Comparison
MCP Local Rag vs rea
rea has more GitHub stars (288,843 vs 415). rea was updated more recently (last commit 2d ago). Data comes straight from GitHub and refreshes daily.
MCP Local Rag
Local-first RAG server for developers. Semantic + keyword search for code and technical docs. Works with MCP or CLI. Fully private, zero setup.
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claude mcp add local-rag --scope user --env BASE_DIR=/absolute/path/to/your/documents -- npx -y mcp-local-rag
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 Local Rag | rea |
|---|---|---|
| Type | MCP server | MCP server |
| GitHub stars | 415 | 288,843 |
| Stars, last 7 days | n/a | +22,226 |
| Forks | 79 | 72,729 |
| Upvotes | 0 | 0 |
| Language | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Last commit | 4d ago | 2d ago |
| Created | Oct 2025 | Apr 2026 |
| Categories | Memory & knowledge, AI & LLM tooling, Databases | AI & LLM tooling, Memory & knowledge |