryWeb

    EXPERTE Accessibility Checker is a free hosted service that crawls a whole site with 41 checks, but only works on publicly reachable pages.

  • SortSite

    Website quality scanner testing accessibility, broken links, browser compatibility and SEO against over 1200 checkpoints.

    FreemiumProprietaryWeb

    SortSite combines accessibility, links, compatibility and SEO in one scan, but its free demo covers only 10 pages and full scans are paid.

  • SiteOne Crawler

    Open-source website crawler that produces audit reports, offline mirrors and Markdown exports of a site.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxCommand line

    SiteOne Crawler is an open-source desktop and CLI crawler auditing SEO, security, accessibility and performance from your own machine instead of a server.

Also worth comparing

These listings name Asqatasun as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.

  • AccessMonitor

    A Portuguese government web service that checks web pages against WCAG 2.1 accessibility practices.

    FreeProprietaryWeb

    Asqatasun is open source and self-hosted, auditing whole sites with an API for CI, but its rules follow the French RGAA and it needs your own server.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.