diff --git a/local/recipes/tui/tlc/source/src/filemanager/render.rs b/local/recipes/tui/tlc/source/src/filemanager/render.rs
index 9a59ec103b..9fa16814c6 100644
--- a/local/recipes/tui/tlc/source/src/filemanager/render.rs
+++ b/local/recipes/tui/tlc/source/src/filemanager/render.rs
@@ -503,6 +503,27 @@ impl FileManager {
                         ));
                     }
                 }
+                // Mini-histogram of file-size distribution across
+                // the directory. Each cell is the count of files in
+                // a log2 bucket. 10 cells cover 1B..1TB.
+                let histogram = size_histogram(panel);
+                let max_bucket = histogram.iter().copied().max().unwrap_or(1).max(1);
+                let hist_w = 10usize;
+                let mut hist_str = String::with_capacity(hist_w);
+                for &count in &histogram[..hist_w] {
+                    let level = if count == 0 {
+                        0
+                    } else {
+                        // Scale count/max to 0..8 (8 block-char levels).
+                        ((count as u64 * 8 + max_bucket / 2) / max_bucket).min(8)
+                    };
+                    hist_str.push(['▁', '▂', '▃', '▄', '▅', '▆', '▇', '█'][level as usize]);
+                }
+                footer_spans.push(Span::raw(" "));
+                footer_spans.push(Span::styled(
+                    hist_str,
+                    Style::default().fg(self.theme.accent).bg(panel_bg),
+                ));
             }
             let total_w = footer_spans.iter().map(|s| s.width() as u16).sum::<u16>();
             if total_w < inner.width {
@@ -640,6 +661,28 @@ pub fn build_size_index_from_snap(
     snaps.iter().map(|(n, s, _)| (n.clone(), *s)).collect()
 }
 
+/// Build a log2-bucketed file-size histogram (10 buckets covering
+/// 1B..1TB). Skips directories. Returns 10 counts, one per
+/// bucket (bucket 0 = 1B..1KiB, bucket 9 = ≥512GiB).
+pub fn size_histogram(panel: &Panel) -> [u64; 10] {
+    let mut hist = [0u64; 10];
+    for entry in panel.entries() {
+        if entry.is_dir() || entry.name == ".." {
+            continue;
+        }
+        let size = entry.stat.size;
+        if size == 0 {
+            hist[0] += 1;
+            continue;
+        }
+        // log2(size) for non-zero sizes, clamped to [0, 63].
+        // Bucket 0 covers 0..1KiB, bucket 9 covers >=512GiB.
+        let bucket = (63 - size.leading_zeros() as usize).saturating_sub(9).min(9);
+        hist[bucket] += 1;
+    }
+    hist
+}
+
 /// Mark entries whose size differs from the index. Returns count marked.
 pub fn mark_differing_from_snap(
     panel: &mut Panel,
@@ -843,4 +886,31 @@ pub fn quickview_lines(panel: &Panel) -> Vec<String> {
         return vec!["(empty file)".to_string()];
     }
     lines
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use crate::filemanager::panel::Panel;
+    use std::fs;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn size_histogram_buckets_files_by_log2_size() {
+        let dir = std::env::temp_dir().join("tlc-fm-size-histogram");
+        let _ = fs::remove_dir_all(&dir);
+        fs::create_dir_all(&dir).unwrap();
+        // bucket 0: 1B..1KiB
+        fs::write(dir.join("small.txt"), b"hi").unwrap();
+        // bucket 3: 8KiB..64KiB
+        let mut mid = Vec::with_capacity(16 * 1024);
+        mid.resize(16 * 1024, b'x');
+        fs::write(dir.join("mid.bin"), &mid).unwrap();
+        let panel = Panel::new(&dir, &Default::default()).unwrap();
+        let hist = size_histogram(&panel);
+        let total: u64 = hist.iter().sum();
+        assert_eq!(total, 2, "expected 2 regular files, got {hist:?}");
+        // 16 KiB = 2^14 → log2(14) - 9 = bucket 5.
+        assert!(hist[5] >= 1, "16KiB file should land in bucket 5, got {hist:?}");
+        assert!(hist[0] >= 1, "2B file should land in bucket 0");
+        let _ = fs::remove_dir_all(&dir);
+    }
+}