Word count and reading time

Short answer: Unmarked keeps a live word count and an estimated reading time in the status bar along the bottom of the window. Both update as you type. Nothing to open, nothing to count.

Most editors bury the word count in a menu, or make you select the whole document to see it. Unmarked leaves it on screen. Glance at the bottom of the window and the number is there, current to the last word you typed.

The reading time sits right beside it, an estimate of how long the piece takes to read at a normal pace.

Where to find it

Look along the bottom edge of the window. The counts stay visible while you write and move with every change. Delete a paragraph and the word count drops to match.

No special mode required. The status bar holds across Read, Write, and Split.