Comparison
MCP Text Editor vs rea
rea has more GitHub stars (280,012 vs 202). rea was updated more recently (last commit 6h ago). Data comes straight from GitHub and refreshes daily.
MCP Text Editor
A token-efficient MCP server for safe, line-oriented text file editing with partial reads, hash-based conflict detection, and atomic multi-file operations.
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npx -y @smithery/cli install mcp-text-editor --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 Text Editor | rea |
|---|---|---|
| Type | MCP server | MCP server |
| GitHub stars | 202 | 280,012 |
| Stars, last 7 days | n/a | +13,395 |
| Forks | 25 | 70,578 |
| Upvotes | 0 | 0 |
| Language | Python | TypeScript |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Last commit | 1mo ago | 6h ago |
| Created | Dec 2024 | Apr 2026 |
| Categories | AI & LLM tooling, Memory & knowledge | AI & LLM tooling, Memory & knowledge |