Gutencount

Name: Gutencount
Author: quartertone

By: quartertone

Perform accurate an accurate word count on any webpage or selection, with special focus on Gutenberg ebooks.

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Features & Capabilities

On a Guterberg ebook page it will count the ebook text, excluding the Gutenberg disclaimer and legalese.
- If you are on the main ebook page, the results will be appended just below the cover image.
- If you are on any of the reading pages, the counter will appear in a fixed box in the top right corner of the window.
On the Gutenberg search results page or the subject page, will append the word count to all search results! (So, if you're looking for a short short story, you don't have to go counting every book that comes up in search.)
Update(2023-04-11): Word/character count will now be displayed in a fixed box in the upper right corner of the window, instead of a pop-up alert. Double click to dismiss. If you select some text, it will count the words in the selection.
NEW(2023-04-14): When in the HTML page of on ebook, click on the chapter heading to get a word count for that chapter.
Words are counted thus: text.trim().split(/--|[\s\*—]+/).length

User Growth & Download Statistics

Add-on

By:

quartertone

Daily users:

Version:

1.6.7 Last updated: 2025-07-29

Version code:

6000583

Creation date:

2023-05-12

Risk:

Content scripts matches:

*.gutenberg.org

Size:

15.59KB

URLs:

Website

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-07-05

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 53,886 ▼ 20

Other rankings

#191 in word count keyword 16 ▼ 2

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Developed by:

quartertone

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/gutencount/

Website:

https://vox.quartertone.net

Is Gutencount Safe?

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Gutencount requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

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Gutencount is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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