Claude Code status line not showing in Claude Desktop

Claude Desktop doesn't run the statusLine command, so your status line never appears. statusline-anywhere, a Claude Code mod, adds it back.

Missing in the terminal too? See the terminal fixes.

1. Install the mod

2. Open a new Code session in Claude Desktop

Your status line shows above the prompt, in color. Needs Claude Code 2.1.286 or later.

statusline-anywhere in Claude Desktop

statusline-anywhere in a real Claude Desktop session, recorded by statuslin.es. See its mod page.