Comparison
Beads vs Handoff
Beads has more GitHub stars (27,941 vs 12). Beads was updated more recently (last commit 3d ago). Data comes straight from GitHub and refreshes daily.
Beads
Beads - A memory upgrade for your coding agent
$
npm install -g @beads/bd
Handoff
Claude Code plugin to preserve and restore context between sessions
$
/plugin marketplace add thepushkarp/handoff| Metric | Beads | Handoff |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Plugin | Plugin |
| GitHub stars | 27,941 | 12 |
| Stars, last 7 days | +33 | n/a |
| Forks | 1,892 | 3 |
| Upvotes | 0 | 0 |
| Language | Go | Shell |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Last commit | 3d ago | 7mo ago |
| Created | Oct 2025 | Jan 2026 |
| Categories | Memory & knowledge, AI & LLM tooling | Memory & knowledge |