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How to make the leap to paid accessibility tools when you need to accelerate progress

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September 3, 2025 By Jeremy Rivera

As developers, we like free tools. We use them all the time. And when we go into a new project, one of the first things…

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Axe-core at 3 billion: A milestone in the movement for digital accessibility

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July 24, 2025 By Preety Kumar

Deque has been in business for over 20 years, continuously serving the cause of digital accessibility. In that time, we’ve enjoyed some pretty remarkable milestones.…

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1 Billion Downloads later, axe-core is the source of truth for automated digital accessibility testing

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December 4, 2023 By Deque Systems

Open-source digital accessibility testing rules library axe-core achieves incredible milestone HERNDON, VA – Dec 5, 2023 –  Today, Deque Systems, the trusted leader in digital…

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WCAG 2.2 Removes 4.1.1 Parsing and How axe-core is Impacted

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June 21, 2023 By Wilco Fiers

Earlier this year, for the first time ever the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) proposed to remove a success criterion from WCAG 2. Success Criterion…

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Axe-core 4.5: First WCAG 2.2 Support and More

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October 26, 2022 By Wilco Fiers

Accessibility standards are very important. When my colleagues and I are not busy testing, teaching, or building tools, you can find us participating in the…

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Deque’s Axe-Core Achieves Half a Billion Downloads

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May 19, 2022 By Deque Systems

Continued Demand Shows the Critical Importance of High Velocity Accessibility HERNDON, VA – May 19, 2022 –  Today, on Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), Deque…

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