Claude Code status line
Usage Pulse
A usage status bar showing session and weekly limits, cost, context and agents, with ten themes and no API calls.
Install
/plugin marketplace add NoobyGains/usage-pulseRun inside Claude Code, then /plugin to pick what to install from it.
/plugin install usage-pulse --marketplace NoobyGains/usage-pulsegit clone https://github.com/NoobyGains/usage-pulse.gitFrom the README
Every limit, cost and agent, live under your prompt. Plus every other AI subscription you pay for.
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One minute from zero to a live bar: /plugin install usage-pulse --marketplace NoobyGains/usage-pulse, then /usage-pulse:setup, then restart Claude Code.
Why Usage Pulse
⚡ Zero API calls
The 5-hour and weekly bars, the countdowns, context and cost all come from what Claude Code already pipes to the status line. No key, no polling, nothing to rate limit.
🧭 Every subscription on one screen
A second Claude account, Codex, Gemini / Antigravity, MiniMax or any JSON file gets its own row, found for you and drawn in the same theme.
💸 Costs you can compare
API-equivalent spend per session in your currency, priced per model for Fable 5.1, Opus 5.5, Sonnet 5.5 and Haiku 5.5, with budget, 7-day and all-time views.
🤖 Agents, live
How many subagents are running and spawned against the cap, agent-team task progress, and a row per subagent in the agent panel with model, effort, context and time.
🎨 Made to look good
10 themes, 5 animations, 8 bar styles, 5 sizes, 4 layouts and 48 widgets, all chosen in a full-screen wizard with live previews. You never edit JSON.
🪶 One file
A single Python script, zero dependencies, Python 3.8+, Windows, macOS and Linux. Installs in a minute, updates itself with --update.
Install
As a Claude Code plugin
A plugin cannot register a status line by itself, so /usage-pulse:setup writes it into settings.json with safe defaults. Afterwards /usage-pulse:pulse setup chooses hooks, providers, theme and widgets. On Claude Code older than 2.1.275, add the marketplace first with /plugin…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.
Details
- Repository
- NoobyGains/usage-pulse
- Type
- Status lines
- Language
- Python
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
FAQ
What is Usage Pulse?
A usage status bar showing session and weekly limits, cost, context and agents, with ten themes and no API calls. It is a status line for Claude Code, from NoobyGains/usage-pulse on GitHub.
How do I install Usage Pulse?
Run /plugin install usage-pulse --marketplace NoobyGains/usage-pulse inside Claude Code, then follow the setup in the README.
Is Usage Pulse popular?
NoobyGains/usage-pulse has 471 GitHub stars and 32 forks. It was last updated on 3 November 2026.
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