diff --git a/.changeset/status-line-provider.md b/.changeset/status-line-provider.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b4dc915fc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/status-line-provider.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"@moonshot-ai/kimi-code": patch
+---
+
+Add a configurable status line slot for the active model provider. Add `provider` before `model`
+in `[status_line].items` to display it.
diff --git a/apps/kimi-code/src/tui/components/chrome/footer.ts b/apps/kimi-code/src/tui/components/chrome/footer.ts
index 4bb8a75f9b..f4e24e99c8 100644
--- a/apps/kimi-code/src/tui/components/chrome/footer.ts
+++ b/apps/kimi-code/src/tui/components/chrome/footer.ts
@@ -362,6 +362,7 @@ export class FooterComponent implements Component {
     const slots: Record<string, string[]> = {
       mode: [],
       goal: [],
+      provider: [],
       model: [],
       tasks: [],
       cwd: [],
@@ -386,11 +387,14 @@ export class FooterComponent implements Component {
     if (goalBadge !== null) slots['goal'] = [goalBadge];
 
     const model = modelDisplayName(state);
+    const rawCurrentModel = state.availableModels[state.model];
+    const currentModel =
+      rawCurrentModel === undefined ? undefined : effectiveModelAlias(rawCurrentModel);
+    if (currentModel?.provider) {
+      slots['provider'] = [chalk.hex(colors.text)(currentModel.provider)];
+    }
     if (model) {
       const effort = state.thinkingEffort;
-      const rawCurrentModel = state.availableModels[state.model];
-      const currentModel =
-        rawCurrentModel === undefined ? undefined : effectiveModelAlias(rawCurrentModel);
       // Only effort-capable models (those declaring support_efforts) show the
       // concrete effort; legacy boolean models keep the plain "thinking" suffix.
       const hasEfforts = (currentModel?.supportEfforts?.length ?? 0) > 0;
diff --git a/apps/kimi-code/src/tui/config.ts b/apps/kimi-code/src/tui/config.ts
index 36f43ba07b..6012795743 100644
--- a/apps/kimi-code/src/tui/config.ts
+++ b/apps/kimi-code/src/tui/config.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,16 @@ export const UpgradePreferencesSchema = z.object({
   autoInstall: z.boolean(),
 });
 
-export const STATUS_LINE_ITEMS = ['mode', 'goal', 'model', 'tasks', 'cwd', 'git', 'tips'] as const;
+export const STATUS_LINE_ITEMS = [
+  'mode',
+  'goal',
+  'provider',
+  'model',
+  'tasks',
+  'cwd',
+  'git',
+  'tips',
+] as const;
 export type StatusLineItem = (typeof STATUS_LINE_ITEMS)[number];
 
 export const StatusLineFileConfigSchema = z.object({
diff --git a/apps/kimi-code/test/tui/components/chrome/footer-status-line.test.ts b/apps/kimi-code/test/tui/components/chrome/footer-status-line.test.ts
index a6be39adfb..e3d9e95ba3 100644
--- a/apps/kimi-code/test/tui/components/chrome/footer-status-line.test.ts
+++ b/apps/kimi-code/test/tui/components/chrome/footer-status-line.test.ts
@@ -60,6 +60,25 @@ function plain(text: string): string {
 }
 
 describe('FooterComponent status_line items', () => {
+  it('renders the active model provider as a configurable slot', () => {
+    const state: AppState = {
+      ...baseState,
+      model: 'custom-model',
+      availableModels: {
+        'custom-model': {
+          provider: 'custom-provider',
+          model: 'upstream-model',
+          displayName: 'Model Name',
+          maxContextSize: 128_000,
+        },
+      },
+      statusLine: { items: ['provider', 'model'], command: null },
+    };
+    const footer = new FooterComponent(state);
+
+    expect(plain(footer.render(120)[0]!).trimEnd()).toBe('custom-provider  Model Name');
+  });
+
   it('renders only the chosen slots in the given order', () => {
     const state: AppState = {
       ...baseState,
diff --git a/apps/kimi-code/test/tui/config.test.ts b/apps/kimi-code/test/tui/config.test.ts
index 664fda616f..b25326d6e2 100644
--- a/apps/kimi-code/test/tui/config.test.ts
+++ b/apps/kimi-code/test/tui/config.test.ts
@@ -164,12 +164,12 @@ describe('TUI config status_line', () => {
   it('parses items and command', () => {
     const config = parseTuiConfig(`
 [status_line]
-items = ["model", "git", "cwd"]
+items = ["provider", "model", "git", "cwd"]
 command = "~/.kimi-code/statusline.sh"
 `);
 
