Claude Code status line

better-claude

A mod that shows per-turn and session token counts in colour on the hint line under the prompt.

249 stars 40 forksStatus lines Plugin marketplace Source

Install

Inside Claude Code

/plugin marketplace add midudev/better-claude

From source

git clone https://github.com/midudev/better-claude.git

From the README

better-claude

Plugins and mods for Claude Code by midudev, one per folder in plugins/:

Install

To get new versions on their own, turn on auto-update: /plugin → Marketplaces → better-claude → Enable auto-update. Claude Code leaves it off for marketplaces outside Anthropic's.

This repository is the marketplace: .claude-plugin/marketplace.json lists each plugin folder as a source.

Development

Each plugin is its own folder with its own manifest. One package.json at the root runs everything: npm test, npm run validate, npm run test:node (After's and Time Machine's unit tests) and npm run test:mod (every plugin's tests against the engine).

MIT © Miguel Ángel Durán (midudev)

Read the full README on GitHub

How status lines work

A status line is a command Claude Code runs to draw the bar under the prompt. It gets the session as JSON on stdin (model, folder, cost, context) and prints one or more lines.
Point the statusLine setting in ~/.claude/settings.json at it: { "statusLine": { "type": "command", "command": "<the command from the README>" } }.
Or run /statusline inside Claude Code and describe what you want.

Claude Code docs

Details

Repository: midudev/better-claude
Type: Status lines
Website: betterclaude.dev
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
Last updated: 2 November 2026
Topics: ai-agentsclaude-codeclaude-code-modclaude-code-pluginprompt-queue

FAQ

What is better-claude?

A mod that shows per-turn and session token counts in colour on the hint line under the prompt. It is a status line for Claude Code, from midudev/better-claude on GitHub.

How do I install better-claude?

Run /plugin marketplace add midudev/better-claude inside Claude Code, then follow the setup in the README.

Is better-claude popular?

midudev/better-claude has 249 GitHub stars and 40 forks. It was last updated on 2 November 2026.

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