diff --git a/.tmux.conf b/.tmux.conf
index c1aafea..9e50355 100644
--- a/.tmux.conf
+++ b/.tmux.conf
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ set -g @rose_pine_variant 'main'
 set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-cpu'
 set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-battery'
 set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-prefix-highlight'
-set -g @plugin 'xamut/tmux-network-bandwidth'
 set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-online-status'
 
 # Git enhancement
@@ -63,13 +62,26 @@ set -g @batt_icon_status_discharging 'BAT'
 # set -g @catppuccin_window_default_text "#W"
 
 # Rose Pine configuration
-set -g @rose_pine_host 'on'
+set -g @rose_pine_host 'off'
+# The left column repeated the active window name that the window list already
+# shows; with every window auto-renamed to 'claude' that read as claude claude.
+set -g @rose_pine_disable_active_window_menu 'on'
 set -g @rose_pine_user 'on'
 set -g @rose_pine_directory 'on'
 set -g @rose_pine_date_time '%H:%M'
 
 # Custom status modules for Rose Pine
-set -g @rose_pine_status_right_append_section '#(cd #{pane_current_path} && git branch --show-current 2>/dev/null) | CPU: #{cpu_percentage} | #{battery_icon} #{battery_percentage}'
+set -g @rose_pine_status_right_append_section '#(cd #{pane_current_path} && git branch --show-current 2>/dev/null) | CPU: #{cpu_percentage} #(cat ~/.statmon/temp) | #{battery_icon} #{battery_percentage} | #(cat ~/.statmon/net)'
+
+# Rainbow throbber. A daemon writes frames into @throb_line and forces a status
+# redraw, so animating costs nothing extra: the #() commands above stay cached
+# on status-interval instead of re-running per frame. Empty when not spawned.
+bind T run-shell 'throb --toggle'
+
+# Moving your attention turns the page: focus changes advance the rotation,
+# so the thought under the wave tracks where you actually are.
+set-hook -g pane-focus-in 'run-shell -b "throb --next"'
+set-hook -g after-select-window 'run-shell -b "throb --next"'
 
 # Window configuration
 set -g @rose_pine_window_status_separator " | "
@@ -84,5 +96,19 @@ set -g pane-border-style fg=default,bg=default
 set -g pane-active-border-style fg=default,bg=default
 set -g pane-border-lines single
 
+# claude code's process name is its bare version string; show 'claude' instead
+set -g automatic-rename-format '#{?#{m:2.*,#{pane_current_command}},claude,#{pane_current_command}}'
+
 # Initialize TMUX plugin manager (keep this line at the very bottom of tmux.conf)
 run '~/.tmux/plugins/tpm/tpm'
+
+# After tpm, so a theme that rewrites status-format can't strand the splice.
+# The throbber gets its own centre chunk instead of riding the right column:
+# tmux then recentres it in the gap the window list and right column leave,
+# per client, on every redraw, including the ones a pane or window switch
+# triggers: that is when the directory and branch change the gap's width.
+run-shell 'throb --mount'
+
+# --on is a no-op while the daemons live; this revives them after a server crash.
+run-shell 'throb --on'
+run-shell 'statmon --on'
diff --git a/bin/statmon b/bin/statmon
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..0fa4034
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/statmon
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# One sampler behind the tmux status line. Status-line #() jobs get killed and
+# respawned by redraw storms and one-shot clients, orphaning their children
+# (macmon, sleep) into a fork pile; this daemon samples on its own clock and
+# the status line only ever cats the result files.
+#
+#   statmon --on      start (no-op while running)
+#   statmon --off     stop
+#   statmon           status
+#
+# Results land in ~/.statmon/{temp,net}.
+
+set -u
+STORE="${STATMON_HOME:-$HOME/.statmon}"
+PIDFILE="$STORE/daemon.pid"
+INTERVAL=15
+TEMP_KILL_AFTER=10
+mkdir -p "$STORE"
+
+running() { [ -s "$PIDFILE" ] && kill -0 "$(cat "$PIDFILE")" 2>/dev/null; }
+
+# macmon can hang when its parent context is odd; sample it with a watchdog so
+# at most one attempt is ever in flight.
+sample_temp() {
+  macmon pipe -s1 -i 500 </dev/null 2>/dev/null |
+    jq -r '"\(.temp.cpu_temp_avg | round)°C"' >"$STORE/temp.new" &
+  local sampler=$!
+  ( sleep "$TEMP_KILL_AFTER"; kill -9 "$sampler" 2>/dev/null ) &
+  local watchdog=$!
+  wait "$sampler" 2>/dev/null && [ -s "$STORE/temp.new" ] && mv "$STORE/temp.new" "$STORE/temp"
+  kill "$watchdog" 2>/dev/null
+}
+
+counters() {
+  netstat -ib | awk '$3 ~ /<Link#/ && $1 !~ /^(lo|utun|awdl|llw)/ {rx+=$7; tx+=$10} END {print rx, tx}'
+}
+
+human() {
+  awk -v b="$1" 'BEGIN {
+    split("B/s KiB/s MiB/s GiB/s", u, " "); i = 1
+    while (b >= 1024 && i < 4) { b /= 1024; i++ }
+    printf (i == 1 ? "%d%s" : "%.1f%s"), b, u[i]
+  }'
+}
+
+sample_net() {
+  local now rx tx prev rx0 tx0 t0 dt
+  now=$(date +%s)
+  read -r rx tx < <(counters)
+  prev=$(cat "$STORE/net.raw" 2>/dev/null || echo "")
+  printf '%s %s %s' "$now" "$rx" "$tx" >"$STORE/net.raw"
+  [ -z "$prev" ] && return 0
+  read -r t0 rx0 tx0 <<<"$prev"
+  dt=$(( now - t0 ))
+  [ "$dt" -lt 1 ] && return 0
+  printf '↓%s ↑%s' "$(human $(( (rx - rx0) / dt )))" "$(human $(( (tx - tx0) / dt )))" >"$STORE/net"
+}
+
+case "${1:-}" in
+  --on)
+    running && exit 0
+    (
+      trap 'rm -f "$PIDFILE"' EXIT
+      while tmux has-session 2>/dev/null; do
+        sample_temp
+        sample_net
+        sleep "$INTERVAL"
+      done
+    ) >/dev/null 2>&1 &
+    echo $! >"$PIDFILE"
+    exit 0 ;;
+  --off)
+    running && kill "$(cat "$PIDFILE")" 2>/dev/null
+    rm -f "$PIDFILE"
+    exit 0 ;;
+  *)
+    running && echo "running (pid $(cat "$PIDFILE"))" || echo "off"
+    exit 0 ;;
+esac
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index f285a73..759a73c 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ fi
 
 # Install required tools
 echo "Installing required tools..."
-brew install starship btop tmux alacritty bat jq || true
+brew install starship btop tmux alacritty bat jq macmon || true
 
 # Install Nerd Font
 echo "Installing Fira Code Nerd Font..."
@@ -118,6 +118,9 @@ ln -sf "$root/.gitconfig-skalar" ~/.gitconfig-skalar
 ln -sf "$root/.gitconfig-personal" ~/.gitconfig-personal
 ln -sf "$root/.claude/statusline.sh" ~/.claude/statusline.sh
 
+mkdir -p ~/.local/bin
+ln -sf "$root/bin/statmon" ~/.local/bin/statmon
+
 # Configure git
 echo "Configuring git..."
 git config --global core.excludesfile ~/.globalgitignore