Data & context
Beads
A Dolt-backed, dependency-aware issue tracker designed to preserve structured task state and project memory across coding-agent sessions.
Overview
Research summary
Beads gives coding agents a persistent, structured task store rather than relying entirely on conversation history or a free-form TODO file. Work items can carry dependencies and other relationships, allowing an agent to inspect what is ready, blocked, or already recorded before continuing a project. The reviewed implementation is built around Dolt, providing a versioned database foundation for task state and collaboration.
Its command-line tools make that state accessible from ordinary development workflows and across multiple agent sessions. Beads is not a model runtime or a guarantee that the agent will correctly prioritize and complete tasks; it supplies the memory and coordination substrate that the surrounding workflow uses. The Go implementation is MIT licensed, and its database setup, synchronization, and access controls remain operational concerns for the adopting team.
Repository summary
- Stars
- 27,197
- Open issues
- Unavailable
- Last push
- 2026-09-16
- Commits, 90 days
- Unavailable
- Repository activity
- Not scored
- Version
- Unavailable
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Classification
Pricing & services
Paid services unknown
Whether the provider offers paid products or services has not been established.
Licence scope
Implementation
Recorded implementation details and interfaces for Beads.
Implementation details
Go CLI with a Dolt-backed dependency graph and task database
- Languages
- Go
- Repository type
- source
Recorded interfaces and capabilities
Licence scope
Repository
Repository snapshots, release information and recorded maintenance signals.
Repository snapshot
- Stars
- 27,197
- Open issues
- Unavailable
- Last push
- 2026-09-16
- Commits, 90 days
- Unavailable
- Repository activity
- Not scored
- Archived
- Not recorded
Repository activity is a snapshot, not a quality or popularity ranking. It combines recent-push freshness (50%), 90-day commits (30%) and issue pressure (20%).
Maintenance and provenance
- Catalogue snapshot
- 2026-10-06
- Stars source
- Recorded fallback
- Last push source
- Recorded fallback
Documentation
Recorded references and research provenance for this entry.
Recorded sources 5
- https://github.com/gastownhall/beads Project page · Linked repository · Research reference
- https://github.com/gastownhall/beads/blob/main/README.md Research reference
- https://github.com/gastownhall/beads/blob/main/LICENSE Research reference
- https://github.com/stars/angelcervera/lists/ai Research reference
- https://api.github.com/repos/gastownhall/beads Research reference
Research metadata
- Research date
- 2026-09-16
- Catalogue snapshot
- 2026-10-06
Community & social 1 channels
Communities
- GitHub Discussionsgithub.com/gastownhall/beads/discussionsOfficialDiscussion
Link details for GitHub Discussions
- Access
- Public
- Last checked