Claude Code status lines that show token usage
Running out of context mid-task is the worst way to find out how big your session got. These status lines read the context window numbers Claude Code pipes to every status line script and turn them into a count or a burn bar.
The previews are rendered from real sessions at different fill levels, so you can see what each one looks like when the window is nearly empty and nearly full.
Pick a number if you glance. Pick a burn bar if you work near the cap and want to see fill at a distance.
Claude Code pipes a JSON payload to your status line script on stdin each time the line refreshes. Token usage is under context_window. Read context_window.used_percentage for a percentage, or total_input_tokens and context_window_size for raw counts. used_percentage is null in a fresh session, so default it to 0 in jq with // 0.
30 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.
!Opus4.8(high) Session:26%(19:00) Week:7%(2d0h) Ctx:▰▱▱▱▱22% Cost:~$0.41Shows 5h/weekly rate-limit usage with early-warning pace coloring, context window gauge, and daily cost in USD + JPY.
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.
[Opus 4.8] ctx 22% · 5h ▓▓░░░░░░ 26% on track · resets in 2h06m · 7d ▓░░░░░░░ 7% on track · resets in 2d0h
Model, context fill and both subscription windows as pace-coloured bars: the colour is the projected end-of-window usage, not the current percentage, so a nearly full window about to reset stays green.
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.
app ⏱ 10m ▲ +128 -34 ▓░░░░░░░ 22% $0.41 ◆ OpusDirectory, Node version when a package.json is around, added and removed lines with a net-direction arrow, a token bar, and a session cost that changes color as it grows.
Todo Ticker
1 copy
app │ Opus 4.8 │ context: ██░░░░░░░░ 22% │ Fixing the null check in the parserShows the task Claude is working on right now, read from the session todo list, beside context and five-hour usage bars.
🤖 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.
5h ▓░░░░ 🟢
A minimal 5-slot block bar showing context-window usage with a green/yellow/red status dot.
Common questions
Why does my token count show null?
context_window.used_percentage and remaining_percentage are null until the first response of a session. current_usage is null then too. Default them in your script, for example with // 0 in jq.
How do I show a context bar instead of a number?
Take context_window.used_percentage, scale it to the bar width, and print that many filled blocks followed by empty ones. The burn-bar configs above work this way.
Does the context window size change with the model?
It can. context_window.context_window_size carries the window for the current session, such as 200000 or 1000000. Divide by it instead of hardcoding 200k.