pi-cc-tui

Make pi's TUI look like Claude Code: tool calls, diffs, messages, spinner, input box, status line and dark theme

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Package details

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Install pi-cc-tui from npm and Pi will load the resources declared by the package manifest.

npm repo home report

$ pi install npm:pi-cc-tui

Package: pi-cc-tui
Version: 0.1.0
Published: Oct 5, 2026
Downloads: 182/mo · 28/wk
Author: nightsum
License: MIT
Types: extension, theme
Size: 30.8 KB
Dependencies: 0 dependencies · 2 peers

Pi manifest JSON

{
  "extensions": [
    "./extensions/cc-tui.ts",
    "./extensions/cc-tools.ts",
    "./extensions/cc-statusline.ts"
  ],
  "themes": [
    "./themes/claude-code.json"
  ]
}

Security note

Pi packages can execute code and influence agent behavior. Review the source before installing third-party packages.

README

pi-cc-tui

Make pi look like Claude Code.

❯ 你好，只回一个字

 ⏺ 好

────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
❯ █
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  ➜ my-app ██░░░ 41% 410k/1000k ⚡ 4.1ktok 69/s $3.20 +215 -3 Opus 5.5 (high) ⏱ 12s      55% until auto-compact

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Install

pi install npm:pi-cc-tui

Then pick the theme with /theme → claude-code, or set it in ~/.pi/agent/settings.json:

{ "theme": "claude-code" }

Try it once without installing: pi -e npm:pi-cc-tui

What it changes

Input box — ❯ prompt, wrapped lines indented under it, full-width gray rules above and below. Mouse clicks still land on the right column.

User messages — gray block with a dim ❯ , no blank padding rows.

Assistant text — ⏺ marker with a 2-column hanging indent. Code blocks without ``` fences, quotes with a dim ▎, links as OSC 8 hyperlinks.

Tool calls — ⏺ Bash(cmd) / Update(file) / Write(file), dot green / red / gray by state, results under ⎿ . Edits show Added N lines, removed N lines with the red/green row diff and word highlight; failures show Error: Exit code N plus stderr in red. Consecutive reads, searches and listings collapse into Read 2 files, listed 1 directory (ctrl+o to expand).

Working line — ✻ Brewing… (12s · ↓ 1.2k tokens) above the input instead of inside its border, and ✻ Brewed for 34s · done 7:09 PM when the turn ends.

Status line — one line, same segments, glyphs and colors as a popular Claude Code statusLine script:

Segment	Meaning	Color
`➜ my-app`	current directory	sage / sky blue
`██░░░ 41% 410k/1000k`	context used	green → amber at 50% → coral at 80%
`⚡ 4.1ktok 69/s`	output tokens in the last 60s	shown only while generating
`$3.20`	session cost	gray → amber at $1 → coral at $5
`+215 -3`	lines written / edited this session	green / coral
`Opus 5.5 (high)`	model, thinking level when high / xhigh / max	lavender / amber
`⏱ 12s`	time since last reply	amber at 4 min, `✗` coral at 5 min (prompt cache expired)
`55% until auto-compact`	right-aligned, from pi's `compaction.reserveTokens`	gray

Theme claude-code — Claude Code's dark palette. Body text uses the terminal's default foreground and inline code / links use the same 256-color indexes as Claude Code (153 / 12), so both apps render identically in the same terminal. Code blocks use the 16-color ANSI palette and diffs use Monokai, like Claude Code dark.

Pairs well with

This package draws tool calls itself. If you also run pi-cc-extensions, turn off the parts that overlap in ~/.pi/agent/pi-cc-extensions.json:

{ "mode": "off", "enableCustomFooter": false, "enableWorkingMessage": false, "enableAgentSummary": false }

Terminals pi doesn't recognise (JetBrains, for one) get links as text (url). Turn on hyperlinks in ~/.pi/agent/settings.json:

{ "terminal": { "hyperlinks": true } }

Notes

The input box, messages, markdown and spinner tweaks patch pi's built-in components at load time. A pi release that renames those methods would make them no-ops, not crash.
Thinking stays visible (click or Shift+Tab to fold); Claude Code hides it. Set "hideThinkingBlock": true in settings to match.
Claude Code's second status row (⏵⏵ bypass permissions on …) has no pi equivalent and is not drawn.

License

MIT