Who makes Loupe, and why
Loupe is made by Lucency, a small software studio in Reykjavík, Iceland, run by Róbert N. It is a Chrome extension that finds accessibility problems on a web page and explains how to fix them in plain English.
Why it exists
Most websites still fail basic accessibility checks. Missing alt text, form fields with no label, and text that is too faint to read keep people who use screen readers, keyboards, or zoom from getting things done online.
The tools that find these problems are good, but they are written for accessibility specialists. The freelancers and small agencies who actually build most sites often get a wall of rule IDs, or they get sold a widget that promises to fix everything automatically. Neither helps much.
Loupe sits in between. It shows the real issues right on the page, says in plain words what is wrong and who it affects, and lets you hand a client a clean report of what was found and fixed.
How it works
- The engine is axe-core. Loupe runs axe-core, the open-source rules engine from Deque that many accessibility tools use. It checks against WCAG 2.1 and 2.2 at level AA.
- Scans run in your browser. The page you scan is checked on your own computer. It is never uploaded to us. The privacy policy covers the details.
- AI help is optional and labeled. If you ask for a plain-English explanation or a suggested fix, only that one issue's snippet is sent to Anthropic's Claude model, and the answer is marked as a draft to review.
- Paid plans add the client work. The scan is free. Pro adds a multi-page crawl, PDF export, and saved projects. Agency adds your own logo on the report. Payments go through Polar.
What it can't do
Automated testing catches roughly a third of WCAG problems. That ceiling applies to every scanner, Loupe included. A tool can tell you an image has no alt text. It can't tell you whether the alt text you wrote makes sense. So Loupe will not make a site compliant on its own, and we won't claim it does. Use it to clear the mechanical failures fast, then check the rest by hand with the WCAG 2.2 checklist.
Contact
Questions, bug reports, or billing help: email billing@lucency.dev. A person reads every message. Help articles are on the support page, and you can find Loupe on the Chrome Web Store, PeerPush, and FuelFeed. Lucency's other work is at lucency.dev.