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claude-hud

GitHub Repo Pretty sure · Rare: plugin that works
https://github.com/jarrodwatts/claude-hud

Terminal status bar that actually tells you what Claude Code is doing instead of leaving you guessing. Solves real friction, ships with sane defaults, doesn't pretend to be more than it is.

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This is a well-executed plugin that solves an actual problem: Claude Code sessions hide context usage and tool activity behind opaque interfaces. claude-hud pipes that data into a statusline where you can see it. The code is pragmatic (statusline JSON API, transcript parsing), installation docs are comprehensive including platform-specific gotchas (Linux tmpfs, Windows Node.js), and the config system offers presets + manual overrides without complexity theater. No magic, no API wrapping, no '...

5345 stars JavaScript 2026-03-15 74 days old

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