     expect(config.statusLine).toEqual({
-      items: ['model', 'git', 'cwd'],
+      items: ['provider', 'model', 'git', 'cwd'],
       command: '~/.kimi-code/statusline.sh',
     });
   });
diff --git a/docs/en/configuration/config-files.md b/docs/en/configuration/config-files.md
index b671922578..0771f5f31a 100644
--- a/docs/en/configuration/config-files.md
+++ b/docs/en/configuration/config-files.md
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ Alongside `config.toml`, the CLI keeps terminal-UI and client preferences in a c
 | `[notifications].enabled` | `boolean` | `true` | Whether desktop notifications are sent |
 | `[notifications].notification_condition` | `string` | `unfocused` | When to notify: `unfocused` (only when the terminal is not focused) or `always` |
 | `[upgrade].auto_install` | `boolean` | `true` | Whether new versions are installed automatically |
-| `[status_line].items` | `string[]` | `[]` | Built-in slots to show on the first footer line and their order: `mode`, `goal`, `model`, `tasks`, `cwd`, `git`, `tips`. Unset keeps the default layout; unknown ids are skipped with a warning |
+| `[status_line].items` | `string[]` | `[]` | Built-in slots to show on the first footer line and their order: `mode`, `goal`, `provider`, `model`, `tasks`, `cwd`, `git`, `tips`. The optional `provider` slot shows the active model's provider before or after any other slot. Unset keeps the default layout; unknown ids are skipped with a warning |
 | `[status_line].command` | `string` | `""` | Custom status line command. Its first stdout line replaces the first footer line, with a JSON snapshot (model, cwd, git branch, permission mode, plan mode, context usage, session id, version) passed on stdin. Runs are capped at 300ms and throttled to once per second; failures fall back to the built-in layout |
 
 ```toml
diff --git a/docs/zh/configuration/config-files.md b/docs/zh/configuration/config-files.md
index 478959acf6..dded46ad8f 100644
--- a/docs/zh/configuration/config-files.md
+++ b/docs/zh/configuration/config-files.md
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ MCP server 的声明配置写在 `~/.kimi-code/mcp.json` 或项目内 `.kimi-cod
 | `[notifications].enabled` | `boolean` | `true` | 是否发送桌面通知 |
 | `[notifications].notification_condition` | `string` | `unfocused` | 何时通知：`unfocused`（仅终端失去焦点时）或 `always`（总是） |
 | `[upgrade].auto_install` | `boolean` | `true` | 是否自动安装新版本 |
-| `[status_line].items` | `string[]` | `[]` | 底部状态栏第一行展示哪些内置槽位及其顺序：`mode`、`goal`、`model`、`tasks`、`cwd`、`git`、`tips`。缺省保持默认布局；未知 id 跳过并告警 |
+| `[status_line].items` | `string[]` | `[]` | 底部状态栏第一行展示哪些内置槽位及其顺序：`mode`、`goal`、`provider`、`model`、`tasks`、`cwd`、`git`、`tips`。可选的 `provider` 槽位会按配置顺序显示当前模型的提供商。缺省保持默认布局；未知 id 跳过并告警 |
 | `[status_line].command` | `string` | `""` | 自定义状态栏命令。其 stdout 第一行替换状态栏第一行，stdin 会收到 JSON 快照（model、cwd、git 分支、permission 模式、plan 模式、上下文用量、session id、版本）。运行上限 300ms、每秒最多一次；失败时回退内置布局 |
 
 ```toml