diff --git a/packages/plugin/src/tui/context.ts b/packages/plugin/src/tui/context.ts
index 6a77ab0e47f..3071c52b402 100644
--- a/packages/plugin/src/tui/context.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin/src/tui/context.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import type {
   SessionPendingInfo,
   ShellInfo,
   SkillInfo,
+  VcsInfo,
 } from "@opencode-ai/client"
 import type { ResolvedTheme } from "@opencode-ai/theme/tui"
 import type { CliRenderer, KeyEvent, Renderable } from "@opentui/core"
@@ -113,6 +114,11 @@ export interface Data {
     default(): LocationRef
     sync(location?: LocationRef): Promise<void>
     invalidate(location?: LocationRef): void
+    readonly vcs: {
+      info(location?: LocationRef): VcsInfo | undefined
+      sync(location?: LocationRef): Promise<void>
+      invalidate(location?: LocationRef): void
+    }
     readonly agent: LocationCollection<AgentInfo>
     readonly command: LocationCollection<CommandInfo>
     readonly integration: LocationCollection<IntegrationInfo>
diff --git a/packages/tui/src/component/prompt/index.tsx b/packages/tui/src/component/prompt/index.tsx
index 34df09fcc0f..5de7d94ca4e 100644
--- a/packages/tui/src/component/prompt/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/tui/src/component/prompt/index.tsx
@@ -1329,12 +1329,17 @@ export function Prompt(props: PromptProps) {
   const locationLabel = createMemo(() => {
     if (!props.sessionID) {
       // No session yet: show where the next session will be created.
-      const directory = currentLocation.ref?.directory ?? data.location.default().directory
-      return abbreviateHome(directory, paths.home)
+      const location = currentLocation.ref ?? data.location.default()
+      const directory = abbreviateHome(location.directory, paths.home)
+      const branch = data.location.vcs.info(location)?.branch.current
+      return branch ? `${directory}:${branch}` : directory
     }
     if (status() !== "idle") return
-    const directory = data.session.get(props.sessionID)?.location.directory
-    return directory ? abbreviateHome(directory, paths.home) : undefined
+    const location = data.session.get(props.sessionID)?.location
+    if (!location) return
+    const directory = abbreviateHome(location.directory, paths.home)
+    const branch = data.location.vcs.info(location)?.branch.current
+    return branch ? `${directory}:${branch}` : directory
   })
 
   const spinnerDef = createMemo(() => {
diff --git a/packages/tui/src/context/data.tsx b/packages/tui/src/context/data.tsx
index d588c42b4d8..b6fc7be6bbb 100644
--- a/packages/tui/src/context/data.tsx
+++ b/packages/tui/src/context/data.tsx
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import type {
   SessionPendingInfo,
   ShellInfo,
   SkillInfo,
+  VcsInfo,
   OpenCodeEvent,
   WebSearchProvider,
 } from "@opencode-ai/client"
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ type ShellWithLocation = ShellInfo & { readonly location: LocationRef }
 
 type LocationData = {
   info?: LocationGetOutput
+  vcs?: VcsInfo
   agent?: AgentInfo[]
   command?: CommandInfo[]
   integration?: IntegrationInfo[]
@@ -339,6 +341,17 @@ export const { use: useData, provider: DataProvider } = createSimpleContext({
           result.location.skill.invalidate(event.location)
           void result.location.skill.sync(event.location)
           break
+        case "vcs.branch.updated":
+          setStore("location", locationKey(event.location ?? defaultLocation()), (data) => ({
+            ...data,
+            vcs: {
+              branch: {
+                ...data?.vcs?.branch,
+                current: event.data.branch,
+              },
+            },
+          }))
+          break
         case "session.agent.selected":
           if (store.session.info[event.data.sessionID])
             setStore("session", "info", event.data.sessionID, "agent", event.data.agent)
@@ -1152,6 +1165,7 @@ export const { use: useData, provider: DataProvider } = createSimpleContext({
           })
           const location = ref ?? defaultLocation()
           await Promise.all([
+            result.location.vcs.sync(location),
             result.location.agent.sync(location),
             result.location.command.sync(location),
             result.location.integration.sync(location),
@@ -1168,6 +1182,7 @@ export const { use: useData, provider: DataProvider } = createSimpleContext({
         invalidate(ref?: LocationRef) {
           const location = ref ?? defaultLocation()
           sync.invalidate(`location:${locationKey(location)}`)
+          result.location.vcs.invalidate(location)
           result.location.agent.invalidate(location)
           result.location.command.invalidate(location)
           result.location.integration.invalidate(location)
@@ -1180,6 +1195,22 @@ export const { use: useData, provider: DataProvider } = createSimpleContext({
           result.shell.invalidate(location)
           result.session.form.invalidate("global", location)
         },
+        vcs: {
+          info(location?: LocationRef) {
+            return store.location[locationKey(location ?? defaultLocation())]?.vcs
+          },
+          sync(ref?: LocationRef) {
+            const location = ref ?? defaultLocation()
+            return sync.run(`location.vcs:${locationKey(location)}`, async () => {
+              const response = await client.api.vcs.get({ location: locationQuery(location) })
+              const key = locationKey(response.location)
+              setStore("location", key, { ...store.location[key], vcs: response.data })
+            })
+          },
+          invalidate(ref?: LocationRef) {
+            sync.invalidate(`location.vcs:${locationKey(ref ?? defaultLocation())}`)
+          },
+        },
         agent: {
           list(location?: LocationRef) {
             return store.location[locationKey(location ?? defaultLocation())]?.agent
@@ -1377,6 +1408,7 @@ export const { use: useData, provider: DataProvider } = createSimpleContext({
               setStore("location", key, { ...store.location[key], info: location })
             })
             .catch((error) => console.error("Failed to preload location", error))
+          void result.location.vcs.sync().catch((error) => console.error("Failed to preload VCS info", error))
           void result.project.sync().catch((error) => console.error("Failed to preload projects", error))
           return
         }
diff --git a/packages/tui/src/feature-plugins/sidebar/footer.tsx b/packages/tui/src/feature-plugins/sidebar/footer.tsx
index c233a478487..0df32ff9b5d 100644
--- a/packages/tui/src/feature-plugins/sidebar/footer.tsx
+++ b/packages/tui/src/feature-plugins/sidebar/footer.tsx
@@ -3,9 +3,12 @@ import { createMemo, Show } from "solid-js"
 import { FilePath } from "../../ui/file-path"
 
