xwc — Chinese Word Count for Markdown

CLI tool for counting words in Chinese Markdown articles. Designed for content creators who write in Chinese and need accurate character counts that understand Markdown structure.

Features

• Counts CJK characters + alphanumeric tokens (excludes punctuation, spaces, Markdown syntax)
• Detects bold highlights (金句), blockquotes (段子), and image placeholders (配图)
• Supports versioned article directories (v1.md → v2.md → final.md) with compression ratio tracking
• Batch mode for scanning multiple articles at once

Install

npm install -g @theclawlab/xwc

Quick Start

# Count a single file
xwc article.md

# Count all versions of an article
xwc my-article/

# Summarize all articles in a directory
xwc drafts/

See USAGE.md for full documentation.

License

MIT