Claude Code Statusline Ps

claude-code-statusline-ps

A PowerShell status line for [Claude Code](https://code.claude.com) on Windows. One script, one small JSON config, a Nerd Font.

[](LICENSE) [](https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell) [](#requirements)


Left to right: model, context meter, cost, lines changed, rate limits, mode badges, folder, and the branch with its change counts. Each segment starts with a Nerd Font icon, which GitHub cannot show in text, so the rest of this file names the icons instead.


The same data in the two-line powerline layout. Both come from one script; a small JSON file picks the layout and style.

About

Claude Code can hand its status bar to any command that reads a JSON payload on stdin and prints a line. The examples in its docs are bash scripts. This one is PowerShell 7. It needs a Nerd Font and nothing else, and it installs into your user settings with one command. It shows the numbers you would otherwise have to go looking for: how full the context window is, what the session has cost, how close you are to a rate limit, and which modes are on.

Features

• Context meter with a ten-block bar, percent, and used/total tokens. Green, then yellow, then red.
• Rate limits for the 5-hour and 7-day windows, with a countdown to the next 5-hour reset, and the spend limit when Claude Code reports one (accounts behind a Claude apps gateway with a spend limit).
• Session cost and lines added or removed.
• Badges for fast mode, extended thinking, effort level, and vim mode. They disappear when nothing is on.
• Folder and git branch, with a hom