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REA alternatives (2026)
REA is a MCP servers tool: MCP server and CLI that lets coding agents reverse engineer native binaries, Electron and JavaScript apps, .NET assemblies and live websites, using Ghidra, Hopper or IDA under the hood. Pricing, as the maker states it: Open source. Its GitHub repo has 301,645 stars. We found 231 tools in the directory that do overlapping work (writing code, coding in the terminal, automating workflows); 117 of them are open source and 70 list a free or freemium plan. Below are the 10 closest, ranked by how many tasks and sub-tasks they share with REA, then by GitHub stars.
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Quick comparison Top 10 of 11 listed below. Pricing as the maker states it; blank means we don't have it.
| Tool | Pricing | Best for | Open source |
|---|---|---|---|
 Desktop Commander MCP | Open source | Research the web | Yes |
 Sentry MCP | Source-available + cloud | Write code | Source-available |
 Cloud Run MCP | Open source | Automate workflows | Yes |
 GitKraken MCP | Freemium | Write code | |
 remotify-mcp | Open source | Connect tools via MCP | Yes |
 CircleCI MCP | Freemium | Write code | |
 MCP Inspector | Open source | Connect tools via MCP | Yes |
 MCPorter | Open source | Connect tools via MCP | Yes |
 Google Workspace MCP | Open source | Connect tools via MCP | Yes |
 WaveSpeed MCP | Usage-based | Connect tools via MCP |
- Desktop Commander MCP (Open source): MCP server that gives Claude and other clients terminal control, process management, file search and diff-based file editing on your computer. Consider it because it is ready to use without building anything; it also covers code review and computer and desktop control.
- Sentry MCP (Source-available + cloud): Sentry's MCP server and CLI that give coding agents access to Sentry issues, errors and traces for debugging. Consider it because it also covers tracing and observability.
- Cloud Run MCP (Open source): Google Cloud's MCP server and Gemini CLI extension that lets AI agents deploy apps to Cloud Run. Consider it because it does the same job with a different approach (open source).
- GitKraken MCP (Freemium): GitKraken's MCP server, via the GitKraken CLI, for managing repos, pull requests and issues across GitHub, GitLab and Bitbucket. Consider it because it also covers code review.
- remotify-mcp (Open source): remotify-mcp is a free, open-source (Apache-2.0) local stdio MCP server (npx remotify-mcp) that gives Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, OpenCode, Gemini CLI and other MCP hosts a remote_exec tool for running shell commands on a remote computer through an HTTP relay. The remote machine needs only curl and bash (no SSH port or installed agent), and each command can wait for human approval or run automatically. Consider it because it also covers local and self-hosted.
- CircleCI MCP (Freemium): CircleCI's MCP servers (hosted and CLI) for diagnosing build failures, inspecting runs and managing CI pipelines from coding agents. Consider it because it does the same job with a different approach (freemium).
- MCP Inspector (Open source): Official developer tool for testing and debugging MCP servers through a web UI, CLI or terminal UI. Consider it because it does the same job with a different approach (open source).
- MCPorter (Open source): TypeScript runtime and CLI for discovering and calling MCP servers from scripts, terminals and agents, or packaging them as standalone CLIs. Consider it because it does the same job with a different approach (open source).
- Google Workspace MCP (Open source): MCP server and CLI that gives AI assistants natural-language control of Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, Tasks and Chat. Consider it because it also covers email.
- WaveSpeed MCP (Usage-based): WaveSpeed MCP is WaveSpeedAI's official MCP server and CLI, which lets an AI agent run any model in WaveSpeed's live catalog of over a thousand image, video, audio and 3D generation models from one connection. Agents can pick a model, submit a generation job and get the result back without switching tools. It is available as a hosted remote server or a local install, and usage is billed per generation at WaveSpeed's API prices. Consider it because it is a managed commercial product, if you'd rather not run it yourself; it also covers local and self-hosted and video.
REA vs alternatives at a glance
| Tool | Pricing | Open source / licence | GitHub stars | Good for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 REA | Open source | MIT | 301,645 | writing code, coding in the terminal |
| Desktop Commander MCP | Open source | MIT | 10,091 | coding in the terminal, research |
| Sentry MCP | Source-available + cloud | No | 932 | writing code, coding in the terminal |
| Cloud Run MCP | Open source | Yes | 633 | coding in the terminal, automating workflows |
| GitKraken MCP | Freemium | No | 460 | writing code, reviewing pull requests |
| remotify-mcp | Open source | Yes | 3 | coding in the terminal, automating workflows |
| CircleCI MCP | Freemium | No | — | writing code, coding in the terminal |
| MCP Inspector | Open source | Apache License 2.0 (moving from MIT; older contributions stay MIT) | 11,095 | coding in the terminal, connecting tools with MCP |
| MCPorter | Open source | Yes | 5,069 | coding in the terminal, connecting tools with MCP |
| Google Workspace MCP | Open source | Yes | 3,361 | coding in the terminal, writing and managing email |
| WaveSpeed MCP | Usage-based | No | 34 | coding in the terminal, connecting tools with MCP |
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Alternatives are picked from directory data only: same category plus shared tasks and sub-tasks. Pricing is as each maker states it; GitHub stars as recorded on each listing.