ClaudeStatsBar: your session is 486k deep and nothing told you

In plain words

ClaudeStatsBar is a status line tool for Claude Code that displays real-time session metrics, including total context used, cost per turn, and remaining tokens before hitting limits. It helps developers understand session size and expenses before typing each message, enabling better decisions about clearing or compacting sessions during long projects. Built with pure Python and no external dependencies, it renders in approximately 25 milliseconds.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

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A Claude Code status line for the number nobody shows you - how big the session has got, what the next turn costs before you type a word, and when it is worth clearing rather than finding the limit mid-task. Opus 5 (1M context) · my-project · ▕██████░░░░░░▏ 486k · 49k/turn · 88t · 5h 15% ~162t left · 7d 3% ⚠ 486k context — every turn now costs 49k before you type. /clear if you have switched task, /compact to keep going Pure Python stdlib. No dependencies, no network, no transcript parsing, no proxy. ~25ms per render. Building anything large with Claude means long sessions, and the session grows underneath you whilst you work. Nothing shows you how big it has got, so the first sign is…from github.com

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