# Character counter for the MoT profile About section

**URL:** <https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/character-counter-for-the-mot-profile-about-section/82802>\
**Category:** Site Updates & Feedback\
**Created:** [11 February 2025 07:51 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/character-counter-for-the-mot-profile-about-section/82802 "2025-02-11T07:51:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![hananurrehman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/hananurrehman/32/14717_2.png) [@hananurrehman](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/hananurrehman)\
**Post date:** [11 February 2025 07:51 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/character-counter-for-the-mot-profile-about-section/82802/1 "2025-02-11T07:51:33Z")

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![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/ministryoftesting/original/2X/d/d695b24917c3d993a9344d54d2b3bfee657d0b4a.png)  
I wanted to copy over my about text from my github profile but it turns out its not possible to know how many characters should I take out to fit the 200 limit 😅  
For now I’ll use an external tool but this counter could be a good improvement here.

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**Author:** ![kristof](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/kristof/32/10839_2.png) [@kristof](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/kristof)\
**Post date:** [11 February 2025 08:17 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/character-counter-for-the-mot-profile-about-section/82802/2 "2025-02-11T08:17:43Z")

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_cough_ try the API _cough_ 😃

[![](https://media.tenor.com/4kaJlIM8-ZMAAAAM/waiting-simpsons.gif) ](https://media.tenor.com/4kaJlIM8-ZMAAAAM/waiting-simpsons.gif)

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**Author:** ![rosie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/rosie/32/7719_2.png) [@rosie](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/rosie)\
**Post date:** [11 February 2025 17:28 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/character-counter-for-the-mot-profile-about-section/82802/3 "2025-02-11T17:28:03Z")

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How many characters does Github allow?

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**Author:** ![hananurrehman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/hananurrehman/32/14717_2.png) [@hananurrehman](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/hananurrehman)\
**Post date:** [12 February 2025 07:31 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/character-counter-for-the-mot-profile-about-section/82802/4 "2025-02-12T07:31:02Z")

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one too many I think 😅  
As per a thread on Github some people investigated and found out that the max limit is around 500,000 characters 😛

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**Author:** ![hananurrehman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/hananurrehman/32/14717_2.png) [@hananurrehman](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/hananurrehman)\
**Post date:** [12 February 2025 07:31 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/character-counter-for-the-mot-profile-about-section/82802/5 "2025-02-12T07:31:59Z")

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But the file on Github is a .md file that is used as a bio page for the profile.