Not much to it; just drag in the text and click the button to get a character count. Don't really know why anyone would use it, but it's faster than opening Word to get a character count. Icon ideas requested. New in version 1.0: an icon and a bug fix. Download now!

Update 5/18/04: CharCounter 2.0 has been released. New in this version, a word counter as well as a character counter. Download CharCounter 2.0 now!

In yet another Update 5/22/04: CharCounter 2.5 has been released. New in this version is a System Service to Count with CharCounter, mapped to Command-Shift-R. Get it here!

Update 5/26/04: CharCounter 2.6 has been released. New in this version: word counting algorithm and whitespace character counting preferences. Download here!

Update 3/16/06: CharCounter 2.7 has been released. New in this version: made CharCounter a Universal Application/Binary, native on both PowerPC and Intel-based Macs. Download here.

Upate 4/12/06: CharCounter 3.0 has been written and released at last! New in this version: Live Counting, and a bug fix. Download it!

Cost: Free, donations accepted, but not required, if you find it useful.

License: Freeware, source code availible upon request