Beads (Steve Yegge)
https://github.com/gastownhall/beads
Dolt-backed, dependency-aware graph issue tracker that acts as persistent structured memory for coding agents, replacing markdown plans; `bd remember` stores durable facts and `bd prime` re-injects them.
Active · Verified 2026-10-29 · fresh as of 2026-10-29 · 17 cited facts, 1 with a third-party source · 2 recorded changes · Suggest a correction
At a glance
- Tier
- T3
- Section
- Coding-agent memory
- Created
- 2025-10-12 repo fix
- Latest release
- last commit 2026-10-22 repo fix
- Pricing
- searched not found fix
- Funding
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- Freshness
- 2026-10-29 fix
- Layer
- agent-infra repo fix
- Licensing
- open-source repo fix
- Protocols
- mcp-server repo fix
- Developer activity
- OpenRank 60.16 (12-mo avg 41.9) — 2026-02 third-party fix
Memory taxonomy
- storage
- relational
- retrieval
- exact-match
- persistence
- long-term
- update
- agent-controlled
- unit
- document
- governance
- auditable
- conflict
- branch-and-merge
When to use
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Pros & cons
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Claims & capabilities
Beads - A memory upgrade for your coding agent
Technical surface
- API surface
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- Backend storage
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- Deployment
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- Embedding model
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- Multi-tenancy
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- MCP
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- A2A
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- OpenTelemetry
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Similar systems
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- Devin (Cognition) T1
Structured Knowledge items stored server-side. Three-tier scope: repo-pinned (always injected), global (recall by relevance), org/enterprise (visible to org members). Auto-generates Repo Knowledge from repo structure each session; reads past session trajectories for self-improvement; writes notes for recurring scheduled tasks.
- Aider T2
Appends conversation turns to .aider.chat.history.md in project root. restore_chat_history defaults to false — no automatic replay into new sessions. Community /session save command for JSON state snapshots. .aider.conf.yml carries static preferences.
- Augment Code T1
Real-time knowledge graph indexed from connected repos + commit history + CI/CD + tickets + docs. Separate Agent Memory layer (Sept 2025) captures session decisions/corrections/goals as discrete items with developer review/approval UI. MCP endpoint exposes the graph. Acquired by Harness (2026-10-08): Harness bought select Augment Code assets, including Cosmos, the Auggie CLI and the Context Engine, and the team joined Harness. augmentcode.com now leads with Cosmos, a software-factory agent platform.
- Letta Code T3
Letta's stateful coding-agent harness: agents rewrite their own memory blocks and skills, version context in git via MemFS (syncable to GitHub) and reflect via a periodic /sleeptime 'dreaming' process. from Letta (MemGPT) team. letta-ai/letta-code is now the main Letta source (harness, terminal UI, App Server, channels); the Letta V1 API server was retired to the archive branch of letta-ai/letta.
- Replit Agent T1
No documented built-in persistent semantic memory store. Session duration expanded to 200 min (Agent 3); Agent 4 shifts toward persistent runtimes. Temporal used for orchestration durability, not semantic memory. Cross-session memory relies on filesystem + agent-written notes.
- agentmemory (rohitg00) T3
Self-hosted persistent memory layer that captures coding-agent activity and recalls it in later sessions, positioned on public benchmark results. #7 in TeleAI Awesome-Agent-Memory
Sources (16 cited facts, 1 third-party)
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- What it is Framework repo
- What it does & what's distinct Dolt-backed, dependency-aware graph issue tracker that acts as persistent structured mem… repo
- Claims / benefits Beads - A memory upgrade for your coding agent repo
- Created 2025-10-12 repo
- Latest release last commit 2026-10-22 repo
- License MIT repo
- GitHub https://github.com/gastownhall/beads (moved from steveyegge/beads; ~28.3k★) repo
- Mindshare 28104 GitHub stars repo
- Project & sources https://github.com/steveyegge/beads repo
- architecture-deployment-locus local repo
- licensing-bucket open-source repo
- positioning-platform-vs-product product repo
- taxonomy-three-layer-rollup agent-infra repo
- developer-activity-opendigger {"activity":308.77,"as_of":"2026-02","openrank_12mo":41.9,"openrank_current":60.16,"part… third-party
- sdk-languages go repo
- protocol-support mcp-server repo
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