Comparison
Knowl vs rea
rea has more GitHub stars (266,617 vs 96). rea was updated more recently (last commit 7h ago). Data comes straight from GitHub and refreshes daily.
Knowl
Persistent memory for Claude Code, Cursor and Codex. Facts are typed, sourced, and retired when they change. Local SQLite, no API keys.
$
npx @dat999zx/knowl init
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 | Knowl | rea |
|---|---|---|
| Type | MCP server | MCP server |
| GitHub stars | 96 | 266,617 |
| Stars, last 7 days | n/a | n/a |
| Forks | 7 | 66,955 |
| Upvotes | 0 | 0 |
| Language | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Last commit | 3d ago | 7h ago |
| Created | Jun 2026 | Apr 2026 |
| Categories | Memory & knowledge, Databases, AI & LLM tooling | AI & LLM tooling, Memory & knowledge |