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Word Count

Count characters, words, sentences, and paragraphs in text.
AvatarMingjie Jiang
27,098 Installs
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Versions10

New Feature - January 28, 2026

  • Create new command to show overlay rather than open raycast window
  • Is meant for quickly checking word count without being intrusive, keeping the current app in focus

Update - January 27, 2026

  • Add Raycast Cross-Extension badge to readme

New Feature - January 19, 2026

  • Added screenshot-based word counting - Capture any text on screen and get instant counts using OCR
  • New "Count from Screenshot" command (macOS only)
  • Uses ScreenOCR extension via cross-extension integration
  • Displays results in HUD notification
  • Updated dependencies to the latest Raycast stack
  • Updated ESLint tooling to v9 using the provided guide

Update - April 7, 2025

  • Added logic for properly counting CJK characters as "words"

Moved contributor - April 15, 2024

  • No changes were made in the code.

Improvements - January 21, 2023

  • Added passing the selected text to the form

Update - August 22, 2023

  • Added reading and speaking time ⌛

Update - November 21, 2022

  • Updated action panel hotkey from ⌘ + W to ⌘ + T due to collision.

Whitespace Preset - November 1, 2022

  • Whitespace is now included in the word count by default.

Created Word Count - July 27, 2022

Initial release 🎉