tiptap/docs/api/extensions/character-count.md

---
description: Limit the number of characters in your editor, or at least count them.
---

# CharacterCount
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The `CharacterCount` extension limits the number of allowed character to a specific length. That’s it, that’s all.

## Installation
```bash
# with npm
npm install @tiptap/extension-character-count

# with Yarn
yarn add @tiptap/extension-character-count
```

## Settings

### limit

The maximum number of characters that should be allowed. |

Default: `0`

```js
CharacterCount.configure({
  limit: 240,
})
```

## Source code
[packages/extension-character-count/](https://github.com/ueberdosis/tiptap/blob/main/packages/extension-character-count/)

## Usage
<tiptap-demo name="Extensions/CharacterCount"></tiptap-demo>

## Count words, emojis, letters …
Want to count words instead? Or emojis? Or the letter *a*? Sure, no problem. You can access the `textContent` directly and count whatever you’re into.

```js
new Editor({
  onUpdate({ editor }) {
    const wordCount = editor.state.doc.textContent.split(' ').length

    console.log(wordCount)
  },
})
```