Comparison
Ref Tools MCP vs rea
rea has more GitHub stars (266,617 vs 1,182). rea was updated more recently (last commit 2h ago). Data comes straight from GitHub and refreshes daily.
Ref Tools MCP
Helping coding agents never make mistakes working with public or private libraries without wasting the context window.
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claude mcp add --transport http ref-tools-ref-tools-mcp https://server.smithery.ai/@ref-tools/ref-tools-mcp/mcp
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 | Ref Tools MCP | rea |
|---|---|---|
| Type | MCP server | MCP server |
| GitHub stars | 1,182 | 266,617 |
| Stars, last 7 days | n/a | n/a |
| Forks | 71 | 66,955 |
| Upvotes | 0 | 0 |
| Language | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Last commit | 1w ago | 2h ago |
| Created | Apr 2025 | Apr 2026 |
| Categories | Memory & knowledge, AI & LLM tooling, Docs & writing | AI & LLM tooling, Memory & knowledge |