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rea vs Webiny
rea has 427,743 GitHub stars, 106,451 forks, 70 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Webiny has 8,049 stars, 683 forks, 352 open issues and last shipped yesterday. rea leads on adoption by 5,214% (427,743 vs 8,049 stars). rea is written in TypeScript under MIT; Webiny is written in TypeScript under a custom or non-standard licence. rea has attracted 25% as many forks as stars, Webiny 8%. rea was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (mcp), 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 | Webiny | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 428K | ★ 8.0K |
| License | MIT | Custom / other |
| Written in | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-11-04 | 2026-11-04 |
| Forks | ⑂ 106K | ⑂ 683 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick rea if
- You weight community size — 428K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Webiny if
- You want the Webiny feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and Webiny fits your workflow better
About rea
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About Webiny
AI programmable CMS for enterprises hosting on AWS About Webiny Open source content platform. Self hosted on AWS serverless. Built as a TypeScript framework you extend with code, not a closed product you configure through a UI. Runs on Lambda, DynamoDB, S3, and CloudFront inside your own AWS account. Scales automatically. No servers to manage. Infrastructure provisioned via IaC (Pulumi) in a single deploy command. Used in production by teams managing hundreds of millions of content records, petabytes of assets, and thousands of editors — including Amazon, Emirates, Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, and…
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Frequently asked questions
Is rea or Webiny more popular?
rea has 427,743 GitHub stars and Webiny has 8,049. rea has the larger community by that measure.
Are rea and Webiny free?
Both are open source. rea is licensed under MIT, and Webiny has no licence declared in this registry. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between rea and Webiny?
rea is written in TypeScript and Webiny in TypeScript. 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 Webiny?
Choose rea if you want the larger community (427,743 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose Webiny if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.