diff --git a/src/features/settings/__tests__/pythonStatus.test.tsx b/src/features/settings/__tests__/pythonStatus.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..47dadb79c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/features/settings/__tests__/pythonStatus.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,155 @@
+import { act, render, screen, waitFor, cleanup } from "@testing-library/react";
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { executeAction, registerAction } from "@/platform/actions";
+import { setContext } from "@/platform/context";
+import { useProject } from "@/platform/project";
+import type { ProjectInfo, Sdk } from "@/bindings";
+
+const mocks = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+  notify: vi.fn(),
+  files: vi.fn(),
+  effective: vi.fn(),
+  detect: vi.fn(),
+  set: vi.fn(),
+  component: null as React.ComponentType | null,
+}));
+vi.mock("@/platform/ipc", () => ({
+  call: (p: unknown) => p,
+  isTauri: () => true,
+  onIdeEvent: () => () => {},
+  commands: {
+    findFiles: mocks.files,
+    sdkPythonEffective: mocks.effective,
+    sdkDetect: mocks.detect,
+    settingsSet: mocks.set,
+  },
+}));
+vi.mock("@/workbench/contributions", () => ({
+  notifications: () => ({ notify: mocks.notify }),
+  registerStatusItem: (item: { component: React.ComponentType }) => {
+    mocks.component = item.component;
+    return () => {};
+  },
+}));
+import { activatePythonStatus, interpreterChoices, isPythonPath } from "../languages/PythonStatus";
+
+let dispose: () => void;
+beforeEach(() => {
+  vi.clearAllMocks();
+  mocks.files.mockResolvedValue([]);
+  mocks.effective.mockResolvedValue(null);
+  mocks.detect.mockResolvedValue([]);
+  mocks.set.mockResolvedValue({ languages: { python: { interpreter: "/new/python" } } });
+  useProject.setState({ project: { root: "/project" } as ProjectInfo, settings: null });
+  setContext("projectOpen", true);
+  dispose = activatePythonStatus();
+});
+afterEach(() => {
+  cleanup();
+  dispose();
+});
+
+const mount = () => {
+  const Component = mocks.component!;
+  return render(<Component />);
+};
+
+describe("Python interpreter status", () => {
+  it.each([
+    "src/main.py",
+    "types/lib.pyi",
+    "C:\\app\\main.pyw",
+    "pyproject.toml",
+    "requirements-dev.txt",
+    "SConstruct",
+  ])("recognizes %s", (path) => expect(isPythonPath(path)).toBe(true));
+  it.each(["main.ts", "python.md", "pyproject.toml.bak", "copy.py.json"])("rejects %s", (path) =>
+    expect(isPythonPath(path)).toBe(false),
+  );
+  it("keeps custom interpreters and deduplicates detected paths", () => {
+    const sdk = { path: "/python", name: "Python 3.12" } as Sdk;
+    expect(interpreterChoices([sdk, sdk], "/custom")).toEqual([sdk, { path: "/custom", name: "/custom" }]);
+  });
+  it("hides for non-Python projects without probing SDKs", async () => {
+    mount();
+    await waitFor(() => expect(mocks.files).toHaveBeenCalled());
+    expect(screen.queryByRole("button")).toBeNull();
+    expect(mocks.detect).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+  it("shows a warning for Python files without an interpreter", async () => {
+    mocks.files.mockResolvedValue([{ path: "/project/src/main.py" }]);
+    mount();
+    expect(await screen.findByText("No interpreter")).toBeTruthy();
+    const button = screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Python Interpreter: No interpreter" });
+    expect(button.querySelector("svg")).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+  it("shows the paths of interpreters that share a name", async () => {
+    mocks.files.mockResolvedValue([{ path: "/project/main.py" }]);
+    mocks.effective.mockResolvedValue("/usr/local/bin/python3.11");
+    mocks.detect.mockResolvedValue([
+      { path: "/usr/local/bin/python3.11", name: "Python 3.11" },
+      { path: "/opt/homebrew/bin/python3.11", name: "Python 3.11" },
+      { path: "/venv/bin/python", name: "Python 3.12 (.venv)" },
+    ]);
+    mount();
+    await screen.findByRole("button", { name: "Python Interpreter: Python 3.11" });
+    await act(() => executeAction("python.interpreterPopup"));
+    expect(await screen.findByText("/opt/homebrew/bin/python3.11")).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(screen.getByText("/usr/local/bin/python3.11")).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(screen.queryByText("/venv/bin/python")).toBeNull();
+  });
+  it("opens the Python page when the widget is hidden", async () => {
+    const run = vi.fn();
+    const off = registerAction({ id: "file.settings", title: "Settings…", run });
