Getting started with Complaudax
Complaudax has two halves: a Chrome extension that audits the page you are looking at, and a dashboard that remembers what it found. Setup takes about five minutes and only has to happen once per browser profile.
1. Install the extension
Install Complaudax from the Chrome Web Store, then pin it so the side panel is one click away. The extension bundles axe-core, the open source detection engine from Deque Systems, unmodified and under its MPL 2.0 licence.
You can stop here if all you want is a quick look at a page. Everything below is about keeping a record of what you find.
2. Create your workspace
Sign up from the dashboard with your email address. A workspace belongs to one account and holds every client, site, audit, and document you create. There is no team setup to do first and no seats to buy: pricing is flat per workspace, which the pricing page explains in full.
3. Connect the extension to the workspace
Open the side panel and press Connect to Complaudax. That sends you to the dashboard to approve the pairing once. After you approve it, the panel shows Connected as with your email, and the Save to a site controls appear under every audit result.
If you ever want to unpair, use Disconnect in the panel header. Audits already saved stay in the workspace.
4. Add a client and a site
Complaudax organises work as client, then site, then issues. A client is who the work is for. A site is one web property belonging to that client, with its own base URL and its own WCAG target.
- In the dashboard, open Clients and add the client, with a contact email if you have one. That address is used as the contact in generated documents.
- Open Sites, add the site, and pick its base URL and WCAG target. The target decides which success criteria appear in the manual checklist and in reports for that site.
- Press View on the site row to open its overview, issue ledger, manual checklist, and reports.
On the Free plan you get one client and three sites. Solo and Agency remove that limit. Nothing you have already created is deleted if you move back to Free later, it simply becomes read only beyond the limit.
5. Run your first audit
Open the page you want to check, open the side panel, confirm the WCAG target, and press Run audit on this page. Findings appear grouped by success criterion with the affected elements and a plain explanation of each rule. Save the result to the site you just created and the issues become a tracked ledger rather than a one off list.
The full walkthrough, including authenticated pages and partial coverage warnings, is in how to run an audit on any page.
What Complaudax does and does not do
Automated testing can only check part of WCAG. Complaudax runs every automated check it can, tells you which criteria still need a person, and ships a manual checklist for those. It records what was found, what was fixed, and what a human reviewed. It does not change your client's site, it does not inject anything into the page, and no tool, this one included, can make a site conformant on its own. The documents it produces describe your own evaluation and remediation work.
For background on what the rules actually require, see the regulations overview and WCAG 2.1 and 2.2 explained plainly.
Common questions
Do I need an account to run an audit?
No. The side panel audits the current page whether or not you are signed in. An account is what lets you save the findings against a site, track them between audits, and generate documents.
How many clients and sites does the Free plan allow?
One client and three sites. Audits are unlimited on every plan, including Free, and there is no card required to start.
Does the extension send page content to your servers?
No. The audit runs in your browser and only the findings are saved: rule identifiers, affected element counts, and shortened CSS selector paths. Raw page HTML is never uploaded.
Which WCAG version should I choose?
WCAG 2.2 AA is the current version and the default. Choose 2.1 AA if a client contract or a public sector requirement names 2.1 specifically. You can set a default per site and change it later.
Keep reading
- How to run an audit on any page
- How Complaudax works, end to end
- Auditing authenticated and staging pages