 function View(props: { context: Plugin.Context }) {
-  const directory = createMemo(() =>
-    props.context.location ? props.context.ui.format.path(props.context.location.directory) : undefined,
-  )
+  const directory = createMemo(() => {
+    if (!props.context.location) return undefined
+    const value = props.context.ui.format.path(props.context.location.directory)
+    const branch = props.context.data.location.vcs.info(props.context.location)?.branch.current
+    return branch ? `${value}:${branch}` : value
+  })
   return (
     <Show when={directory()}>
       {(value) => <FilePath value={value()} maxWidth={38} fg={props.context.theme.text.subdued} />}
diff --git a/packages/tui/test/cli/tui/data.test.tsx b/packages/tui/test/cli/tui/data.test.tsx
index 46a6defbf7a..e8c6f4095c6 100644
--- a/packages/tui/test/cli/tui/data.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/tui/test/cli/tui/data.test.tsx
@@ -106,6 +106,49 @@ test("does not preload session summaries into the data context", async () => {
   }
 })
 
+test("syncs VCS info and applies branch updates", async () => {
+  const events = createEventStream()
+  const calls = createFetch((url) => {
+    if (url.pathname !== "/api/vcs") return undefined
+    return json({
+      location: { directory, project: { id: "proj_test", directory: worktree, canonical: worktree } },
+      data: { branch: { current: "main", default: "main" } },
+    })
+  }, events)
+  let data!: ReturnType<typeof useData>
+
+  function Probe() {
+    data = useData()
+    return <box />
+  }
+
+  const app = await testRender(() => (
+    <TestTuiContexts>
+      <ClientProvider api={createApi(calls.fetch)}>
+        <ProjectProvider>
+          <DataProvider>
+            <Probe />
+          </DataProvider>
+        </ProjectProvider>
+      </ClientProvider>
+    </TestTuiContexts>
+  ))
+
+  try {
+    await wait(() => data.location.vcs.info()?.branch.current === "main")
+    emitEvent(events, {
+      id: "evt_vcs_branch",
+      created: Date.now(),
+      type: "vcs.branch.updated",
+      data: { branch: "feature" },
+    })
+    await wait(() => data.location.vcs.info()?.branch.current === "feature")
+    expect(data.location.vcs.info()?.branch).toEqual({ current: "feature", default: "main" })
+  } finally {
+    app.renderer.destroy()
+  }
+})
+
 test("proactively syncs project metadata newest first", async () => {
   const events = createEventStream()
   const calls = createFetch((url) => {
diff --git a/packages/tui/test/fixture/tui-client.ts b/packages/tui/test/fixture/tui-client.ts
index eae2d142da4..4c09d17c7bb 100644
--- a/packages/tui/test/fixture/tui-client.ts
+++ b/packages/tui/test/fixture/tui-client.ts
@@ -95,6 +95,11 @@ export function createFetch(override?: FetchHandler, events?: ReturnType<typeof
     if (url.pathname === "/path") return json({ home: "", state: "", config: "", worktree, directory })
     if (url.pathname === "/api/location")
       return json({ directory, project: { id: "proj_test", directory: worktree, canonical: worktree } })
+    if (url.pathname === "/api/vcs")
+      return json({
+        location: { directory, project: { id: "proj_test", directory: worktree, canonical: worktree } },
+        data: { branch: { current: "main", default: "main" } },
+      })
     if (url.pathname === "/api/fs/list")
       return json({ location: { directory, project: { id: "proj_test", directory: worktree, canonical: worktree } }, data: [] })
     if (url.pathname === "/api/project/current") return json({ id: "proj_test", directory: worktree })