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

No. Count Words runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: Words and chars. Empty fails.

Should I use Count Lines instead of Count Words?

Use Count Words when you need Word and character counts. Use Count Lines when you need Line count and non-empty lines. They share a category (Developer) but not the same job.

Count Words

Word and character counts.

Counts whitespace-separated words and characters. Unlike Count Lines this counts words. Unlike Char Count Unique this is total words, not unique chars. Empty fails.

What Count Words does

Counts whitespace-separated words and characters. Unlike Count Lines this counts words. Unlike Char Count Unique this is total words, not unique chars. Empty fails.

The interactive controls for Count Words load after this article so crawlers still read the instructions. Path /developer/count-words-dev is the canonical address. Work happens on this device; Tool-You does not take a copy of the file or pasted text for Count Words.

How to use Count Words

Keep this tab on Count Words (/developer/count-words-dev). Pasting into the wrong Developer tool (for example Count Lines) changes the job.
Paste or type the input Count Words expects. Path hint: developer · count words dev. Word and character counts.
Apply the Count Words action only. Char Count Unique is a different transform (Unique character count.). Counts whitespace-separated words and characters. Unlike Count Lines this counts words. Unlike Char Count Unique this is total words, not unique chars. Empty fails.
Copy the output of Count Words if you need it elsewhere. Size/complexity still follows: Words and chars. Empty fails.
If the text job is actually Line count and non-empty lines., leave Count Words and open Count Lines.

When not to use Count Words

Skip Count Words when a neighbor tool matches better — start with Count Lines or Char Count Unique — or when the description already warns the job will fail. In the tool’s own words: Counts whitespace-separated words and characters. Unlike Count Lines this counts words. Unlike Char Count Unique this is total words, not unique chars. Empty fails.

Questions about Count Words

What does Count Words do that other Developer pages on this site do not?: Counts whitespace-separated words and characters. Unlike Count Lines this counts words. Unlike Char Count Unique this is total words, not unique chars. Empty fails. Short version: Word and character counts.
Does Count Words upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?: No. Count Words runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: Words and chars. Empty fails.
Should I use Count Lines instead of Count Words?: Use Count Words when you need Word and character counts. Use Count Lines when you need Line count and non-empty lines. They share a category (Developer) but not the same job.
What are the limits of Count Words?: Words and chars. Empty fails. Also: Counts whitespace-separated words and characters. Unlike Count Lines this counts words. Unlike Char Count Unique this is total words, not unique chars. Empty fails.