The current "major" thing that annoys me about Zellij is that even in the compact bar, there's an unremovable "Zellij" text on the left.
I have tried a couple of alternative status bars, but they all do too much, and require building a layout. I'm happy with the built-in compact bar, I just want the "Zellij" text gone, but otherwise leave it as is.
So what I'm gonna do, is try and patch Zellij, see if that works. It's not the nicest solution, but it feels like it'll yield the desired result fastest.