Best Claude Code status lines
The 10 status lines copied most often from statuslin.es, as of 2026-09-24. Every preview is rendered from the real script, and every entry was reviewed by a person before it was published.
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╭─ CONTEXT ────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ ████▊░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ 22% of 200K · GOOD │
├─ STATS ──────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ ↓ 44.0K ↑ 1.4K │ $0.41 │ ⏱ 10m 12s │ +128/-34 │
├─ REPO ───────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ ◆ Opus 4.8 · main · 16:21 │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
A boxed multi-line panel with auto-sizing borders: a context section with a gradient bar and status word, a stats section (tokens, cost, duration, lines changed), and a repo section (model, git branch with file counts, clock, vim mode), in a terracotta Claude-brand palette.
#1. Shows git, tokens, and cost. Multi-line Python script.
Single-line usage
121 copies
app · main · Opus-4.8 · effort high · ctx 22% · 5h 26% ↻2h6m · 7d 7% ↻2d0hOne-line status bar showing your directory, git branch (with a * when dirty), model, live effort level, context-window usage, and 5-hour/7-day rate-limit usage.
#2. Shows git, tokens, and limits. Bash script.
Opus 4.8 [high] ~/app main
16:20:55 | ⛁ ██░░░░░░░░ 22% | 5h ●◔○○○ 26% ↻2h7m | 7d ◔○○○○○○ 7% ↻2d1h │ $0.41 ⏱ 10m
Two-line status with a block context bar and quarter-step dot meters (◔◑◕●) for the 5-hour and weekly limits (fill shows usage, color shows whether you are ahead of or behind pace), plus model, effort, git and cost. Needs no jq.
#3. Shows git, tokens, cost, limits, and burn rate. Multi-line Bash script.
Dreambase Flat
60 copies
████▊░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ 22% of 200K · GOOD │ ↓ 44.0K ↑ 1.4K │ $0.41 │ ⏱ 10m 12s │ +128/-34 │ ◆ Opus 4.8 · main · 16:22
One-line adaptation of @kyleledbetter's Dreambase Panel: a context bar with status word, token/cost/duration/lines-changed stats, and model + git branch + clock, all on a single line in a terracotta Claude-brand palette.
#4. Shows git, tokens, and cost. Python script.
Opus 4.8 │ main │ app │ ▓▓░░░░░░░░ 44k/200k │ $0.41
Catppuccin Frappé-themed status line with model, git branch and dirty flag, folder, a block context bar, and session cost.
#5. Shows git, tokens, and cost. Themed Bash script. Needs network access.
Activity Feed
47 copies
Opus 4.8 high ✦ │ ctx 22% │ app (main) │ PR #1287 ● │ $0.41 · 10m +128 -34
Session ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ○ ○ ○ 74% left Resets in 2h 6m
Weekly ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ○ 93% left Resets in 2d 0h
Fable ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ○ ○ 85% left Resets in 2d 0h
◐ Read:index.ts ✓ Read×1 ✓ Bash×1 ✓ Edit×1 ✓ Grep×1
◐ code-reviewer Review the change for regressions
A header with model, context and burn rate per hour, then live tool and agent activity parsed from the session transcript.
#6. Shows git, tokens, cost, limits, and burn rate. Multi-line Bash script. Needs network access.
◆ Opus 4.8 │ ▪ app │ ⎇ main │ ◷ 16:20 │ ██▄░░░░░░░ 26% (44K/167K) │ 26% ↻2h6m │ 7% ⟳2d0hNode status line with an autocompact-aware context bar (subtracts the compaction buffer), project, branch, last-activity time, and 5h/7d rate-limit segments.
#7. Shows git, tokens, and limits. Node script.
app main Opus 4.8 ━━━━━━━━━━ 22% 128 34
A Powerline-style status line with nerd-font separators and a Dracula palette: colored directory, git branch, a per-model icon, and a faded context progress bar with an arrow tail.
#8. Shows git and tokens. Powerline-style, themed Bash script.
Usage Dot Bars
18 copies
Opus 4.8 │ ✍️ 22% │ app (main) │ ● high
current ●●○○○○○○○○ 26% ⟳ 6:59pm
weekly ○○○○○○○○○○ 7% ⟳ aug 1, 5:52pmModel, context, directory and branch up top; five-hour and weekly quota as dot bars with reset times underneath. Flags --dangerously-skip-permissions with a lightning bolt. By Kamran Ahmed of roadmap.sh.
#9. Shows git, tokens, and limits. Multi-line Bash script. Needs network access.
Opus 4.8 | app@main | 44k/200k (22%) | effort: high | 5h 26% @18:59 | 7d 7% @Sat Aug 1, 17:52Model, directory and branch with diff counts, context tokens, reasoning effort, and five-hour and seven-day limits from Claude Code's own rate-limit data, with the usage API as fallback. Checks for new versions of itself once a day.
#10. Shows git, tokens, and limits. Minimal Bash script. Needs network access.