# Lighthouse

Open-source automated tool that audits web pages and web apps for performance, accessibility, SEO and best practices.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/lighthouse/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-28
Listed since: 2026-10-28

## Record

### Links

- home: https://developer.chrome.com/docs/lighthouse/overview/
- repository: https://github.com/GoogleChrome/lighthouse
- docs: https://developer.chrome.com/docs/lighthouse/overview/

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Google LLC
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2016
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: dev-tool
- hosting: not applicable
- language: javascript
- runtime: node
- runtimeMin: node 22
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: not applicable
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: local
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: npm install -g lighthouse

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: Apache-2.0

### Releases

- currentMajor: 13
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-27

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 30966
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 6061796
- contributors: 366
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 5477
- dependentPackages: 547

### Sources

- urls: https://developer.chrome.com/docs/lighthouse/overview/ (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/GoogleChrome/lighthouse (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://developer.chrome.com/docs/lighthouse/overview/ (read 2026-10-28)
- category: https://github.com/GoogleChrome/lighthouse/blob/main/readme.md (read 2026-10-28)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/GoogleChrome/lighthouse (read 2026-10-28)
- runtime: https://github.com/GoogleChrome/lighthouse/blob/main/readme.md (read 2026-10-28)
- runtimeMin: https://github.com/GoogleChrome/lighthouse/blob/v13.6.0/package.json (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://developer.chrome.com/docs/lighthouse/overview/ (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://github.com/GoogleChrome/lighthouse/blob/main/readme.md (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://github.com/GoogleChrome/lighthouse/blob/main/readme.md (read 2026-10-28)
- runsAs: https://github.com/GoogleChrome/lighthouse/blob/main/readme.md (read 2026-10-28)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/GoogleChrome/lighthouse (read 2026-10-28)
- licenseModel: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GoogleChrome/lighthouse/main/LICENSE (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainer: https://github.com/GoogleChrome/lighthouse/blob/v13.6.0/package.json (read 2026-10-28)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/GoogleChrome/lighthouse/releases (read 2026-10-28)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/GoogleChrome/lighthouse/releases/latest (read 2026-10-28)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/GoogleChrome/lighthouse/releases/latest (read 2026-10-28)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/GoogleChrome/lighthouse (read 2026-10-28)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/GoogleChrome/lighthouse/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-28)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/range/2026-09-28:2026-10-04/lighthouse (read 2026-10-28)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/lighthouse (read 2026-10-28)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/lighthouse (read 2026-10-28)

## Notes

Lighthouse is an open-source tool from Google that audits web pages and web apps for performance, accessibility, SEO and best practices. It runs in Chrome DevTools, as a Chrome extension named in its README, through a Node command-line tool installed from npm. The project is maintained by Google LLC.

## Worth knowing

Lighthouse runs locally and audits a page with a Chrome browser installed on the machine. The README says reports are not sent to a remote server.

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