# Dicklesworthstone/beads_rust

Fast Rust port of Steve Yegge's beads: local-first, non-invasive issue tracker storing tasks in SQLite with JSONL export for git collaboration

Repository: https://github.com/Dicklesworthstone/beads_rust
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/beads_rust
Language: Rust
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: developer-tools, git, issue-tracker, rust, sqlite
Last push: 2026-09-03T01:18:46+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 83/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 100, release rhythm 99, longevity 16
- inputs: {"age_days": 227, "days_push": 0, "days_rel": 4, "gap_med": 1, "n_releases_24m": 58}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1076, forks 119 (observed 2026-09-03T02:15:05.550630+00:00)

## What it is
A fast Rust port of Steve Yegge's beads issue tracker, frozen at the classic SQLite + JSONL architecture. It stores tasks locally in SQLite and exports JSONL for git-based collaboration, designed for agent-driven development workflows.

## Use cases
- track issues locally in a git repo without invasive files
- sync tasks across collaborators via JSONL in git
- manage agent swarm work queues
- migrate from original beads (bd) to a stable classic architecture
- query and update tasks from the command line

## When to choose
- you depend on the classic beads SQLite + JSONL architecture
- you want a fast, local-first issue tracker for git repos
- your agent tooling (e.g., MCP Agent Mail, beads_viewer) targets that architecture

## When to avoid
- you want Steve Yegge's latest beads direction (GasTown)
- you need a hosted or web-based issue tracker
- you require a permissively simple license (license is non-standard)

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: cli, database, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, version-control
- platform: windows, cli, rust
- tags: issue-tracker, sqlite, l, git, agent-first, rust-port, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- Dicklesworthstone/beads_rust (main) score 83

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:05.550630+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:56:47.894312+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Dicklesworthstone/beads_rust (fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:05.550630+00:00, sha 19b19cfcb47d)
  - registry_crates: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/beads_rust (fetched 2026-08-29T12:58:26.358301+00:00, sha 139e71210f12)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.