Comparison
Glean vs rea
rea has more GitHub stars (254,517 vs 868). rea was updated more recently (last commit 10h ago). Data comes straight from GitHub and refreshes daily.
Glean
A self-hosted RSS reader and personal knowledge management tool.
$
git clone https://github.com/LeslieLeung/glean
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 | Glean | rea |
|---|---|---|
| Type | MCP server | MCP server |
| GitHub stars | 868 | 254,517 |
| Stars, last 7 days | n/a | n/a |
| Forks | 63 | 63,944 |
| Upvotes | 0 | 1 |
| Language | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | MIT |
| Last commit | 1d ago | 10h ago |
| Created | Nov 2025 | Apr 2026 |
| Categories | Memory & knowledge | AI & LLM tooling, Memory & knowledge |