About Web Audits
webaudits.org is a non-profit, open-source and open-data initiative for evaluating websites based on efficiency, sustainability, accessibility, and security.
ECOS stands for Efficient, Clean, Open, and Safe. These areas align with web development best practices and each affects user experience. A key idea of this project is that improving one area often improves the others.
For example, efficiently programmed web apps tend to use less code, which means faster loading. They require less processing power and consume less electricity. This leads to lower hosting costs, and a faster site tends to rank better in search engines.
The ECOS framework combines these criteria into one score. This gives website owners and developers a clear, objective starting point for improvements. The collected data makes it possible to compare individual results against a global average.
The core idea: better efficiency, sustainability, accessibility, and security are not competing goals. Improving one tends to help the others.
The internet is a central part of modern life and a major consumer of global energy. Technical optimizations like these have real impact and are worth taking seriously.
Contribute to the Project
Interested in contributing? Here are some ways to get involved:
- Development: Code contributions via Pull Requests on GitHub, reporting bugs (Issues), or conducting reviews.
- Conceptual Design: Improving the evaluation methodology and defining how technical indicators are measured.
- Localization: Translating the platform and documentation into additional languages.
- Cooperation: Working with other projects, especially services that supply web infrastructure data.
- Funding: Contributions to cover infrastructure costs or to compensate for time and effort.
- Organization & Outreach: Administrative support and spreading the word about the project.