Is it still shipping?
Yes. beads is maintained. The last commit was today, and it scores 100/100.
freshness 100/100
Every night it was read41 nightly readings, August 1, 2026 to September 13, 2026. Bar height is freshness out of 100; the ink is the verdict that night.
65, maintained25, dead
August 1, 2026September 13, 2026
How the verdict was reached
read September 13, 2026 from the GitHub API for gastownhall/beads| Signal | Value | Effect | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base | 100 | 100 | Every row starts at 100, and the effects below move it. |
| Last commit | today, September 12, 2026 | none | Pushed today. |
| Commits, 90 days | 100+ | none | 100+ commits in the last 12 weeks. |
| Last release | v1.3.0-rc.2, 2 days ago | +4 | Released v1.3.0-rc.2 2 days ago; 99 releases in the last year. |
| Release cadence | 1 days, median | not scored | |
| Issue response | too few issues to sample | none | Not enough recent issues to measure a response time. |
| Unanswered issues | 100% of 8 sampled | -8 | 100% of the recent issues sampled have no maintainer reply at all. |
| Committers, 90 days | 19 | +5 | 19 people committed in the last 90 days. |
| Bus factor | 4 | not scored | |
| Archived | no | not scored | |
| Licence | MIT | not scored | |
| Capped at 100 | -1 | The signals totalled 101; 100 is the ceiling. | |
| Freshness | 100/100 | 100 | 65 and above is maintained. |