Character Counter
Count characters, words, lines, and UTF-8 bytes as you type.
Counting happens locally in your browser. Your text is never uploaded.
What is character counter?
Character limits are everywhere: social posts, meta descriptions, form fields, SMS. This counter shows characters with and without spaces, plus words, sentences, paragraphs, lines, and the UTF-8 byte size of your text — all updating live.
Because it runs in your browser, it is safe for confidential text and works instantly with no round-trip to a server.
How to use it
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Paste or type
Counts update automatically as the text changes.
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Read the breakdown
Each metric is shown in its own card below the editor.
Examples
Spaces matter
“Hello world” is 11 characters but only 10 without the space.
Hello world
Result: 11 characters · 10 without spaces · 2 words · 1 line