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beads vs quivr

beads and quivr share 7 technologies: net/http, Pydantic, OpenTelemetry, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk, and go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric. Both are written in Go.

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What they share and what sets them apart

gastownhall

beads

Beads - A memory upgrade for your coding agent

Go28.6kRead on November 8, 2026, at commit 2edea9cWhat is beads built with?

Only in beads

In common

The-Vibe-Company

quivr

An open-source engine that turns continuous content streams into search and monitoring. Durable ingestion, hybrid search, alerts, and plugins for formats, models and business rules.

Go39.6kRead on November 6, 2026, at commit bb1b19eWhat is quivr built with?

Only in quivr

Side by side

SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
beads1,299,687 lines written1,440 code files
quivr274,640 lines written613 code files
Who writes itA commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
beads41.4% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, Amp, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Codex, Factory, Devin, and Kilo Code
quivr9.1% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
beadsLast push November 8, 202610,396 commits28,583 stars
quivrLast push November 2, 20262,835 commits39,633 stars
TestsThe files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.
beads2,621 test files86.1% of its code files have a test that imports them
quivr567 test files65.1% of its code files have a test that imports them

Frequently asked questions

Which is bigger, beads or quivr?
beads, with 1,299,687 lines written; quivr has 274,640.

The proof: gastownhall/beads's code at commit 2edea9c

Which has more GitHub stars, beads or quivr?
quivr, with 39,633 stars; beads has 28,583.

The proof: The-Vibe-Company/quivr on GitHub

Which has more tests, beads or quivr?
beads, with 2,621 test files; quivr has 567.

The proof: gastownhall/beads's code at commit 2edea9c

Which was updated more recently, beads or quivr?
beads: its last push was on November 8, 2026, and quivr's on November 2, 2026.

The proof: gastownhall/beads's commits on GitHub

Which has more commits signed by AI, beads or quivr?
beads: an AI signed 41.4% of its commits, with Claude Code, Amp, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Codex, Factory, Devin, and Kilo Code; in quivr, 9.1%.

The proof: the commits each tool signed in gastownhall/beads

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