claude-statusbar 2.8.4

Lightweight status bar monitor for Claude AI token usage

Claude Status Bar

Lightweight Claude Code status bar monitor for the built-in statusLine hook.

It shows your current Claude.ai rate-limit usage, reset timers, context window usage, and an optional ASCII pet in a compact single-line format.

What it shows

5h[███38%░░░░]⏰2h14m | 7d[███87%███░]⏰3d05h | Opus 4.6(90.0k/1.0M) | ᓚᘏᗢ Giga:working!

Segment	Meaning
5h[███38%░░░░]	5-hour rate-limit usage
⏰2h14m	Time until the 5-hour window resets
7d[███87%███░]	7-day rate-limit usage
⏰3d05h	Time until the 7-day window resets
Opus 4.6(90.0k/1.0M)	Model name plus current context usage
ᓚᘏᗢ Giga:working!	Optional status-bar pet
📚 EN:6.0↑ JA:5.0→	IELTS band progress (requires prompt-language-coach)

Colors default to green / yellow / red at 30% and 70%, and can be customized.

Styles & themes (v2.7+)

The default style (classic) stays the same forever. Two new styles, plus a palette of seven themes, are opt-in.

cs --style capsule  --theme graphite   # try once
cs --style hairline --theme twilight   # try once
cs config set style capsule            # persist
cs config set theme twilight
cs styles                              # list available styles
cs themes                              # list available themes
cs preview                             # render every style × theme together

Styles

Style	Look
classic	Original [bar] | pipe engineering layout. Default.
capsule	Each metric is a colored pill — type badge (◷ 5H / ☷ 7D / ◆ / 📚) on the left, value, severity dot on the right. Subway-signage feel.
hairline	One-character mini-bar (▁▃▆█) per metric, dashed ┊ separators, tight typography. Maximally calm.

Capsule — graphite · twilight · nord · dracula · sakura · linen · mono

Hairline — same theme set, different layout

Classic — kept identical to the pre-v2.7 look

Themes

Theme	Vibe
graphite	Cool dark graphite — default, fits most dark terminals
twilight	Soft purples/roses — warm dark
linen	Cream/beige — for light terminal themes
nord	Nord palette — familiar Arctic blue
dracula	Dracula palette — high-contrast purple/black
sakura	Pink/cream — soft, light backgrounds
mono	Pure grayscale — no chromatic distraction

Style and theme are independent: any of the 3 styles × 7 themes = 21 combinations.

Slash commands inside Claude Code

After running cs --setup (or cs install-commands), the following slash commands work inside Claude Code:

Slash command	What it does
/statusbar	Show current config + lists styles/themes
/statusbar-preview	Render every style × theme combination using your real data
/statusbar-style <name>	Switch style (classic / capsule / hairline)
/statusbar-theme <name>	Switch theme (graphite / twilight / linen)
/statusbar-reset	Restore the original classic + graphite defaults

Configuration file

Persisted to ~/.claude/claude-statusbar.json:

{
  "style": "capsule",
  "theme": "twilight",
  "density": "regular",
  "auto_compact_width": 100,
  "show_pet": true,
  "show_weekly": true,
  "show_language": true
}

Key	Values	What it does
style	classic / capsule / hairline	Layout
theme	graphite / twilight / linen	Colors
density	compact / regular / cozy	Padding around segments (capsule + hairline only)
auto_compact_width	integer (e.g. 100)	Force hairline when terminal narrower than this. 0 = disabled
show_pet, show_weekly, show_language	bool	Hide individual segments

Set via cs config set <key> <value>.

Override per-invocation via --style / --theme flags or CLAUDE_STATUSBAR_STYLE / CLAUDE_STATUSBAR_THEME env vars.

Install as a Claude Code plugin

The repo also ships a .claude-plugin/plugin.json so you can install everything (slash commands + this README) directly from inside Claude Code:

/plugin install https://github.com/leeguooooo/claude-code-usage-bar

You still need the cs CLI (pip install claude-statusbar or uv tool install claude-statusbar) — the plugin only carries the slash commands; the heavy lifting is the Python package.

Install

One-line install (recommended)

curl -fsSL "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/leeguooooo/claude-code-usage-bar/main/web-install.sh?v=$(date +%s)" | bash

This installs the package, configures Claude Code statusLine, and sets up aliases. Restart Claude Code to see it.

Package managers

pip install claude-statusbar     # pip
uv tool install claude-statusbar # uv
pipx install claude-statusbar    # pipx

Then add to ~/.claude/settings.json:

{
  "statusLine": {
    "type": "command",
    "command": "cs"
  }
}

Usage

cs                            # show status bar (shortest alias)
cs --style capsule            # render with capsule style for one run
cs --theme twilight           # override theme
cs config show                # show persistent config
cs config set style hairline  # save style to ~/.claude/claude-statusbar.json
cs config set theme linen     # save theme
cs styles                     # list available styles
cs themes                     # list available themes
cs preview                    # render every style × theme using your real data
cs --json-output              # machine-readable JSON
cs --no-color                 # disable ANSI colors
cs --hide-pet                 # hide the ASCII pet
cs --warning-threshold 40 --critical-threshold 85
cs --no-auto-update           # disable auto-update checks

--plan still exists for older scripts, but it is deprecated and no longer changes the status line output.

Environment variables

Variable	Effect
CLAUDE_STATUSBAR_STYLE=capsule	Render with this style (overrides config file)
CLAUDE_STATUSBAR_THEME=twilight	Render with this theme (overrides config file)
CLAUDE_STATUSBAR_NO_UPDATE=1	Disable automatic update checks
CLAUDE_STATUSBAR_HIDE_PET=1	Hide the status bar pet
CLAUDE_STATUSBAR_WARNING_THRESHOLD=40	Switch from green to yellow at 40%
CLAUDE_STATUSBAR_CRITICAL_THRESHOLD=85	Switch from yellow to red at 85%
NO_COLOR=1	Disable ANSI colors

CLAUDE_PLAN is still accepted for legacy compatibility, but it no longer changes the rendered status line.

JSON output

Use --json-output if you want a machine-readable payload instead of the formatted status line:

cs --json-output

Data source

Rate-limit data comes directly from Anthropic's official API headers exposed to Claude Code status-line commands through stdin.

Context-window usage comes from the same stdin payload that Claude Code sends to custom statusLine commands.

Requires Claude Code v2.1.80+.

Upgrading

Auto-updates once per day. To upgrade manually:

pip install --upgrade claude-statusbar

To disable auto-updates: export CLAUDE_STATUSBAR_NO_UPDATE=1

Integrations

prompt-language-coach

Install the prompt-language-coach Claude Code plugin to get IELTS band progress tracking. After setup, the status bar automatically shows your current writing level and trend:

... | Opus 4.6(90k/1M) | 📚 EN:6.0↑ JA:5.0→ | ᓚᘏᗢ

• ↑ improved from last session · ↓ dropped · → no change
• No configuration needed — the segment appears automatically when ~/.claude/language-progress.json exists.

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License

MIT

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