pi-bar

Configurable pi status bar extension.

Install

pi install npm:@npm-ken/pi-bar

pi-bar works immediately after install using the bundled default config.

Customize

Create this file and edit it:

~/.pi/pi-bar/config.toml

To start from the default config, copy config.toml from this repository or from the installed npm package and paste it to ~/.pi/pi-bar/config.toml

Common edits

Colors

[colors]
text_fg = "#cdd6f4"
model_bg = "#005b95"
thinking_bg = "#005b95"
activity_bg = "#313244"
activity_fg = "#2dd4bf"
ok = "#006b1d"
warn = "#a17a00"
alert = "#972e2d"

Use #rrggbb hex colors. Segments use these names with fg and bg.

Separators

Powerline/Nerd Font separators:

[statusbar.separators]
leading = "\uE0BA"
trailing = "\uE0BC"

Plain separators:

[statusbar.separators]
leading = ""
trailing = ""

Segments

Segments are listed as [[statusbar.segments]]. Reorder, remove, or add them in that file.

[[statusbar.segments]]
type = "value"
template = "{model}"
empty_text = "no model"
fg = "text_fg"
bg = "model_bg"

Segment types:

• value — text from template
• meter — numeric value with threshold colors
• dir — current working directory
• status — pi extension status, like MCP or LSP
• activity — tool activity / working spinner

template replaces {tokens} with values for that segment type. Tokens are scoped per type, so {value} in a meter segment is not the same as {value} in an activity segment.

Template tokens:

• value: {value} / {model} = full model id or empty_text, {short_model} = model id after the final /, {thinking} = current thinking level.
• dir: {value} / {dir} = current directory name, {path} = full current working directory.
• git: {remote_icon} = remote service icon, {branch_icon} = branch icon, {branch} = current branch, {staged} / {unstaged} = dirty booleans, {ahead} / {behind} = upstream counts, {service} = remote service, {service_icon} = default remote service icon, {remote} = origin URL. Set icons = { remote = "...", branch = "..." } on a git segment to override icons. Git states support id = "unstaged", id = "staged", id = "ahead", and id = "behind" with fg/bg colors. The segment bg is used when no state matches.
• meter: {value} = raw numeric meter value, {percent} = rounded value, {context_window} = human-readable model context window.
• status: {value} / {text} = normalized status text, {key} = status key, plus numeric tokens parsed from status text such as {errors} or {warnings}. MCP statuses also expose {servers} for the connected/total count.
• activity: {source} = tools or streaming, {spinner} = current spinner frame, {tools} = comma-separated tool names, {streaming} = streaming state, {value} = source display value.

eval, collapsed_eval, and state-level eval still work for backwards compatibility. Prefer template and collapsed_template for new configs.

Status segments can set ignore = ["regex"] to skip matching status text. This is useful on key = "*" catch-all segments when a known status should not be rendered.

Adaptive / Responsive Collapsing

pi-bar supports optional configuration attributes to gracefully scale down the status bar on constrained terminal widths instead of truncating abruptly:

• A segment is eligible for collapse when it sets collapse_order, collapsed_template, or collapsed_eval.
• collapse_order: integer group number for responsive collapse order. 1 is the first group collapsed; higher groups are kept longer.
• collapsed_template: alternative template rendered when the segment is collapsed. When collapsed_template is set without collapse_order, the segment collapses with order 1.
• If collapse_order is set without collapsed_template or collapsed_eval, the segment is hidden when its collapse order comes up.

Example Config

# A later-collapsing context utilization meter that collapses to a shorter format
[[statusbar.segments]]
type = "meter"
value_eval = "ctx.getContextUsage()?.percent ?? 0"
template = "{percent}% of {context_window}"
fg = "text_fg"
collapse_order = 4
collapsed_template = "{percent}%"

# An early-collapsing thinking indicator that hides entirely when space is limited
[[statusbar.segments]]
type = "value"
template = "{thinking}"
show_if = "model?.reasoning"
fg = "text_fg"
bg = "thinking_bg"
collapse_order = 2

# A first-collapsing status segment can omit collapse_order when collapsed_eval is present
[[statusbar.segments]]
type = "status"
key = "whatsapp"
template = "  "
fg = "text_fg"
collapsed_template = " WA "

# A last-collapsing active tool spinner that collapses to just the spinner glyph
[[statusbar.segments]]
type = "activity"
fg = "activity_fg"
bg = "activity_bg"
min_width = 11
template = "{spinner} {value}"
collapsed_template = "{spinner}"
collapse_order = 5