Text Stats

Analyze text documents for word count, reading time, readability scores (Flesch-Kincaid, Gunning Fog), keyword density, and sentence statistics. Supports multiple languages including CJK. Zero dependencies.

Analyze any text document for readability, word count, keyword density, and more. Perfect for content optimization, SEO analysis, or writing improvement.

Usage

Full analysis

python3 {baseDir}/scripts/text_stats.py analyze document.txt
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/text_stats.py analyze document.md

Word count only

python3 {baseDir}/scripts/text_stats.py wc document.txt

Keyword density

python3 {baseDir}/scripts/text_stats.py keywords document.txt --top 20

Reading time

python3 {baseDir}/scripts/text_stats.py time document.txt

Output Example

📊 Text Analysis: article.md
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Words:          2,847
Characters:     16,203
Sentences:      142
Paragraphs:     38
Avg words/sent: 20.0
Reading time:   ~11 min (at 250 wpm)

Readability:
  Flesch-Kincaid Grade: 8.2 (8th grade)
  Flesch Reading Ease:  62.1 (Standard)
  Gunning Fog Index:    10.4

Top Keywords:
  AI (47x, 1.65%)
  agent (31x, 1.09%)
  data (28x, 0.98%)

Features

• 📏 Word, character, sentence, paragraph counts
• ⏱️ Estimated reading time
• 📖 Readability scores (Flesch-Kincaid, Gunning Fog, Flesch Reading Ease)
• 🔑 Keyword frequency and density
• 🇨🇳 CJK character counting (Chinese characters = words)
• 🪶 Zero dependencies — Python stdlib only

Dependencies

None! Uses only Python standard library.