Convert Markdown to PDF or complete HTML, copy HTML code, count text, and compare text differences. Everything runs locally in your browser with no upload required.
Text is processed locally in your browser and is not uploaded to a server.
This category works on plain text itself: counting how much of it there is, finding what changed between two drafts, turning Markdown into something deliverable, and lifting text back out of an image.
Nothing is uploaded; comparison and counting both run in the browser; so unpublished manuscripts, draft contracts and records containing personal data are all fair game.
How a word count is defined causes more confusion in this category than anything else. The same text can differ by more than a factor of two between rules.
| Definition | For CJK text | For Latin text | Who asks for it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Characters, with spaces | Each character and punctuation mark counts as 1 | Each letter, space and mark counts as 1 | Publisher and journal length limits |
| Characters, no spaces | Almost the same as with spaces | Clearly lower than the with-spaces figure | Some submission systems and ad-copy limits |
| Words | Usually equals the character count, since CJK has no word spaces | Split on whitespace, roughly a sixth of the character count | English academic writing and per-word rates |
| Byte size | A CJK character normally takes 3 bytes | An ASCII character takes 1 byte | Database column lengths and payload limits |
There is no single correct way to count words. CJK text is normally counted by character and English by whitespace-delimited word, and whether punctuation, spaces and numerals count varies by publisher. Follow whatever definition your target platform gives; the several figures here exist so you can match any of them.
Text Diff is a literal comparison by line and by word; it does not understand meaning. Paraphrases and reordered clauses show up as large differences, while a critical change to a number or a unit may show as a single character. Important documents still need a human read.
Markdown to PDF renders with the fonts available in your browser, so output depends on your system fonts. When the typography has to match across devices, treat the generated PDF as the authority rather than the on-screen preview.