Comparison
MCP Shell Server vs rea
rea has more GitHub stars (266,617 vs 201). rea was updated more recently (last commit 4h ago). Data comes straight from GitHub and refreshes daily.
MCP Shell Server
Secure MCP server for whitelisted shell command execution with stdin, argv pipelines, timeouts, and structured audit logging.
$
npx -y @smithery/cli install mcp-shell-server --client claude
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 | MCP Shell Server | rea |
|---|---|---|
| Type | MCP server | MCP server |
| GitHub stars | 201 | 266,617 |
| Stars, last 7 days | n/a | n/a |
| Forks | 51 | 66,955 |
| Upvotes | 0 | 0 |
| Language | Python | TypeScript |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Last commit | 1d ago | 4h ago |
| Created | Dec 2024 | Apr 2026 |
| Categories | Security, Dev tools, Memory & knowledge | AI & LLM tooling, Memory & knowledge |