beads

Install command:
brew install beads

Memory upgrade for your coding agent

https://github.com/gastownhall/beads

License: MIT

Development: Pull requests

Formula JSON API: /api/formula/beads.json

Formula code: beads.rb on GitHub

Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:

macOS on
Apple Silicon
golden gate ✅
tahoe ✅
sequoia ✅
Linux ARM64 ✅
x86_64 ✅

Current versions:

stable ✅ 1.3.4
head ⚡️ HEAD

Depends on:

dolt 2.7.2 Git for Data
icu4c@79 79.1 C/C++ and Java libraries for Unicode and globalization

Depends on when building from source:

go 1.27.3 Open source programming language to build simple/reliable/efficient software

Binaries: bd, beads

GitHub Packages downloads:

Last 30 days17,666
Downloads147,705
Analytics install events (30 days)3,550
Downloads / install events (30 days)5.0×

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Analytics:

30 days90 days365 days
Installs3,5308,68328,883
Installs (--HEAD)2060165
Installs on Request3,2127,13824,208
Installs on Request (--HEAD)2060165
Build Errors4