+    mount();
+    await waitFor(() => expect(mocks.files).toHaveBeenCalled());
+    await executeAction("python.interpreterPopup");
+    expect(run.mock.calls.map(([ctx]) => ctx.arg)).toEqual(["python.interpreter"]);
+    off();
+  });
+  it("shows the effective SDK name and hides old state on project change", async () => {
+    mocks.files.mockResolvedValue([{ path: "/project/pyproject.toml" }]);
+    mocks.effective.mockResolvedValue("/venv/python");
+    mocks.detect.mockResolvedValue([{ path: "/venv/python", name: "Python 3.12 (.venv)" }]);
+    mount();
+    expect(await screen.findByText("Python 3.12 (.venv)")).toBeTruthy();
+    mocks.files.mockResolvedValue([]);
+    act(() => useProject.setState({ project: { root: "/other" } as ProjectInfo }));
+    expect(screen.queryByRole("button")).toBeNull();
+  });
+  it("writes the project setting through the same backend path as Settings", async () => {
+    await executeAction("python.selectInterpreter", "/new/python");
+    expect(mocks.set).toHaveBeenCalledWith("project", "languages.python.interpreter", '"/new/python"');
+    expect(useProject.getState().settings?.languages?.python?.interpreter).toBe("/new/python");
+  });
+  it("reports write failures without changing the selected interpreter", async () => {
+    mocks.set.mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error("write failed"));
+    await executeAction("python.selectInterpreter", "/new/python");
+    expect(mocks.notify).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.objectContaining({ level: "error" }));
+    expect(useProject.getState().settings).toBeNull();
+  });
+  it("discards discovery completing after a project switch", async () => {
+    mocks.files.mockResolvedValue([{ path: "/project/main.py" }]);
+    let finish!: (sdks: Sdk[]) => void;
+    mocks.detect.mockReturnValueOnce(
+      new Promise<Sdk[]>((resolve) => {
+        finish = resolve;
+      }),
+    );
+    mocks.effective.mockResolvedValue("/old/python");
+    mount();
+    await waitFor(() => expect(mocks.detect).toHaveBeenCalled());
+    mocks.files.mockResolvedValue([]);
+    act(() => useProject.setState({ project: { root: "/other" } as ProjectInfo }));
+    await act(async () => finish([{ path: "/old/python", name: "Python 3.12" } as Sdk]));
+    expect(screen.queryByRole("button")).toBeNull();
+  });
+  it("opens the Python page for both settings entries", async () => {
+    const run = vi.fn();
+    const off = registerAction({ id: "file.settings", title: "Settings…", run });
+    await executeAction("python.addInterpreter");
+    await executeAction("python.interpreterSettings");
+    expect(run.mock.calls.map(([ctx]) => ctx.arg)).toEqual(["python.interpreter", "python.interpreter"]);
+    off();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/features/settings/index.ts b/src/features/settings/index.ts
index 9e5f38617..3be8e8f04 100644
--- a/src/features/settings/index.ts
+++ b/src/features/settings/index.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import { trackRuntimeSettings } from "./runtime";
 import { installActionProxies, installSettingsHost } from "./window/bridge";
 import { AssignShortcutOverlay, showAssignShortcut } from "./keymap/AssignShortcut";
 import { settingsSearchEntries } from "./searchIndex";
+import { activatePythonStatus } from "./languages/PythonStatus";
 import { isImeKey } from "@/platform/ime";
 
 export { settingsWindowParent } from "./window/bridge";
@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@ async function showSettings(page?: string, newProjects = false) {
 export function activate(): () => void {
   const disposers = [
     trackRuntimeSettings(),
+    activatePythonStatus(),
     unloadBuiltinPages,
     registerOverlay({ id: "settings.dialog", component: LazySettingsDialog }),
     registerActions(zoomActions()),
diff --git a/src/features/settings/languages/PythonStatus.tsx b/src/features/settings/languages/PythonStatus.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cab324900
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/features/settings/languages/PythonStatus.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,219 @@
+import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
+import { create } from "zustand";
+import { executeAction, registerActions } from "@/platform/actions";
+import { call, commands, isTauri, onIdeEvent } from "@/platform/ipc";
+import { useProject } from "@/platform/project";
+import { tx } from "@/platform/i18n";
+import { notifications, registerStatusItem } from "@/workbench/contributions";
