# Beste UI

> Beautiful, accessible blocks, pieces and components for shadcn/ui and Tailwind CSS, built for React and Next.js. Install one with the shadcn CLI and the code is yours to edit: no runtime dependency, nothing to upgrade.

Markdown rendition of https://ui.beste.co/tools/word-counter. Every page on the site has one: add `.md` to any address, or send `Accept: text/markdown`.

Whole catalog for LLMs: https://ui.beste.co/llms.txt. Registry index: https://ui.beste.co/r/registry.json

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# Word counter

Count words, characters, sentences and paragraphs as you type, with reading and speaking time, and characters counted the way a person counts them.

Text3

A tool page is read in two passes. The first is a glance: does this do the thing I came for? The second is the work itself, and by then nobody is reading the prose at all. Write the first pass for a stranger and the second for someone in a hurry.

Words52

Characters247

Characters without spaces195

Sentences4

Paragraphs2

Lines3

Reading time14 sec

Speaking time24 sec

## Questions

Why does the character count differ from my editor's?+

Because this counts graphemes, which is what a person means by a character: an emoji is one, and so is an accented letter written as two code points. Editors usually count code units instead.

How is reading time worked out?+

230 words a minute for silent reading and 130 for reading aloud. Both are averages for adult prose; dense technical writing runs slower and a script read at pace runs faster.

Is my text sent anywhere?+

No. Everything is counted in this tab, which is also why the numbers update on every keystroke without a wait.

## Related tools

[Text diffCompare two versions of text or code line by line, see exactly what was added and what was removed, and copy the result as a unified diff patch.](/tools/text-diff)[Lorem ipsum generatorGenerate placeholder paragraphs, sentences, words or list items, with the classic opening line if you want it.](/tools/lorem-ipsum)[Case converterTurn any text into every case at once, with the words found properly so XMLHttpRequest and user\_id both come out right.](/tools/case-converter)

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## The tools are free. So is most of the library.

1935 blocks and 989 pieces for shadcn/ui and Tailwind, built on the same tokens these tools write. Install one with a command and the code is yours.

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No signup for the tools. MIT for free blocks, commercial licence for Pro.

## Ship the interface, keep the code.

New blocks, pieces and components every week. Install one with a command and it is yours to edit. No runtime dependency, no upgrade path to fight.

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