@saburto/pi-colorful-footer

Replaces the default pi footer with a vibrant, icon-rich status bar using emoji icons and theme-colored backgrounds. No Nerd Fonts required.

Package details

extension

Install @saburto/pi-colorful-footer from npm and Pi will load the resources declared by the package manifest.

$ pi install npm:@saburto/pi-colorful-footer

Pi manifest JSON

{
  "extensions": [
    "./src/index.ts"
  ]
}

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Replaces the default pi footer with a vibrant, icon-rich status bar using emoji icons and theme-colored backgrounds. No Nerd Fonts required.

🤖 claude-sonnet-4 │ 🌱 main │ ↑1.2k↓3k │ 💾500 45% │ 📊 8.5k/200k (4%) │ 💰$0.042 │ 🧠 ● xhigh

Emoji icons — works in any modern terminal without Nerd Fonts
Theme-aware — each section uses a themed background color from your pi theme
Responsive pruning — sections drop progressively as the terminal narrows
Working indicator — replaces the default spinner and "Working..." message with themed variants
Thinking level display — shows current thinking level with a colored circle indicator

Section	Icon	Description
Model	🤖	Current model ID
Git branch	🌱	Active git branch (hidden if not in a repo)
Tokens	↑↓	Input and output token counts
Cache	💾	Cache read count and hit rate (hidden when empty)
Context	📊	Context window usage fraction and percentage (hidden when unavailable)
Cost	💰	Total session cost in USD
Thinking	🧠	Current thinking level with circle indicator

pi install npm:@saburto/pi-colorful-footer

pi -e npm:@saburto/pi-colorful-footer

Once installed, the colorful footer replaces the default status bar automatically. No configuration needed.

/colorful — Toggle the colorful footer on/off. Use /reload to re-enable it after disabling.