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jaffee 6 hours ago

> You installed Beads, completely oblivious to the fact that it's basically uninstallable malware.

Did I miss something? I haven't used it in a minute, but why is the author claiming that it's "uninstallable malware"?

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michaelbarton 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Malware might be a bit of stretch but could refer to this issue?

https://github.com/steveyegge/beads/issues/1857

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vardalab 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It's not really malware, but it's a mess. It installed so much shit and it interfered with your git hooks and stuff. It was kind of messy. I kind of gave up on it. I just went back to using built-in claude code todowrite tasks.

	▲	the_mitsuhiko 6 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		It managed to throw itself into a global file for me that Claude used which caused beads to appear in random projects on my machine. Because of how it was there the agent attempted to re-install beads after I already removed it because the guy hook errored.
	▲	skybrian 5 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Haven't tried it, but this rewrite might be better? https://github.com/Dicklesworthstone/beads_rust
	▲	moeffju 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Try https://github.com/hmans/beans - I find it a refreshingly pragmatic take that works great with my agents use.

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wild_egg 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Have a read through everything that's needed for a full uninstall: https://gist.github.com/banteg/1a539b88b3c8945cd71e4b958f319...

Minimalist alternative with no hooks or dependencies for the curious: https://github.com/wedow/ticket

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dwaltrip 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Maybe they meant un-uninstallable?