Comparison
Cortex vs rea
rea has more GitHub stars (266,617 vs 75). rea was updated more recently (last commit 7h ago). Data comes straight from GitHub and refreshes daily.
Cortex
Cross-platform persistent memory MCP for Codex, Gemini CLI, Claude Code, and other local MCP hosts. 36 cited neuroscience mechanisms, local-first SQLite/PostgreSQL, hybrid…
$
claude plugin install hypermnesia-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 | Cortex | rea |
|---|---|---|
| Type | MCP server | MCP server |
| GitHub stars | 75 | 266,617 |
| Stars, last 7 days | n/a | n/a |
| Forks | 13 | 66,955 |
| Upvotes | 0 | 0 |
| Language | Python | TypeScript |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Last commit | 1d ago | 7h ago |
| Created | Mar 2026 | Apr 2026 |
| Categories | AI & LLM tooling, Databases, Memory & knowledge | AI & LLM tooling, Memory & knowledge |