A status bar that works in any terminal is a genuinely handy idea, especially for long running builds where you want to glance at progress without switching windows. Simple and useful, which is the best kind of tool.
I hadn’t really thought about a status bar for the terminal before seeing this. Now I’m trying to figure out what I’d actually want it to show.
Free and open source makes this pretty easy to experiment with. Curious where you take it from here.
I’m wondering what people end up putting in the bar most often. There are a few things I’d want visible while working in a terminal.
I spend enough time in terminals that I can see myself finding this useful.
About statusbar on Product Hunt
“a statusbar for any terminal”
statusbar launched on Product Hunt on October 1st, 2026 and earned 117 upvotes and 11 comments, placing #7 on the daily leaderboard. A status bar for any terminal.
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Wow, that's a simple but really cool idea. I wonder how it will work with Warp and Ghostty.