# Number

Source: https://decapcms.org/docs/widgets/number/ (updated 2025-10-10)


The number widget uses an HTML number input, saving the value as a string, integer, or floating point number.

**Name:** `number`

**UI:** HTML [number input](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/input/number)

**Data type:** string by default; configured by `value_type` option

**Options**

- `default`: accepts string or number value; defaults to empty string
- `value_type`: accepts `int` or `float`; any other value results in saving as a string
- `min`: accepts a number for minimum value accepted; unset by default
- `max`: accepts a number for maximum value accepted; unset by default
- `step`: accepts a number for stepping up/down values in the input; 1 by default

**Example**

```yaml
- label: "Puppy Count"
  name: "puppies"
  widget: "number"
  default: 2
  value_type: "int"
  min: 1
  max: 101
  step: 2
```

**Result**

![toggle switch](https://decapcms.org/img/widget-number.png)