# AccessKit/accesskit

Accessibility infrastructure for UI toolkits

Repository: https://github.com/AccessKit/accesskit
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/accesskit
Homepage: https://accesskit.dev
Language: Rust
License: BSD-3-Clause
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-25T23:50:14+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 93/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 81, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1898, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 50, "gap_med": 0.0, "n_releases_24m": 153}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1511, forks 110 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:55.986323+00:00)

## What it is
AccessKit is a Rust-based accessibility infrastructure library that provides a cross-platform, cross-language abstraction over platform accessibility APIs for UI toolkits. It lets toolkit developers implement screen reader and assistive technology support once, with platform adapters for Windows, macOS, and Unix.

## Use cases
- add screen reader support to a custom UI toolkit
- implement accessibility for a game engine like Bevy
- expose accessible UI trees on Windows, macOS, and Linux from one codebase
- integrate assistive technology support into egui or Slint apps
- bridge Rust UI frameworks to native accessibility APIs
- support keyboard focus and button activation actions from assistive tech

## When to choose
- you are building a UI toolkit or framework that renders its own elements
- you need cross-platform accessibility with a single implementation
- you work in Rust, C/C++, or Python and need accessibility APIs

## When to avoid
- you use a native platform UI toolkit that already has built-in accessibility
- you only target the web, where ARIA and DOM semantics suffice
- you need end-user accessibility tooling rather than infrastructure for toolkits

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: ui-components, sdk, serialization
- domain: accessibility, cross-platform, developer-tools
- platform: rust, cross-platform, windows, python, cpp
- tags: accessibility, screen-readers, assistive-technology, ui-toolkits, platform-adapters, gui, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- AccessKit/accesskit (main) score 93

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:55.986323+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:32:21.737775+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/AccessKit/accesskit (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:55.986323+00:00, sha 2f72cc044eff)
  - homepage: https://accesskit.dev (fetched 2026-08-29T11:36:14.793219+00:00, sha d22a2cc1313b)
  - registry_crates: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/accesskit (fetched 2026-08-29T11:36:14.802790+00:00, sha 85c5e9fb56cc)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.