wordcount

Counts the words (and characters) in your current document, as well as in your selections and displays it in the status bar.

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Atom wordcount package

Counts the words and characters in your current document and displays them in the status bar. Plus a handful of great features, like:

Activates automatically on text files (define on which file extensions you want to activate it, or turn it "Always on")
Counts the words and characters in your selection when you have made one (or multiple!)
Writing goal tracker (with custom colors support)
Works with unsaved files
Option to exclude codeblocks from count
Option to show the total price per word for the document. Currency symbol can be changed in Settings.

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