tiptap/docs/src/docPages/api/extensions/character-count.md

# CharacterCount
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The `CharacterCount` extension limits the number of allowed character to a specific length. That’s it, that’s all.

## Installation
```bash
# with npm
npm install @tiptap/extension-character-count

# with Yarn
yarn add @tiptap/extension-character-count
```

## Settings
| Option | Type     | Default | Description                                              |
| ------ | -------- | ------- | -------------------------------------------------------- |
| limit  | `Number` | `0`     | The maximum number of characters that should be allowed. |

## Source code
[packages/extension-character-count/](https://github.com/ueberdosis/tiptap-next/blob/main/packages/extension-character-count/)

## Usage
<demo name="Extensions/CharacterCount" />