v0.5.4

• Slugified IDs: new IDs include URL-safe slug from title (e.g. dots-fix-user-auth-a3f2b1c8)
• dot slugify: rename all existing IDs to include slugs
• 100+ common abbreviations (authentication→auth, configuration→config, etc.)
• Slugify processes all dots including archived

dots v0.5.3

What's New

Major rewrite: SQLite replaced with plain markdown files.

• 107x smaller binary (25MB → 233KB)
• 41x less code (115k → 2.8k LOC)
• Zero dependencies - no database, no runtime requirements
• Portable storage - copy .dots/ folder anywhere

Installation

Homebrew (macOS ARM64, Linux x86_64)

brew install joelreymont/tap/dots

Manual download

# Linux x86_64
curl -L -o dot https://github.com/joelreymont/dots/releases/download/v0.5.3/dot-linux-x86_64
chmod +x dot
sudo mv dot /usr/local/bin/

# macOS ARM64
curl -L -o dot https://github.com/joelreymont/dots/releases/download/v0.5.3/dot-macos-arm64
chmod +x dot
sudo mv dot /usr/local/bin/

Migrating from beads

If you have existing tasks in .beads/beads.db:

./migrate-dots.sh

Verify

dot --version

dots v0.5.2

What's New

Major rewrite: SQLite replaced with plain markdown files.

• 107x smaller binary (25MB → 233KB)
• 41x less code (115k → 2.8k LOC)
• Zero dependencies - no database, no runtime requirements
• Portable storage - copy .dots/ folder anywhere

Installation

Homebrew (macOS ARM64, Linux x86_64)

brew install joelreymont/tap/dots

Manual download

# Linux x86_64
curl -L -o dot https://github.com/joelreymont/dots/releases/download/v0.5.2/dot-linux-x86_64
chmod +x dot
sudo mv dot /usr/local/bin/

# macOS ARM64
curl -L -o dot https://github.com/joelreymont/dots/releases/download/v0.5.2/dot-macos-arm64
chmod +x dot
sudo mv dot /usr/local/bin/

Migrating from beads

If you have existing tasks in .beads/beads.db:

./migrate-dots.sh

Verify

dot --version

dots v0.5.1

What's New

Major rewrite: SQLite replaced with plain markdown files.

• 107x smaller binary (25MB → 233KB)
• 41x less code (115k → 2.8k LOC)
• Zero dependencies - no database, no runtime requirements
• Portable storage - copy .dots/ folder anywhere

Installation

Homebrew (macOS ARM64, Linux x86_64)

brew install joelreymont/tap/dots

Manual download

# Linux x86_64
curl -L -o dot https://github.com/joelreymont/dots/releases/download/v0.5.1/dot-linux-x86_64
chmod +x dot
sudo mv dot /usr/local/bin/

# macOS ARM64
curl -L -o dot https://github.com/joelreymont/dots/releases/download/v0.5.1/dot-macos-arm64
chmod +x dot
sudo mv dot /usr/local/bin/

Migrating from beads

If you have existing tasks in .beads/beads.db:

./migrate-dots.sh

Verify

dot --version

dots v0.5.0

What's New

Major rewrite: SQLite replaced with plain markdown files.

• 107x smaller binary (25MB → 233KB)
• 41x less code (115k → 2.8k LOC)
• Zero dependencies - no database, no runtime requirements
• Portable storage - copy .dots/ folder anywhere

Installation

Homebrew (macOS ARM64, Linux x86_64)

brew install joelreymont/tap/dots

Manual download

# Linux x86_64
curl -L -o dot https://github.com/joelreymont/dots/releases/download/v0.5.0/dot-linux-x86_64
chmod +x dot
sudo mv dot /usr/local/bin/

# macOS ARM64
curl -L -o dot https://github.com/joelreymont/dots/releases/download/v0.5.0/dot-macos-arm64
chmod +x dot
sudo mv dot /usr/local/bin/

Migrating from beads

If you have existing tasks in .beads/beads.db:

./migrate-dots.sh

Verify

dot --version

dots v0.3.2

Installation

Homebrew (macOS ARM64, Linux x86_64)

brew install joelreymont/tap/dot

Manual download

# Linux x86_64
curl -L -o dot https://github.com/joelreymont/dots/releases/download/v0.3.2/dot-linux-x86_64
chmod +x dot
sudo mv dot /usr/local/bin/

# macOS ARM64
curl -L -o dot https://github.com/joelreymont/dots/releases/download/v0.3.2/dot-macos-arm64
chmod +x dot
sudo mv dot /usr/local/bin/

Verify

dot --version

dots v0.3.1

Installation

Homebrew (macOS ARM64, Linux x86_64)

brew install joelreymont/tap/dot

Manual download

# Linux x86_64
curl -L -o dot https://github.com/joelreymont/dots/releases/download/v0.3.1/dot-linux-x86_64
chmod +x dot
sudo mv dot /usr/local/bin/

# macOS ARM64
curl -L -o dot https://github.com/joelreymont/dots/releases/download/v0.3.1/dot-macos-arm64
chmod +x dot
sudo mv dot /usr/local/bin/

Verify

dot --version

dots v0.3.0

Installation

Homebrew (macOS ARM64, Linux x86_64)

brew install joelreymont/tap/dot

Manual download

# Linux x86_64
curl -L -o dot https://github.com/joelreymont/dots/releases/download/v0.3.0/dot-linux-x86_64
chmod +x dot
sudo mv dot /usr/local/bin/

# macOS ARM64
curl -L -o dot https://github.com/joelreymont/dots/releases/download/v0.3.0/dot-macos-arm64
chmod +x dot
sudo mv dot /usr/local/bin/

Verify

dot --version

dots v0.2.0

Installation

Homebrew (macOS ARM64, Linux x86_64)

brew install joelreymont/tap/dot

Manual download

# Linux x86_64
curl -L -o dot https://github.com/joelreymont/dots/releases/download/v0.2.0/dot-linux-x86_64
chmod +x dot
sudo mv dot /usr/local/bin/

# macOS ARM64
curl -L -o dot https://github.com/joelreymont/dots/releases/download/v0.2.0/dot-macos-arm64
chmod +x dot
sudo mv dot /usr/local/bin/

Verify

dot --version