GitHubDesign Systems & Foundations · Accessibility
Automation library that drives real VoiceOver and NVDA screen readers from Playwright or Jest for end-to-end a11y tests.
Why it’s a gem
Actually scripts the real screen readers — nothing else does this reliably.
W3C's reference implementations for thirty accessible widget patterns, each with keyboard maps, ARIA semantics and working examples.
Heydon Pickering's long-form teardowns of eleven UI patterns, each reasoning from markup semantics to progressive enhancement.
Command-line tool that checks colour contrast across a palette or config file, suitable for CI pipelines.
Browser extension that renders a document's heading outline and flags skipped or misordered heading levels instantly.
T-Mobile's generator that produces accessibility acceptance criteria per component for web, iOS and Android test plans.
Accessibility suite with Figma, Sketch and browser plugins covering contrast, focus order, alt text and vision simulation.