feat(ui): add `hideFooter` setting to hide footer from UI (#6505)

packages/cli/src/config/settingsSchema.ts

@@ -86,6 +86,15 @@ export const SETTINGS_SCHEMA = {
     description: 'Hide the application banner',
     showInDialog: true,
   },
+  hideFooter: {
+    type: 'boolean',
+    label: 'Hide Footer',
+    category: 'UI',
+    requiresRestart: false,
+    default: false,
+    description: 'Hide the footer from the UI',
+    showInDialog: true,
+  },
   showMemoryUsage: {
     type: 'boolean',
     label: 'Show Memory Usage',

packages/cli/src/ui/App.test.tsx

@@ -864,6 +864,58 @@ describe('App UI', () => {
     expect(vi.mocked(Header)).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
+  it('should display Footer component by default', async () => {
+    const { lastFrame, unmount } = renderWithProviders(
+      <App
+        config={mockConfig as unknown as ServerConfig}
+        settings={mockSettings}
+        version={mockVersion}
+      />,
+    );
+    currentUnmount = unmount;
+    await Promise.resolve();
+    // Footer should render - look for target directory which is always shown
+    expect(lastFrame()).toContain('/test/dir');
+  });
+
+  it('should not display Footer component when hideFooter is true', async () => {
+    mockSettings = createMockSettings({
+      user: { hideFooter: true },
+    });
+
+    const { lastFrame, unmount } = renderWithProviders(
+      <App
+        config={mockConfig as unknown as ServerConfig}
+        settings={mockSettings}
+        version={mockVersion}
+      />,
+    );
+    currentUnmount = unmount;
+    await Promise.resolve();
+    // Footer should not render - target directory should not appear
+    expect(lastFrame()).not.toContain('/test/dir');
+  });
+
+  it('should show footer if system says show, but workspace and user settings say hide', async () => {
+    mockSettings = createMockSettings({
+      system: { hideFooter: false },
+      user: { hideFooter: true },
+      workspace: { hideFooter: true },
+    });
+
+    const { lastFrame, unmount } = renderWithProviders(
+      <App
+        config={mockConfig as unknown as ServerConfig}
+        settings={mockSettings}
+        version={mockVersion}
+      />,
+    );
+    currentUnmount = unmount;
+    await Promise.resolve();
+    // Footer should render because system overrides - look for target directory
+    expect(lastFrame()).toContain('/test/dir');
+  });
+
   it('should show tips if system says show, but workspace and user settings say hide', async () => {
     mockSettings = createMockSettings({
       system: { hideTips: false },

packages/cli/src/ui/App.tsx

@@ -1249,23 +1249,27 @@ const App = ({ config, settings, startupWarnings = [], version }: AppProps) => {
               )}
             </Box>
           )}
-          <Footer
-            model={currentModel}
-            targetDir={config.getTargetDir()}
-            debugMode={config.getDebugMode()}
-            branchName={branchName}
-            debugMessage={debugMessage}
-            corgiMode={corgiMode}
-            errorCount={errorCount}
-            showErrorDetails={showErrorDetails}
-            showMemoryUsage={
-              config.getDebugMode() || settings.merged.showMemoryUsage || false
-            }
-            promptTokenCount={sessionStats.lastPromptTokenCount}
-            nightly={nightly}
-            vimMode={vimModeEnabled ? vimMode : undefined}
-            isTrustedFolder={isTrustedFolderState}
-          />
+          {!settings.merged.hideFooter && (
+            <Footer
+              model={currentModel}
+              targetDir={config.getTargetDir()}
+              debugMode={config.getDebugMode()}
+              branchName={branchName}
+              debugMessage={debugMessage}
+              corgiMode={corgiMode}
+              errorCount={errorCount}
+              showErrorDetails={showErrorDetails}
+              showMemoryUsage={
+                config.getDebugMode() ||
+                settings.merged.showMemoryUsage ||
+                false
+              }
+              promptTokenCount={sessionStats.lastPromptTokenCount}
+              nightly={nightly}
+              vimMode={vimModeEnabled ? vimMode : undefined}
+              isTrustedFolder={isTrustedFolderState}
+            />
+          )}
         </Box>
       </Box>
     </StreamingContext.Provider>