+import { BarButton, Menu, type MenuItem } from "@/ui";
+import { Icon } from "@/ui/icons";
+import { effectivePython, type Sdk } from "./api";
+import { tildify } from "./components";
+
+const usePopup = create<{ open: boolean; shown: boolean }>(() => ({ open: false, shown: false }));
+const close = () => usePopup.setState({ open: false });
+const markers = [
+  "pyproject.toml",
+  "setup.py",
+  "setup.cfg",
+  "requirements.txt",
+  "Pipfile",
+  "pyrightconfig.json",
+  "ty.toml",
+  "uv.lock",
+  "poetry.lock",
+  "SConstruct",
+  "SConscript",
+  ".python-version",
+];
+
+export function isPythonPath(path: string): boolean {
+  const name = path.replaceAll("\\", "/").split("/").at(-1)!;
+  return /\.(py|pyi|pyw)$/.test(name) || markers.includes(name) || /^requirements[\w.-]*\.txt$/.test(name);
+}
+
+export function interpreterChoices(sdks: Sdk[], current: string | null): { path: string; name: string }[] {
+  const choices = [...new Map(sdks.map((sdk) => [sdk.path, sdk])).values()];
+  if (!current || choices.some((sdk) => sdk.path === current)) return choices;
+  return [...choices, { path: current, name: current }];
+}
+
+async function hasPythonFiles(): Promise<boolean> {
+  const matches = await Promise.all(
+    [".py", "requirements", ...markers].map((query) => call(commands.findFiles(query, 10000))),
+  );
+  return matches.some((files) => files.some((file) => isPythonPath(file.path)));
+}
+
+function PythonStatus() {
+  const root = useProject((s) => s.project?.root);
+  const configured = useProject((s) => s.settings?.languages?.python?.interpreter ?? "");
+  const open = usePopup((s) => s.open);
+  const anchor = useRef<HTMLButtonElement>(null);
+  const [state, setState] = useState<{
+    root: string;
+    configured: string;
+    visible: boolean;
+    python: string | null;
+    sdks: Sdk[];
+  } | null>(null);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    close();
+    if (!root || !isTauri()) return;
+    let live = true;
+    let sequence = 0;
+    let detected: Promise<Sdk[]> | undefined;
+    let timer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | undefined;
+    const refresh = async () => {
+      const request = ++sequence;
+      try {
+        const visible = await hasPythonFiles();
+        if (!live || sequence !== request) return;
+        const [python, sdks] =
+          visible || configured
+            ? await Promise.all([effectivePython(), (detected ??= call(commands.sdkDetect("python")))])
+            : [null, [] as Sdk[]];
+        if (live && sequence === request) setState({ root, configured, visible, python, sdks });
+      } catch (e) {
+        console.warn("Cannot refresh Python interpreter status", e);
+      }
+    };
+    const schedule = () => {
+      clearTimeout(timer);
+      timer = setTimeout(() => void refresh(), 300);
+    };
+    void refresh();
+    const off = [
+      onIdeEvent("indexState", (e) => {
+        if (!e.indexing) schedule();
+      }),
+      onIdeEvent("fsChanged", (e) => {
+        if (e.created.length || e.removed.length) detected = undefined;
+        if (
+          e.created.length ||
+          e.removed.length ||
+          e.modified.some((path) => markers.includes(path.replaceAll("\\", "/").split("/").at(-1)!))
+        )
+          schedule();
+      }),
+      onIdeEvent("settingsChanged", () => {
+        detected = undefined;
+        schedule();
+      }),
+    ];
+    return () => {
+      live = false;
+      clearTimeout(timer);
+      off.forEach((dispose) => dispose());
+      close();
+    };
+  }, [root, configured]);
+  const current = state && state.root === root && state.configured === configured ? state : null;
+  const shown = !!root && !!current && (current.visible || !!configured);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    usePopup.setState({ shown });
+    return () => usePopup.setState({ shown: false, open: false });
+  }, [shown]);
+  if (!shown || !current) return null;
+  const choices = interpreterChoices(current.sdks, current.python);
+  const label = choices.find((sdk) => sdk.path === current.python)?.name ?? tx("No interpreter");
+  const names = new Map<string, number>();
+  for (const sdk of choices) names.set(sdk.name, (names.get(sdk.name) ?? 0) + 1);
+  const items: MenuItem[] = [
+    { kind: "header", label: "Python Interpreter" },
+    ...choices.map((sdk): MenuItem => ({
+      label: sdk.name,
+      verbatim: true,
+      // Several system interpreters share a name ("Python 3.11"); their paths tell them apart.
