My KISS Claude Code Statusline

A super simple statusline for Claude Code.

Features

• Directory - Current working directory (truncated if long)
• Git status - Branch name with staged/unstaged change indicators
• Model - Currently active Claude model
• Context bar - Visual progress bar showing context window usage
• Session stats - Lines added/removed during session

Preview

freestar │ main │ Opus 4.5 │ ████░░░░ 48% │ +127 -34

Requirements

• bash
• jq (for JSON parsing)
• git (for repository status)

Installation

1. Download the script:

   curl -o ~/.claude/statusline.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/alxmlv/claude-code-statusline/main/statusline.sh

2. Add to your Claude Code settings (~/.claude/settings.json):

   {
     "statusline": "bash ~/.claude/statusline.sh"
   }

Configuration

Edit the variables at the top of statusline.sh to customize:

BAR_WIDTH=8           # Width of progress bar
BAR_FILLED="█"        # Filled character
BAR_EMPTY="░"         # Empty character
CONTEXT_WARNING=60    # Yellow threshold (%)
CONTEXT_DANGER=80     # Red threshold (%)

Color Coding

Element	Color
Directory	Cyan
Git branch (clean)	Green
Git branch (dirty)	Yellow
Staged changes	Green ●
Unstaged changes	Blue ○
Context bar (low)	Green
Context bar (warning)	Yellow
Context bar (danger)	Red
Lines added	Green
Lines removed	Red