Comparison
Beads vs Claude Hud
Claude Hud has more GitHub stars (28,591 vs 27,941). Beads was updated more recently (last commit 2d ago). Data comes straight from GitHub and refreshes daily.
Beads
Beads - A memory upgrade for your coding agent
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npm install -g @beads/bd
Claude Hud
A Claude Code plugin that shows what's happening - context usage, active tools, running agents, and todo progress
$
/plugin marketplace add jarrodwatts/claude-hud| Metric | Beads | Claude Hud |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Plugin | Plugin |
| GitHub stars | 27,941 | 28,591 |
| Stars, last 7 days | +33 | +35 |
| Forks | 1,892 | 1,344 |
| Upvotes | 0 | 0 |
| Language | Go | JavaScript |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Last commit | 2d ago | 2d ago |
| Created | Oct 2025 | Jan 2026 |
| Categories | Memory & knowledge, AI & LLM tooling | Memory & knowledge, AI & LLM tooling |