How to Add a Stunning Status Bar to Claude Code for Real‑Time Insights

Overview

ccstatusline is a highly customizable status‑line formatter for Claude Code. It can display model information, Git branch, token usage and other real‑time metrics in the terminal. The original repository has over 9 k stars on GitHub and supports more than 50 configurable components.

Installation

Install the Chinese version globally with:

npm install -g ccstatusline-zh

Configuration

Add a status‑line entry to the Claude Code settings file %USER%/.claude/settings.json:

{
  "statusLine": {
    "type": "command",
    "command": "ccstatusline-zh",
    "padding": 0
  }
}

Restart Claude Code; the status line appears below the input area.

Interactive TUI

Open the configuration UI: ccstatusline-zh setup In the main menu choose 主菜单 → 编辑状态行 to edit each line. Example: the second line can show output style, thinking depth, input speed and output speed.

Component customization

Up to 50+ status components can be added. Change the delimiter between components via 主菜单 → 全局覆盖 → 默认分割符 , e.g. set |. Switch to Powerline display mode via 主菜单 → Powerline 设置 .

Project links

Original repository: https://github.com/sirmalloc/ccstatusline Chinese version:

https://github.com/huangguang1999/ccstatusline-zh