Claude Code status lines that show git status
Claude Code tells you the model and the directory, but not what git is doing. These status lines add the branch, and some layer on dirty-file counts or ahead and behind markers, so you can see where a session is about to commit before it happens.
Every preview below is rendered from the real script against the same example sessions, including one in a directory with no git repo, so you can check how each one degrades.
Pick a one-liner if you only need the branch. Pick dirty-file counts if you commit from the session. Pick ahead and behind markers if you track remotes.
Claude Code does not send git state in the status line's stdin JSON. Scripts that show a branch run git themselves in workspace.current_dir, for example git branch --show-current. Dirty-file counts come from git status --porcelain. Handle the no-repo case, or the line prints an error outside a repository. Each preview below includes a directory with no repo.
25 published status lines.
Updated 2026-09-07
Status lines
╭─ 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.
Single-line usage
133 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.
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.
Dreambase Flat
71 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.
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.
Activity Feed
51 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.
◆ 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.
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.
Usage Dot Bars
20 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.
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.
🌿 main │ Opus 4.8/hi │ 🟢 Ctx ▓▓░░░░ 22% │ ⏳ 🟢 ▓▓░░░░ 26% ↻ 2h7m │ $0.41 ⏱ 10m
Branch, model with effort level, a context bar and the five-hour quota with reset countdown. Only calls the usage API when stdin lacks rate limits.
One Dark Triptych
13 copies
Model: Opus 4.8 | Thinking: high | Context: [▰▰▱▱▱▱▱▱▱▱] 45k/200k (22%) | cwd: ~/app | ⎇ main | (+0,-0)
Cost: $0.41 | Block: 2hr 6m | Weekly: 7.0% | Session: 10m | In: 916.7 t/s | Out: 29.2 t/s | Cached: 2k | Session: [▰▱▱▱▱] 26.0%
Mem: 0.8G/1.0G | (*ﾟ∀ﾟ*) | Session ID: b8e1c0d2-4a6f-4e2a-9c1b-3f5d7a9e2c10
Three lines in One Dark: model, thinking effort and a context bar up top; cost, quota, session clock and token throughput in the middle; weather, free memory and a rotating kaomoji below.
Git Detective
12 copies
Op 4.8 │ app (main) │ █░░░░ 44k/200k │ cache 5% ↓2k +5k │ 5h:26%(2h7m) │ 7d:7%(2d)Bucketed git status counts, ahead-behind arrows, prompt-cache stats with an expiry countdown, and a heads-up when CLAUDE.md, AGENTS.md and GEMINI.md fall out of sync. Dependency-free Node.
Opus 4.8 | main | ██░░░░░░░░ 22.0% | 44k / 200k | 02:06 26% | Sat 7%
Single-line status: model, git branch, a block context burn bar (green→orange→red) with token count, and 5-hour and weekly rate-limit percentages with reset times.
庫 app · 枝 main · 脳 OPUS-4.8
文 ▓▓░░░░░░ 22% · 時 ▓▓░░┃░░░ 26% · 週 ▓░░░░┃░░ 7%
CyberPunk/BladeRunner styling. Two lines with kanji field labels: repo 庫, branch 枝, worktree 樹, and model 脳 on top; context 文, 5-hour 時, and weekly 週 meters below. The rate-limit bars carry a ┃ pace cursor marking how far through the reset window you are — cyan when your usage trails the cursor (on track), amber/red when it outruns it.
Opus 4.8 | app@main | ctx 44k/200k (22%) | cost $0.41 | 5h 26% | 7d 7%Watches plan limits and extra-usage spending in dollars, next to model, branch with diff stats, context and cost. Env vars switch it between one and two lines.
Opus 4.8 (200K) high | app (main)
██░░░░░░░░ 22% 200K | 5h 26% ⇣32% 2h 7d 7% ⇣63% 2d
Are you burning quota faster than the clock? Five-hour and seven-day usage with over- and under-pace arrows, plus a context bar and git diff stats. Reads rate limits from stdin only.
app · main · Opus 4.8 · high
ctx 22% 44k · 5h 26% ↻2h6m · 7d 7% ↻2d0h · cost $0.41 · msg $0.757Two-line: dir/git/model/advisor/effort on top + Caveman, RTK, context %, 5h/7d rate limits, and session cost below
📁 app 🌿 main 🧠 Opus
🧊 22% [==--------] 💰 $0.41 ($2.41/h)
⏳ 5h: 26% [==--------] 7d: 7% [----------]
Three-line status: directory, git branch and model up top; a context-fill bar with session cost and an hourly burn rate ($/h); then 5-hour and weekly rate-limit bars with context-warning icons.
◆ Opus 4.8 │ ██░░░░░░░░ 22% 200k │ $0.41 │ 10m12s │ 5h:26% 7d:7%
⎇main │ +128/-34 │ appA gradient progress bar for context with quota percentages beside it, plus cost, duration and lines changed. Bash and jq, fully offline.
Width-Aware Monitor
2 copies
◆ Opus 4.8 │ app/main
▰▰▰▰▱ 78% │ ↑44k ↓1.4k │ 5h: -- │ 7d: -- │ 10m12s
Keeps itself inside a width budget (80 columns by default) by dropping the lowest-priority segments first. Model, project, context gauge with token counts, quota bars and duration; pace arrows and a cost readout are opt-in.
Weather & Bitcoin Bar
1 copy
🤖 Opus 4.8 [200K] │ 🎯 high │ 📁 app │ 🌿 main
📅 07/07/26 Tue │ ⏰ 23:06:08 │ ₿$64k │ ☀️ +90°F
Ctx: ● ▓▓░░░░ 33% [66K/200K] │ ⏱ 10m │ 🔧 2.1.155
A three-line bar that mixes coding metrics with ambient real-world data: model, context and git on top; date, time, live weather from wttr.in and the Bitcoin price from Coinbase in the middle; a context bar with real token counts, session cost and Claude Code version below.
🤖 Opus 4.8 │ 📊 22% │ ✏️ +128/-34 │ 🔀 main
📐 CTX ▰▰▱▱▱▱▱▱▱▱ 22% 44K / 200K tokens
💰 $0.41Model, context, lines changed and branch on the first line; a context bar with token counts on the second; session cost on the third. No network calls, just stdin and local git.
Nerd Font Duo
0 copies
Opus 4.8 │ ▰▰▰▰▱▱▱▱▱▱▱▱▱▱▱▱ 22% │ $0.41
app │ mainTwo Nerd Font lines: model, a 16-segment context bar, cost and quotas on top; directory, git counts, Python venv and vim mode below.
Keyblade Status bar
0 copies
✧ ███████████▋ 73% 🗝 Ultima Weapon ✦ app ∙ main
♥ ████████████████████████ 100% 「SAVE POINT」 ✶ Limit Form ◉ 41
Kingdom Hearts themed statusline and command menu for Claude Code.
Common questions
What does the status line show outside a git repository?
Whatever the script prints when git fails. A careful script runs git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree first and skips the git segment when it fails. Each preview includes a directory with no repo, so you can see how a config handles it.
Can the status line show the pull request?
Claude Code can send an optional pr object with number, url, and review_state. It is not always present, so check for it before printing.