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Hardik Gohil
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Introducing LetterLens: A Powerful Open-Source Word Counter

๐Ÿš€ What is LetterLens?

LetterLens is an open-source, feature-rich text analysis tool designed to help writers, developers, and content creators analyze their text efficiently. It provides instant insights into character count, word count, sentence count, paragraph count, reading time, and letter density.

โœจ Features

-- Character & Word Count: Instantly see the total number of characters and words.
-- Sentence & Paragraph Count: Get structured insights into your text.
-- Reading Time Estimation: Know how long it takes to read your content.
-- Letter Density Analysis: Discover the frequency of letter usage in your text.
-- Toggle Exclude Spaces: Choose whether to count spaces in character -- analysis.

๐Ÿ›  Tech Stack

--- Next.js - React-based framework for fast and efficient rendering.
--- Tailwind CSS - Utility-first CSS for responsive UI.
--- ShadCN UI - Elegant and customizable UI components.

๐Ÿ“– How to Use LetterLens

Simply paste or type your text into the editor, and the tool will instantly analyze it. Toggle the "Exclude Spaces" option if needed. The tool is designed to be lightweight, efficient, and user-friendly.

๐ŸŽ‰ Open Source & Contributions

LetterLens is open-source, and we welcome contributions! If you have ideas for improvements or want to fix a bug, feel free to contribute.

๐Ÿ›  Setting Up Locally

Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/HardikGohilHLR/letter-lens.git
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Navigate into the project

cd letterlens
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Install dependencies

npm install
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Start development server

npm run dev
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๐Ÿ“ Get Involved

โญ Star the repository on GitHub
๐Ÿ›  Open issues or feature requests
โœจ Submit pull requests with enhancements
๐Ÿ“ข Share LetterLens with your network

Try LetterLens LetterLens today and make text analysis effortless! ๐Ÿš€

PS: Iโ€™d love to hear your feedback! Let me know what you think, and if thereโ€™s something youโ€™d like to see added, feel free to reach out.


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Silvia O'Dwyer โ€ข

Cool project! I often need to quickly get the word count of documents, so this will be useful for me. Thanks for sharing!

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Hardik Gohil โ€ข

@silviaodwyer I'm glad you liked it ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿป. Thanks.