Who is Lighthouse for?

Lighthouse is an open-source project built for web developers and site owners.

Does Lighthouse have a free plan?

Yes — Lighthouse is open source under the Open Source license and free to use.

What platforms does Lighthouse run on?

Lighthouse runs on the web, the command line, and embeddable surfaces. It can also be self-hosted.

Is Lighthouse still active?

Unverified. Lighthouse has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.

What projects are similar to Lighthouse?

Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Unlighthouse, LighthouseRobot, and LightAudit Score.

Who develops Lighthouse?

Lighthouse is developed by Google Chrome, based in the United States.

When did Lighthouse launch?

Lighthouse first shipped in 2020.

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Lighthouse

Name: Lighthouse
Author: Google Chrome

github.comInfrastructure🇺🇸

Lighthouse is an open-source automated auditing tool for web pages and web applications. It measures performance, accessibility, SEO, and best-practice compliance through a CLI, programmatic APIs, and browser-based integrations for developers and site owners.

Open SourceWebCLIEmbeddableSelf-hosted

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Overview

8 features

Lighthouse sits in PulseGate's Testing & QA category. It focuses on auditing websites for performance, accessibility, SEO, and adherence to web best practices. Lighthouse is an open-source project aimed at web developers and site owners. Lighthouse is open source under the Open Source license. It ships for the web, the command line, and embeddable surfaces, and it can be self-hosted.

Behind Lighthouse is Google Chrome, based in the United States, and it first shipped in 2020. Among its 8 catalogued features are performance audits, accessibility audits, and SEO audits.

Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.

Performance audits
Accessibility audits
SEO audits
Best-practice audits
Core Web Vitals
CLI reports
JSON reports
Programmatic API

Built with & integrations

Runs on

BrowserCLIEmbeddableSelf-hosted

Trust & compliance

License

Open Source

Verified signals

HTTPSOpen SourceFree tierStore-verified publisher

Indexing history

What PulseGate has recorded for this listing

Indexed8 Sept · 00:34 UTC
Google Lighthouse verified via Firefox Add-ons
Source: Firefox Add-ons · Open

Frequently asked questions about Lighthouse

What is Lighthouse?: Lighthouse focuses on auditing websites for performance, accessibility, SEO, and adherence to web best practices. It is catalogued under Testing & QA on PulseGate.
Who is Lighthouse for?: Lighthouse is an open-source project built for web developers and site owners.
Does Lighthouse have a free plan?: Yes — Lighthouse is open source under the Open Source license and free to use.
What platforms does Lighthouse run on?: Lighthouse runs on the web, the command line, and embeddable surfaces. It can also be self-hosted.
Is Lighthouse still active?: Unverified. Lighthouse has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.
What projects are similar to Lighthouse?: Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Unlighthouse, LighthouseRobot, and LightAudit Score.Unlighthouse LighthouseRobot LightAudit Score
Who develops Lighthouse?: Lighthouse is developed by Google Chrome, based in the United States.
When did Lighthouse launch?: Lighthouse first shipped in 2020.

At a glance

Pricing: Open Source
Platforms: Web · API · CLI
Languages: English
License: Open Source
First seen: 8 Sept 2026
Built for: web developers and site owners
Model: Open source
Solves: Auditing websites for performance, accessibility, SEO, and adherence to web best practices.

Registered as

Firefox Add-ons: google-lighthouse

Developer

🇺🇸Google Chrome

Index record

Indexed: 8 Sept 2026
Lifecycle: Alive
First seen: Sept 2026
Last seen: 8 Sept 2026

Identity audit (13)

Slug: google-lighthouse-github-com
Lifecycle last checked: 8 Sept 2026
Verification state: Indexed for public listing
Listing state: Listed: yes
Index status: Included in index
Latest evidence snapshot: 8 Sept 2026
Timeline basis: Indexed-at chronology (no inferred launch/funding milestones).
Name from: Written by a language model from the project's public pages.
Category from: Assigned by a language model.
Summary from: Written by a language model from public pages.
Languages from: Detected by a language model, checked against the page's own declaration.
Last updated: 8 Sept 2026
Canonical URL: https://github.com/GoogleChrome/lighthouse

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