# Install beads

Memory upgrade for your coding agent. Version 1.0.5 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-29.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:beads
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install beads
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install bd
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/bd/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install beads
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: beads from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#beads
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/be/beads/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Windows

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id GasTownHall.Beads -e
```

  Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: GasTownHall.Beads from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:beads
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/beads>
- **Version:** 1.0.5
- **Source summary:** Memory upgrade for your coding agent
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/steveyegge/beads>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/steveyegge/beads>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/steveyegge/beads#readme>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/steveyegge/beads/archive/refs/tags/v1.0.5.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-29T09:58:15Z
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- bd (cli)
- beads (cli)
- bd (alias)
- beads (alias)

## Dependencies

- dolt
- icu4c@78

## Build Dependencies

- go

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 1.0.5
- Package-manager updated: 2026-05-29
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/steveyegge/beads
- Upstream latest detected: v1.0.5 (current)

## Notes de sécurité

no executable entrypoint in the package index.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- no executable entrypoint in the package index

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** beads
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - beads - 1.1.22-1+b5: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: beads from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | 2-DE electrophoresis gel image spot detection | http://pappso.inrae.fr/bioinfo/beads
- Nix - beads: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/be/beads/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - beads - 1.1.22-1build4: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: beads from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | 2-DE electrophoresis gel image spot detection | http://pappso.inrae.fr/bioinfo/beads
- winget - GasTownHall.Beads: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: GasTownHall.Beads from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix
- MacPorts - bd: installed executable or alias match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/bd/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Debian apt - bd - 1.03-5: installed executable or alias match | Debian stable package indexes: bd from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | quickly go back to a specific parent directory in bash | https://github.com/vigneshwaranr/bd
- Ubuntu apt - bd - 1.03-3: installed executable or alias match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: bd from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | quickly go back to a specific parent directory in bash | https://github.com/vigneshwaranr/bd


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- [beads_viewer](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/beads-viewer/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: beads, cli, developer, developer-tools.

## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph