1. aipass
306 stars
Persistent Agent Workspace — AI agents that remember, collaborate, and never start from zero.
beads alternatives: 12 Claude Code plugins like gastownhall/beads
Flowy lists 135 other Agent Memory plugins like beads, ranked by shared technologies, then GitHub stars; nothing in this list is paid.
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How they compare
| Plugin | Stars | 7 days | Updated | License | Contains |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| beadsThis page | 28,238 | +187 | Oct 27, 2026 | MIT | 2 skills, 10 agents, 1 command |
| 1aipass | 306 | not available | Oct 29, 2026 | MIT | 9 skills, 1 command |
| 2remnic | 230 | +2 | Oct 29, 2026 | MIT | 6 skills, 1 agent, 1 MCP server |
| 3gentleman-programming-engram | 7,632 | +159 | Oct 27, 2026 | MIT | 20 skills |
| 4letta-code | 3,732 | +54 | Oct 29, 2026 | Apache-2.0 | 27 skills, 8 hooks |
| 5mindos | 678 | +22 | Oct 23, 2026 | MIT | 10 skills, 1 MCP server |
| 6llmdoc | 484 | 0 | Oct 15, 2026 | not available | 5 skills, 3 agents, 3 hooks |
| 7molio | 437 | +10 | Oct 27, 2026 | not available | 11 skills |
| 8agentrecall-x | 372 | +1 | Oct 16, 2026 | MIT | 1 skill, 4 commands |
| 9cortex | 173 | 0 | Mar 14, 2026 | MIT | 3 skills, 4 hooks, 1 MCP server |
| 10memex | 144 | not available | Sep 8, 2026 | MIT | 7 skills |
| 11honeycomb | 118 | not available | Oct 4, 2026 | AGPL-3.0 | 1 skill, 4 commands, 1 MCP server |
| 12stacklit | 112 | not available | May 7, 2026 | MIT | 1 skill |
The 12 closest alternatives
2. remnic
230 stars+2 this week
Open-source, local-first memory and context for AI agents.
3. gentleman-programming-engram
7,632 stars+159 this week
Persistent memory system for AI coding agents.
4. letta-code
3,732 stars+54 this week
Letta Code is a stateful agent harness for creating agents that are more like people than tools.
5. mindos
678 stars+22 this week
MindOS is a Human-AI Collaborative Mind System, where human thinks and agents act.
6. llmdoc
484 stars0 this week
Persistent engineering context that helps coding agents understand a repository without rediscovering its architecture every session.
7. molio
437 stars+10 this week
Give AI your personal knowledge base.
8. agentrecall-x
372 stars+1 this week
Correction-first persistent memory for AI agents.
9. cortex
173 stars0 this week
Persistent local memory for Claude Code.
10. memex
144 stars
Persistent memory for AI coding agents.
11. honeycomb
118 stars
AI coding agents forget.
12. stacklit
112 stars
108,000 lines of code.
Questions about beads alternatives
What is the best alternative to beads?
aipass is the first of 12 alternatives to beads by shared technologies: it has 306 stars (behind beads) and ships 9 skills against 2 for beads.
Which beads alternative has the most skills?
letta-code has the most, with 27 skills of the 12 alternatives listed. beads has 2.
Is beads free?
Yes. beads is published under the MIT license, so it is free to use.