Comparison
Excel MCP Server vs rea
rea has more GitHub stars (288,843 vs 4,244). rea was updated more recently (last commit 1d ago). Data comes straight from GitHub and refreshes daily.
Excel MCP Server
Excel MCP server: let AI (Claude, Cursor, Codex) create and edit Excel files with charts, PivotTables, slicers and formulas. No Excel required.
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claude mcp add excel --scope user -- uvx excel-mcp-server stdio --allow-dir /path/to/workbooks
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 | Excel MCP Server | rea |
|---|---|---|
| Type | MCP server | MCP server |
| GitHub stars | 4,244 | 288,843 |
| Stars, last 7 days | n/a | +22,226 |
| Forks | 478 | 72,729 |
| Upvotes | 0 | 0 |
| Language | Python | TypeScript |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Last commit | 1d ago | 1d ago |
| Created | Feb 2025 | Apr 2026 |
| Categories | Productivity, AI & LLM tooling, Memory & knowledge | AI & LLM tooling, Memory & knowledge |