Comparison
Basic Memory vs rea
rea has more GitHub stars (254,517 vs 4,206). rea was updated more recently (last commit 2h ago). Data comes straight from GitHub and refreshes daily.
Basic Memory
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claude mcp add basic-memory -- uvx --prerelease=allow basic-memory mcp
rea
Reverse engineer anything with agents, from app behavior down to native binaries.
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npx -y rea-agents@latest analyze-javascript-application /absolute/path/to/app --json| Metric | Basic Memory | rea |
|---|---|---|
| Type | MCP server | MCP server |
| GitHub stars | 4,206 | 254,517 |
| Stars, last 7 days | — | — |
| Forks | 315 | 63,944 |
| Upvotes | 0 | 0 |
| Language | Python | TypeScript |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | MIT |
| Last commit | 17h ago | 2h ago |
| Created | Dec 2024 | Apr 2026 |
| Categories | Memory & knowledge, AI & LLM tooling, Docs & writing | AI & LLM tooling, Memory & knowledge |