Beads AI Agent
by gastownhallBeads - A memory upgrade for your coding agent
Beads is an open-source ai agent by gastownhall, written mainly in Go, with 28,373 GitHub stars and the MIT license. Its code was last updated Nov 1, 2026.
Scan summary: scanned Nov 5, 2026 at commit c19a460. Seen able to run shell commands, read environment and secrets. Scan policy
What Beads can touch
- Seen in this scan, either in the code or while it ran.Run shell commandsFound in the code by our scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Run dynamic codeNot seen in this scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Read or write filesNot seen in this scan
- Seen in this scan, either in the code or while it ran.Read environment and secretsFound in the code by our scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Control a web browserNot seen in this scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Connect to databasesNot seen in this scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Read or send messagesNot seen in this scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Touch money or tradingNot seen in this scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Connect to the internetNot run in this scan
"Not seen" means our checks did not find it, and the tool may still do it. Covers commit c19a460, Nov 5, 2026. See the scan policy.
Before you install Beads
AgenticMart scanned Beads on Nov 5, 2026 with automated checks for hidden code, known-malicious packages, leaked secrets and vulnerable dependencies. The result covers one commit under our scan policy, so review what access you give it and check any advisories shown here.
What it can access
- An AI agent decides its own next steps and calls whatever tools you give it, so its risk depends on the access you grant.
Before you install
- Pin the version you reviewed instead of always installing the latest release.
- Read the tool list or scripts before the first run, and keep approval prompts on for actions that write, send or delete.
- Maintained by gastownhall on GitHub, 28,373 stars and 1,915 forks. Popularity is not proof of safety.
- Last code change: Nov 1, 2026.
- Open-source license: MIT.
Beads is an open-source ai agent by gastownhall, written mainly in Go. Beads - A memory upgrade for your coding agent
At a glance
- Stars
- 28k
- Forks
- 1.9k
- Language
- Go
- License
- MIT
- Created
- Oct 2025
- Last update
- Nov 1, 2026
- Type
- AI Agent
- Price
- Free
Topics
Questions about Beads
What is Beads?
Beads - A memory upgrade for your coding agent
Who maintains Beads?
Beads is maintained by gastownhall on GitHub (gastownhall/beads). AgenticMart lists it from public repository data.
Is Beads safe to use?
AgenticMart scanned Beads on Nov 5, 2026 with automated checks for hidden code, known-malicious packages, leaked secrets and vulnerable dependencies. The result covers one commit under our scan policy, so review what access you give it and check any advisories shown here.
What license does Beads use?
It is published under the MIT license.
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