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beads for Mac

Memory upgrade for your coding agent

Quick answer: beads is a command-line tool for macOS. Install it with brew install beads. It is distributed under the MIT licence. It has 3,177 Homebrew installs in the last 30 days.

What beads is

beads is a command-line tool for macOS: memory upgrade for your coding agent.

It is distributed as a Homebrew formula, which builds or pours a binary and puts it on your PATH. The project is open source and lives at https://github.com/gastownhall/beads.

How to install beads

  1. Open Terminal (press ⌘ + Space and type “Terminal”).
  2. If Homebrew is not installed yet, run the installer below once.
  3. Run brew install beads.

Homebrew installer, if you need it:

Prefer a graphical installer? Download it from the official site. MacPicks never hosts or mirrors binaries — the Homebrew command always pulls from the vendor's own release.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install beads on Mac?

Run brew install beads in Terminal. This requires Homebrew; if you do not have it, install it first with the command below.

Is beads open source?

Yes — Homebrew distributes it under the MIT licence.

Does beads run on Apple silicon?

Homebrew publishes this formula for macOS. If upstream does not ship an Apple silicon build, Rosetta 2 handles the Intel binary.

How popular is beads?

It was installed 3,177 times in the last 30 days according to Homebrew analytics, ranking #481 in this catalogue.

What version of beads is current?

The latest packaged version is 1.3.2.