rea: what it is, how to install & alternatives

by morluto · MCP Server · ★ 260.1k

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About rea

English · 简体中文 · 日本語 · 한국어 · العربية REA: Reverse Engineer Anything Reverse engineer anything with agents, from app behavior down to native binaries. See a feature you like. Understand how it works, down to the binary level. Quick start · Current status · Investigation model · Tool catalog · Roadmap · How it works npm install --global rea-agents && rea setup See a feature in an app that you want in y

How to install rea

npx rea-agents setup
npx --yes rea-agents@latest setup

Taken from the project's README on GitHub. Check the security audit before running it.

Security audit verdict: SAFE · quality 65/100

Flagged: sudo usage. Scanned against the SlowMist agent-security taxonomy, refreshed every 8 hours. Full audit →

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Quick Facts

Stars260,133
Forks65,429
LanguageTypeScript
CategoryMCP Server
LicenseMIT
Quality Score64.8067594637531/100
Open Issues928
Last Updated2026-10-15
Created2026-04-14
Platformsclaude-code, cli, codex, mcp, node
Est. Tokens~26k

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is rea?

rea is Reverse engineer anything with agents, from app behavior down to native binaries.. It is categorized as a MCP Server with 260.1k GitHub stars.

What programming language is rea written in?

rea is primarily written in TypeScript. It covers topics such as agent-skills, ai-agents, binary-analysis.

How do I install or use rea?

The README on GitHub (github.com/morluto/rea) gives: npx rea-agents setup , then npx --yes rea-agents@latest setup. Usage details are in the same README.

What license does rea use?

rea is released under the MIT license, making it free to use and modify according to the license terms.

What are the best alternatives to rea?

The top alternatives to rea on Agent Skills Hub include archify, awesome-claude-skills, marketingskills. Each offers a different approach to the same problem space — compare them side-by-side by stars, quality score, and community activity.

How this security grade is produced

Grades come from a rule-based scan built on the SlowMist agent-security taxonomy, covering 11 red-flag categories including credential harvesting, data exfiltration, and curl | sh installers. It is a first-layer scan, not a manual audit — we say so rather than overstate it.

The scale of the problem is documented independently: Liu et al. (2026), in a study of 31,132 agent skills, report that 26.1% contain security vulnerabilities. Our own full-catalog census is published as a citable open dataset.

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