Comparison
MCP Defender vs rea
rea has more GitHub stars (288,843 vs 255). rea was updated more recently (last commit 1d ago). Data comes straight from GitHub and refreshes daily.
MCP Defender
Desktop app that automatically scans and blocks malicious MCP traffic in AI apps like Cursor, Claude, VS Code and Windsurf.
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git clone https://github.com/MCP-Defender/MCP-Defender
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 | MCP Defender | rea |
|---|---|---|
| Type | MCP server | MCP server |
| GitHub stars | 255 | 288,843 |
| Stars, last 7 days | n/a | +22,226 |
| Forks | 43 | 72,729 |
| Upvotes | 0 | 0 |
| Language | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | MIT |
| Last commit | 4mo ago | 1d ago |
| Created | May 2025 | Apr 2026 |
| Categories | Memory & knowledge, Security, AI & LLM tooling | AI & LLM tooling, Memory & knowledge |