Comparison
Academia MCP vs rea
rea has more GitHub stars (288,843 vs 93). rea was updated more recently (last commit 3d ago). Data comes straight from GitHub and refreshes daily.
Academia MCP
Academia MCP server: Tools for automatic scientific research
$
claude mcp add --transport http ilyagusev-academia-mcp https://server.smithery.ai/@IlyaGusev/academia_mcp/mcp
rea
Reverse engineer anything with agents, from app behavior down to native binaries.
$
npx -y rea-agents@latest analyze-javascript-application /absolute/path/to/app --json| Metric | Academia MCP | rea |
|---|---|---|
| Type | MCP server | MCP server |
| GitHub stars | 93 | 288,843 |
| Stars, last 7 days | n/a | +22,226 |
| Forks | 8 | 72,729 |
| Upvotes | 0 | 0 |
| Language | Python | TypeScript |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Last commit | 8mo ago | 3d ago |
| Created | Jan 2025 | Apr 2026 |
| Categories | AI & LLM tooling | AI & LLM tooling, Memory & knowledge |