GitHub tools and resources
What we use to make GitHub accessible.

Annotation Toolkit
The GitHub Annotation Toolkit is a Figma asset library packed with components to help you organize your design canvas, diagram UI anatomy, and annotate accessibility details for web and mobile experiences.

Checklists
Easy to use tools for designers and engineers to help ensure a design’s color, hierarchy, content, images, interactivity, forms, layout, and keyboard operability are accessible for all users.
Accessibility Scanner
An AI-powered action that finds potential accessibility gaps, files issues, and attempts to fix them with Copilot.
Alt Text Bot for GitHub
A GitHub Action to remind users to add alt text on Issues, Pull Requests, and Discussions.
Alt Text Bot for Slack
Encourage accessible image sharing with alt text reminders in your Slack workspace.
GitHub CLI Primer Design
A collection of principles, foundations and usage guidelines for designing GitHub command line products.
GitHub a11y checker
A browser extension that encourages accessibility awareness of headings and images while using GitHub.
Other external tools
A selection of tools to help designers and engineers check for accessibility in product development.