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matt wilkie ac2a2e900e consolidate community tools into dedicated docs page

- Create docs/COMMUNITY_TOOLS.md with curated list of community-built tools ranked by activity
- Include tools from README.md and GitHub discussion #276
- Organize into categories: Terminal UIs, Web UIs, Editor Extensions, Native Apps, Historical
- Update README.md to reference the new dedicated page

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Beads Community Tools

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

Terminal UIs

beads_viewer - Elegant, keyboard-driven terminal interface with tree navigation and vim-style commands. Built by @Dicklesworthstone. (Go)
bdui - Real-time terminal UI with tree view, dependency graph, and vim-style navigation. Built by @assimelha. (Node.js)
perles - Terminal UI with BQL (Beads Query Language) and multi-view kanban. Built by @zjrosen. (Node.js)
beads.el - Emacs UI to browse, edit, and manage beads. Built by @ctietze. (Elisp)

Web UIs

beads-ui - Local web interface with live updates and kanban board. Run with npx beads-ui start. Built by @mantoni. (Node.js)
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 - Web-based visualization generating interactive HTML from bd export. Built by @mattbeane. (Python)

Editor Extensions

vscode-beads - VS Code extension with issues panel and daemon management. Built by @jdillon. (TypeScript)
Agent Native Abstraction Layer for Beads (ANAL Beads) - VS Code Kanban board. Maintained by @sebcook-ctrl. (Node.js)
opencode-beads - OpenCode plugin with automatic context injection, /bd-* slash commands, and autonomous task agent. Built by @joshuadavidthomas. (Node.js)

Native Apps

Beadster - macOS app for browsing and managing issues from .beads/ directories in git repositories. Built by @podviaznikov. (Swift)

Historical / Stale

beady - Early prototype effort, now stale. Built by @maphew. (Go)

Discussion

See GitHub 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.

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