Sort Lines by Length
Sort text lines from shortest to longest instantly — order lists by character count for readability or analysis. Free, client-side length sorter.
🔒 100% Client-Side Processing
Your data is processed entirely in your browser and never transmitted to any server.
Example
Input
banana
fig
apple
kiwi Output
fig
kiwi
apple
banana Ordered by character count, shortest first — 3, 4, 5, 6. The sort is stable, so lines of equal length stay in the order you pasted them.
0 / 100M Limit
Common Use Cases
Organizing CSS and imports aesthetically
Sort declarations or import lines shortest-first for the "waterfall" style some teams prefer.
Finding outlier records
Sort data rows by length to surface suspiciously short or malformed entries at the top.
Frequently Asked Questions
- How are lines of equal length ordered?
- Equal-length lines keep their relative input order (the sort is stable in modern JavaScript engines), so ties do not scramble your list.
- Why sort lines by length?
- Organising CSS selectors or import statements aesthetically, finding the longest log lines or URLs, and spotting outliers in data where unusually long entries usually mean malformed rows.
- Is my data private when I use this tool?
- Yes. This tool runs entirely in your browser using client-side JavaScript — nothing you type is transmitted to, logged by, or stored on any server. You can safely process confidential text, tokens, or code.