# Your terminal, your dashboard.

> Choose what belongs along the bottom of your terminal: music, mentions, your next move, care reminders, and more.

By Mike Clark · Published 2026-10-13 · Updated 2026-10-13

Status: Live · Checked 2026-10-13 · Category: Clubhouse

Tags: late.sh, statusline, customization, settings, terminal, Zen

[Canonical HTML article](https://wikked.info/late-news/posts/custom-statusline/) · [Publication llms.txt](https://wikked.info/late-news/llms.txt)

[The customizable status bar](https://github.com/mpiorowski/late-sh/pull/647)

![The Statusline settings tab, showing an ordered list of components and options for displaying the current station.](https://wikked.info/late-news/assets/custom-statusline.png)

Pick your components, then choose how they read. Live terminal capture rendered with Freeze.

What's worth keeping in view while you're chatting? The current song? Your unread mentions? A reminder that it's your move?

late.sh lets you build your own **status bar along the bottom border**. Open **Ctrl+O → Statusline** and choose the pieces you want. The list includes music, mentions, voice, game turns, care reminders, quests, chips, the pot, people online, time, and date. **Now** adds a glimpse of current clubhouse activity.

Use **Up/Down** to select a component and **Space** to turn it on or off. **Shift+Up/Down**, or **`[` and `]`**, moves it through the list. Press **Enter** for that component's options: depending on the reading, you can choose an icon or text label, a display variant, or whether it hides when there's nothing to report. **Keyhints** has a brief mode for a smaller reminder of the main shortcuts.

Order matters. The bar fills from the left, and a component that won't fit is omitted. Put your must-haves first, especially on a narrow terminal. Your arrangement is saved to your account, so it follows you between sessions.

Several readings are **clickable**. Mentions takes you to Mentions, Your move opens the Lobby, and Care takes you to Zen. The information can get you where you need to go, too.

Start with two or three things you actually check. There's no prize for filling every available column.

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**Sources:** [The original status bar change](https://github.com/mpiorowski/late-sh/pull/647), [Now, date, and Zen follow-up](https://github.com/mpiorowski/late-sh/pull/666), and [current display and saving rules](https://github.com/mpiorowski/late-sh/blob/5a2e661c745201ac88a2f3efbe540c50e8e8bff1/late-ssh/src/app/statusline/CONTEXT.md). The production customizer and its displayed controls were checked October 13.