+      shortcut: (names.get(sdk.name) ?? 0) > 1 ? tildify(sdk.path) : undefined,
+      checked: sdk.path === current.python,
+      run: () => void executeAction("python.selectInterpreter", sdk.path),
+    })),
+    { kind: "separator" },
+    { kind: "action", action: "python.addInterpreter" },
+    { kind: "action", action: "python.interpreterSettings" },
+  ];
+  return (
+    <>
+      <BarButton
+        ref={anchor}
+        tooltip={current.python ?? tx("No interpreter")}
+        aria-label={tx`Python Interpreter: ${label}`}
+        aria-haspopup="menu"
+        aria-expanded={open}
+        onClick={() => void executeAction("python.interpreterPopup")}
+      >
+        {!current.python && <Icon name="warning" size={14} />}
+        {label}
+      </BarButton>
+      <Menu
+        open={open}
+        onClose={close}
+        anchor={anchor}
+        placement="top-end"
+        items={items}
+        aria-label="Python Interpreter"
+      />
+    </>
+  );
+}
+
+export function activatePythonStatus(): () => void {
+  const dispose = [
+    registerStatusItem({
+      id: "python.interpreter",
+      title: "Python Interpreter",
+      align: "right",
+      priority: 90,
+      component: PythonStatus,
+    }),
+    registerActions([
+      {
+        id: "python.interpreterPopup",
+        title: "Python Interpreter",
+        category: "Settings",
+        when: "projectOpen",
+        run: () =>
+          usePopup.getState().shown
+            ? usePopup.setState((s) => ({ open: !s.open }))
+            : void executeAction("file.settings", "python.interpreter"),
+      },
+      {
+        id: "python.selectInterpreter",
+        title: "Select Python Interpreter",
+        category: "Settings",
+        hidden: true,
+        run: async ({ arg }) => {
+          const project = useProject.getState().project;
+          if (!project || typeof arg !== "string" || !arg) return;
+          try {
+            const settings = await call(
+              commands.settingsSet("project", "languages.python.interpreter", JSON.stringify(arg)),
+            );
+            if (useProject.getState().project === project) useProject.setState({ settings });
+          } catch (e) {
+            notifications().notify({ level: "error", title: "Cannot select Python interpreter", body: String(e) });
+          }
+        },
+      },
+      {
+        id: "python.addInterpreter",
+        title: "Add New Interpreter…",
+        category: "Settings",
+        when: "projectOpen",
+        run: () => void executeAction("file.settings", "python.interpreter"),
+      },
+      {
+        id: "python.interpreterSettings",
+        title: "Interpreter Settings…",
+        category: "Settings",
+        when: "projectOpen",
+        run: () => void executeAction("file.settings", "python.interpreter"),
+      },
+    ]),
+  ];
+  return () => {
+    close();
+    dispose.reverse().forEach((d) => d());
+  };
+}
diff --git a/src/platform/locales/text/zh.json b/src/platform/locales/text/zh.json
index c503ad1db..ec3e85689 100644
--- a/src/platform/locales/text/zh.json
+++ b/src/platform/locales/text/zh.json
@@ -4729,5 +4729,10 @@
   "Proxy host is empty": "代理主机为空",
   "Invalid proxy host": "代理主机无效",
   "Proxy port must be between 1 and 65535": "代理端口必须介于 1 和 65535 之间",
-  "Proxy login is empty": "代理登录名为空"
+  "Proxy login is empty": "代理登录名为空",
+  "No interpreter": "无解释器",
+  "Add New Interpreter…": "添加新的解释器…",
+  "Interpreter Settings…": "解释器设置…",
+  "Cannot select Python interpreter": "无法选择 Python 解释器",
+  "Python Interpreter: {label}": "Python 解释器：{label}"
 }