Reproducible Research.
Preserved Beyond Tomorrow.
Stop wondering which data or code produced a result. Bead captures your code, output, and every data dependency in immutable snapshots — so you can always trace results back to their source.
# Create a new computational unit
$ bead new city-analysis
$ cd city-analysis
# Add dependencies
$ bead input add population-data
# Run your analysis
$ python analyze.py
# Save immutable snapshot
$ bead save resultsSolve Common Research Problems
"What Data Did We Use?"
Stop asking this five times a day. Every bead remembers exactly which version of data created your results—down to the byte.
"It Worked on My Machine"
Your collaborators load the exact same data files. No more missing files, wrong versions, or mysterious bugs.
"How Did They Create This?"
When team members leave, their work stays reproducible. All context and dependencies are preserved as explicit inputs.
"Just Use Whatever Tool You Want"
Python, R, Stata, Julia, shell scripts - bead couldn't care less. It tracks files, not fancy frameworks.
"Keep Your Data Where You Want It"
No cloud accounts, no vendor lock-in. Your sensitive data stays on your servers, under your control.
"Everything in One Neat Package"
Each bead is a simple .zip file with code, data, and results. Open it anywhere, even without bead installed.
How Teams Use bead
A typical multi-step analysis workflow
1 Data Collection
# Download survey responses
$ bead new raw-survey-data
$ cd raw-survey-data
$ python download_survey.py
$ bead save shared-box2 Data Processing
# Clean and validate
$ bead new clean-data
$ cd clean-data
$ bead input add raw-survey-data
$ python clean_data.py
$ bead save shared-box3 Analysis & Results
# Generate findings
$ bead new final-analysis
$ cd final-analysis
$ bead input add clean-data
$ R --file=analyze.R
$ bead save shared-box"Before bead, we spent hours every week trying to recreate old results. Now we just open the bead and everything's exactly where we left it."
— Research Team Lead
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