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Beads vs deja-vu: catalog facts
Beads	deja-vu
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Windows, Command line
Gives coding agents memory that persists between sessions Ships with a Claude plugin and other integrations	Builds memory from existing session history on disk Shares one memory across many coding agents
Only useful alongside an AI coding agent Little documentation outside the repository in the research	Performance claims come from the maintainer's own benchmarks Only useful if you already use coding agents
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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