Lighthouse is an open-source, automated tool for improving the quality of web pages. You can run it against any web page, public or requiring authentication. It has audits for performance, accessibility, progressive web apps, SEO and more.
You can run Lighthouse in Chrome DevTools, from the command line, or as a Node module. You give Lighthouse a URL to audit, it runs a series of audits against the page, and then it generates a report on how well the page did. From there, use the failing audits as indicators on how to improve the page. Each audit has a reference doc explaining why the audit is important, as well as how to fix it.
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On this page you’ll find tip & tricks from Silicon Dales on how to get the most out of your site using Lighthouse, how we’ve used it for clients and product news relating to the tool. If you’d prefer for us to handle your Lighthouse audit, get in touch.
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