Show HN: ClaudeStatsBar: your session is 486k deep and nothing told you
ClaudeStatsBar: your session is 486k deep and nothing told you what that costs A Claude Code status line for the number that actually bites. Not how full the context window is - Claude Code will tell you that in one command - but 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.
- ▪ClaudeStatsBar: your session is 486k deep and nothing told you what that costs A Claude Code status line for the number that actually bites.
- ▪Not how full the context window is - Claude Code will tell you that in one command - but 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.
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| Original publisher | GitHub |
| Canonical URL | https://github.com/Field-Logic-Ltd/ClaudeStatsBar |
| Publication time | Fri, 11 Sep 2026 13:43:53 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-09-11T14:12:51.500Z |
| Last seen | 2026-09-11T14:12:51.500Z |
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| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
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ClaudeStatsBar: your session is 486k deep and nothing told you what that costs A Claude Code status line for the number that actually bites. Not how full the context window is - Claude Code will tell you that in one command - but 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. Why this exists Building anything large with Claude means long sessions, and the session grows underneath you whilst you work.
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Excerpt limited to ~120 words for fair-use compliance. The full article is at GitHub.