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rea vs moai-adk
rea has 422,352 GitHub stars, 105,329 forks, 70 open issues and last shipped yesterday. moai-adk has 1,250 stars, 226 forks, 18 open issues and last shipped yesterday. rea leads on adoption by 33,688% (422,352 vs 1,250 stars). rea is written in TypeScript under MIT; moai-adk is written in Go under Apache-2.0. rea has attracted 25% as many forks as stars, moai-adk 18%. moai-adk was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (claude-code), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| rea | moai-adk | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 422K | ★ 1.3K |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | TypeScript | Go |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-11-02 |
| Forks | ⑂ 105K | ⑂ 226 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick rea if
- You weight community size — 422K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick moai-adk if
- You want the moai-adk feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You evaluated both and moai-adk fits your workflow better
About rea
English · 简体中文 · 繁體中文 · 日本語 · 한국어 · Türkçe · Русский · Tiếng Việt · ไทย · Deutsch · Español · Français · Українська · Polski · Português (Brasil) · العربية · فارسی REA: Reverse Engineer Anything One MCP for reverse engineering across binaries, applications, and runtime behavior. See a feature you like. Understand how it works, down to the binary level. Website · Guides · Showcases Quick start · How REA works · What you can analyze · Showcases · FAQ · Documentation npx rea agents setup Join the Reverse Engineering Community Discord · Q&A · Show and Tell See a feature in an app that you want in your own product?…
About moai-adk
MoAI ADK A verification driven agent orchestration harness — the structure that makes Claude Code's code trustworthy English · 한국어 · 日本語 · 中文 Official Documentation · Book: Practical Agentic Coding with Claude Code · Discord "The model is a stochastic worker moving token by token. It cannot remember, turn to turn, what it used this turn and how much, whether the result is good, or how far the last session got. A harness enforces all three from the outside." What's New in v3.1 — Kanban Mode v3.1 ships on August 15, Liberation Day in Korea. The intent: release work from the old shape of a single session bound to…
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Frequently asked questions
Is rea or moai-adk more popular?
rea has 422,352 GitHub stars and moai-adk has 1,250. rea has the larger community by that measure.
Are rea and moai-adk free?
Both are open source. rea is licensed under MIT and moai-adk under Apache-2.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between rea and moai-adk?
rea is written in TypeScript and moai-adk in Go. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, rea or moai-adk?
Choose rea if you want the larger community (422,352 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose moai-adk if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.