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bd - Beads Distributed, git-backed graph issue tracker for AI agents. Platforms: macOS, Linux, Windows, FreeBSD Beads provides a persistent, structured memory for coding agents. It replaces messy markdown plans with a dependency-aware graph, allowing agents to handle long-horizon tasks without losing context. ⚡ Quick Start Note: Beads is a CLI tool you install once and use everywhere. You don't need to clone this repository into your project. 🛠 Features Dolt-Powered: Version-controlled SQL database with cell-level merge, native branching, and built-in sync via Dolt remotes. Agent-Optimized: JS
| Stars | 20,012 |
| Forks | 1,324 |
| Language | Go |
| Category | Agent Tool |
| License | MIT |
| Quality Score | 44.306/100 |
| Open Issues | 48 |
| Last Updated | 2026-03-31 |
| Created | 2025-10-12 |
| Platforms | claude-code, go |
| Est. Tokens | ~511700k |
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beads is Beads - A memory upgrade for your coding agent. It is categorized as a Agent Tool with 20.0k GitHub stars.
beads is primarily written in Go. It covers topics such as agents, claude-code, coding.
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