Does Prompt Stats upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?

No. Prompt Stats runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: Text in browser. Heuristic tokens.

Should I use Token Estimate (Chars) instead of Prompt Stats?

Use Prompt Stats when you need Chars, words, lines, and rough tokens. Use Token Estimate (Chars) when you need Rough tokens from character count. They share a category (AI) but not the same job.

Prompt Stats

Chars, words, lines, and rough tokens.

Reports characters, words, lines, and chars/4 token estimate together. Unlike Token Estimate (Chars) this also shows lines. Unlike Truncate by Tokens this does not cut. Local only.

What Prompt Stats does

Reports characters, words, lines, and chars/4 token estimate together. Unlike Token Estimate (Chars) this also shows lines. Unlike Truncate by Tokens this does not cut. Local only.

Prompt Stats sits in the AI group on purpose. It is not Token Estimate (Chars) (Rough tokens from character count.) and not Token Estimate (Words) (Rough tokens from word count.). Choose this page when you need Chars, words, lines, and rough tokens. If you stretch Prompt Stats into a neighbor’s job, the result will look wrong even though the site chrome looks the same.

How to use Prompt Stats

Keep this tab on Prompt Stats (/ai/prompt-stats). Pasting into the wrong AI tool (for example Token Estimate (Chars)) changes the job.
Paste or type the input Prompt Stats expects. Path hint: ai · prompt stats. Chars, words, lines, and rough tokens.
Apply the Prompt Stats action only. Token Estimate (Words) is a different transform (Rough tokens from word count.). Reports characters, words, lines, and chars/4 token estimate together. Unlike Token Estimate (Chars) this also shows lines. Unlike Truncate by Tokens this does not cut. Local only.
Copy the output of Prompt Stats if you need it elsewhere. Size/complexity still follows: Text in browser. Heuristic tokens.
If the text job is actually Rough tokens from character count., leave Prompt Stats and open Token Estimate (Chars).

When not to use Prompt Stats

Skip Prompt Stats when a neighbor tool matches better — start with Token Estimate (Chars) or Token Estimate (Words) — or when the description already warns the job will fail. In the tool’s own words: Reports characters, words, lines, and chars/4 token estimate together. Unlike Token Estimate (Chars) this also shows lines. Unlike Truncate by Tokens this does not cut. Local only.

Questions about Prompt Stats

What does Prompt Stats do that other AI pages on this site do not?: Reports characters, words, lines, and chars/4 token estimate together. Unlike Token Estimate (Chars) this also shows lines. Unlike Truncate by Tokens this does not cut. Local only. Short version: Chars, words, lines, and rough tokens.
Does Prompt Stats upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?: No. Prompt Stats runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: Text in browser. Heuristic tokens.
Should I use Token Estimate (Chars) instead of Prompt Stats?: Use Prompt Stats when you need Chars, words, lines, and rough tokens. Use Token Estimate (Chars) when you need Rough tokens from character count. They share a category (AI) but not the same job.
What are the limits of Prompt Stats?: Text in browser. Heuristic tokens. Also: Reports characters, words, lines, and chars/4 token estimate together. Unlike Token Estimate (Chars) this also shows lines. Unlike Truncate by Tokens this does not cut. Local only.