Does INI Key Count upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?

No. INI Key Count runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: INI-like text.

Should I use INI to JSON instead of INI Key Count?

Use INI Key Count when you need Count keys in INI-like text. Use INI to JSON when you need Parse INI sections into a JSON object. They share a category (Convert) but not the same job.

INI Key Count

Count keys in INI-like text.

Counts non-comment key=value lines outside sections markers. Unlike INI to JSON this only counts. Empty fails.

What INI Key Count does

Counts non-comment key=value lines outside sections markers. Unlike INI to JSON this only counts. Empty fails.

INI Key Count sits in the Convert group on purpose. It is not INI to JSON (Parse INI sections into a JSON object.) and not Env Key Count (Count KEY=value lines.). Choose this page when you need Count keys in INI-like text. If you stretch INI Key Count into a neighbor’s job, the result will look wrong even though the site chrome looks the same.

How to use INI Key Count

Keep this tab on INI Key Count (/convert/ini-key-count). Pasting into the wrong Convert tool (for example INI to JSON) changes the job.
Paste or type the input INI Key Count expects. Path hint: convert · ini key count. Count keys in INI-like text.
Apply the INI Key Count action only. Env Key Count is a different transform (Count KEY=value lines.). Counts non-comment key=value lines outside sections markers. Unlike INI to JSON this only counts. Empty fails.
Copy the output of INI Key Count if you need it elsewhere. Size/complexity still follows: INI-like text.
If the text job is actually Parse INI sections into a JSON object., leave INI Key Count and open INI to JSON.

When not to use INI Key Count

Skip INI Key Count when a neighbor tool matches better — start with INI to JSON or Env Key Count — or when the description already warns the job will fail. In the tool’s own words: Counts non-comment key=value lines outside sections markers. Unlike INI to JSON this only counts. Empty fails.

Questions about INI Key Count

What does INI Key Count do that other Convert pages on this site do not?: Counts non-comment key=value lines outside sections markers. Unlike INI to JSON this only counts. Empty fails. Short version: Count keys in INI-like text.
Does INI Key Count upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?: No. INI Key Count runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: INI-like text.
Should I use INI to JSON instead of INI Key Count?: Use INI Key Count when you need Count keys in INI-like text. Use INI to JSON when you need Parse INI sections into a JSON object. They share a category (Convert) but not the same job.
What are the limits of INI Key Count?: INI-like text. Also: Counts non-comment key=value lines outside sections markers. Unlike INI to JSON this only counts. Empty fails.