beads/docs/COMMUNITY_TOOLS.md

# Beads Community Tools

A curated list of community-built UIs, extensions, and integrations for Beads. Ranked by activity and maturity.

## Terminal UIs

- **[beads_viewer](https://github.com/Dicklesworthstone/beads_viewer)** - Elegant, keyboard-driven terminal interface with tree navigation and vim-style commands. Built by [@Dicklesworthstone](https://github.com/Dicklesworthstone). (Go)

- **[bdui](https://github.com/assimelha/bdui)** - Real-time terminal UI with tree view, dependency graph, and vim-style navigation. Built by [@assimelha](https://github.com/assimelha). (Node.js)

- **[perles](https://github.com/zjrosen/perles)** - Terminal UI search, dependency and kanban viewer powered by a custom BQL (Beads Query Language). Built by [@zjrosen](https://github.com/zjrosen). (Go)

- **[beads.el](https://codeberg.org/ctietze/beads.el)** - Emacs UI to browse, edit, and manage beads. Built by [@ctietze](https://codeberg.org/ctietze). (Elisp)

- **[lazybeads](https://github.com/codegangsta/lazybeads)** - Lightweight terminal UI built with Bubble Tea for browsing and managing beads issues. Built by [@codegangsta](https://github.com/codegangsta). (Go)

- **[bsv](https://github.com/bglenden/bsv)** - Simple two-panel terminal (TUI) viewer with tree navigation organized by epic/task/sub-task, markdown rendering, and mouse support. Built by [@bglenden](https://github.com/bglenden). (Rust)

- **[abacus](https://github.com/ChrisEdwards/abacus)** - A powerful terminal UI for visualizing and navigating Beads issue tracking databases.

## Web UIs

- **[beads-ui](https://github.com/mantoni/beads-ui)** - Local web interface with live updates and kanban board. Run with `npx beads-ui start`. Built by [@mantoni](https://github.com/mantoni). (Node.js)

- **[Monitor WebUI](https://github.com/steveyegge/beads/tree/main/examples/monitor-webui)** - Real-time Issue Tracking Dashboard. Standalone web-based monitoring interface with clean, responsive design. Built by Beads core team. (Go)

- **[beads-viz-prototype](https://github.com/mattbeane/beads-viz-prototype)** - Web-based visualization generating interactive HTML from `bd export`. Built by [@mattbeane](https://github.com/mattbeane). (Python)

- **[beads-dashboard](https://github.com/rhydlewis/beads-dashboard)** - A local, lean metrics dashboard for your beads data. Provides insights insights into lead time, throughput and other continuous improvement metrics. Includes a filterable table view of "all issues". Built by [@rhydlewis](https://github.com/rhydlewis). (Node.js/React)


- **[beads-kanban-ui](https://github.com/AvivK5498/Beads-Kanban-UI)** - Visual Kanban board with git branch status tracking, epic/subtask management, design doc viewer, and activity timeline. Install via npm: `npm install -g beads-kanban-ui`. Built by [@AvivK5498](https://github.com/AvivK5498). (TypeScript/Rust)

## Editor Extensions

- **[vscode-beads](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=planet57.vscode-beads)** - VS Code extension with issues panel and daemon management. Built by [@jdillon](https://github.com/jdillon). (TypeScript)

- **[Agent Native Abstraction Layer for Beads](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=AgentNativeAbstractionLayer.agent-native-kanban)** (ANAL Beads) - VS Code Kanban board. Maintained by [@sebcook-ctrl](https://github.com/sebcook-ctrl). (Node.js)

- **[Beads-Kanban](https://github.com/davidcforbes/Beads-Kanban)** - VS Code Kanban board for Beads issue tracking. Maintained by [@davidcforbes](https://github.com/davidcforbes). (TypeScript)

- **[opencode-beads](https://github.com/joshuadavidthomas/opencode-beads)** - OpenCode plugin with automatic context injection, `/bd-*` slash commands, and autonomous task agent. Built by [@joshuadavidthomas](https://github.com/joshuadavidthomas). (Node.js)

- **[nvim-beads](https://github.com/joeblubaugh/nvim-beads)** - Neovim plugin for managing beads. Built by [@joeblubaugh](https://github.com/joeblubaugh). (Lua)

## Native Apps

- **[Beadster](https://github.com/beadster/beadster)** - macOS app for browsing and managing issues from `.beads/` directories in git repositories. Built by [@podviaznikov](https://github.com/podviaznikov). (Swift)

-  **[Parade](https://github.com/JeremyKalmus/parade)** - Electron app for workflow orchestration with visual Kanban board, discovery wizard, and task visualization. Run with `npx parade-init`. Built by [@JeremyKalmus](https://github.com/JeremyKalmus). (Electron/React)

## Data Source Middleware

- **[jira-beads-sync](https://github.com/conallob/jira-beads-sync)** - CLI tool & Claude Code plugin to sync tasks from Jira into beads and publish beads task states back to Jira. Built by [@conallob](https://github.com/conallob). (Go)

## Claude Code Orchestration

- **[beads-orchestration](https://github.com/AvivK5498/Claude-Code-Beads-Orchestration)** - Multi-agent orchestration skill for Claude Code. Orchestrator investigates issues, manages beads tasks automatically, and delegates to tech-specific supervisors on isolated branches. Includes hooks for workflow enforcement, epic/subtask support, and optional external provider delegation (Codex/Gemini). Install via npm: `npm install -g @avivkaplan/beads-orchestration`. Built by [@AvivK5498](https://github.com/AvivK5498). (Node.js/Python)

## Historical / Stale

- **[beady](https://github.com/maphew/beady)** - Early prototype effort, now stale. Built by [@maphew](https://github.com/maphew). (Go)

## Discussion

See [GitHub Discussions #276](https://github.com/steveyegge/beads/discussions/276) for ongoing UI development conversations, design decisions, and community contributions.

## Contributing

Found or built a tool? Open a PR to add it to this list or comment on discussion #276.