pi-minimal-footer

Minimal footer for pi that replaces the default footer with a compact two-line display: context gauge on top, subscription usage bars below.

Features

• Context gauge — optional working directory and git branch, model, thinking level, and context window usage with token counts
• Subscription usage bars — rolling window quotas with reset timers for supported providers
• Auto-refresh — fetches usage on startup and model switch, then every 5 minutes
• Git integration — branch name, dirty state, ahead/behind counts

Supported providers

| Provider | What it shows | | -------------- | ------------------------------------------------------ | | Claude Max | 5h + weekly rolling windows | | OpenAI Codex | Primary + secondary rolling windows | | GitHub Copilot | Premium interactions + chat quotas | | Google Gemini | Pro + Flash remaining quotas | | MiniMax | 5h + weekly rolling windows (Token Plan / Coding Plan) | | MiniMax CN | Same as MiniMax, China endpoint | | Kimi Coding | 5h + weekly rolling windows (Plan) |

Install

pi install npm:@ogulcancelik/pi-minimal-footer

Configuration

Environment variables (all optional):

| Variable | Description | Default | | ------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | | PI_MINIMAL_FOOTER_SHOW_CWD | Show current working directory in footer status line | 1 | | PI_MINIMAL_FOOTER_SHOW_BRANCH | Show git branch/dirty/ahead/behind in footer status line | 1 |

Accepted false values: 0, false, no, off (case-insensitive).

How it works

The footer reads context usage from the last assistant message's token counts (free — comes with every LLM response). Subscription usage is fetched from each provider's dedicated quota API using your existing auth tokens from ~/.pi/agent/auth.json or environment variables.

Usage is fetched:

• Once on startup
• Immediately on model switch (Ctrl+P)
• Every 5 minutes after that

Git state is refreshed:

• Once on startup
• When pi reports a branch change
• At the end of each turn

The footer adapts to narrow terminals by stacking lines vertically instead of the single-line wide layout.

Known issues

Claude Max usage bar not showing

Anthropic's OAuth usage endpoint (/api/oauth/usage) has been returning persistent 429 (rate limit) errors since late March 2026, affecting all third-party tools that display Claude usage data (CodexBar, oh-my-claudecode, claude-pulse, etc.). This is an Anthropic-side issue — tracked in claude-code#30930 and claude-code#31021. The usage bar will start working again once Anthropic fixes the endpoint.

Notes

• Replaces the default pi footer entirely via ctx.ui.setFooter()
• Auth tokens are read from ~/.pi/agent/auth.json (populated by /login) or standard env vars (ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, MINIMAX_API_KEY, etc.)
• Providers without auth simply don't show a usage bar — no errors