fun-fact-bawstos

Show a random fun fact in your Claude Code status line — a new one every few seconds while you work. Comes with 400+ facts and a topic emoji on each.

Install

npx fun-fact-bawstos

Then restart Claude Code. A random fun fact appears, right-aligned, at the bottom.

Requires Node.js and Claude Code. Your other settings and the "thinking" spinner are left untouched.

Add or change facts

All facts live in one plain list:

~/.claude/funfacts.json

It's just an array of strings. Add lines like:

"🐙 Octopuses have three hearts and blue blood.",
"🌋 Antarctica is the largest desert on Earth."

One emoji, a space, the fact. Save — the next refresh can show it. Add as many as you want; the more you add, the rarer repeats become.

Uninstall

npx fun-fact-bawstos uninstall

Removes the two files and the status-line entry (restoring any status line you had before). Restart Claude Code.

How it works

The installer copies two files into ~/.claude/:

• funfacts.js — picks a random fact and prints it (right-aligned, with color);
• funfacts.json — the fact list.

…and adds a statusLine entry to ~/.claude/settings.json that runs funfacts.js every few seconds. Claude Code displays whatever the script prints. Claude Code's own code is never modified.

License

MIT