REA
Reverse engineer anything with agents, from app behavior down to native binaries.
Our verdict
A notable project that carries real maintenance risk. This assessment is derived from GitHub's own repository metrics on 2026-10-06, not from hands-on testing.
Reverse engineer anything with agents, from app behavior down to native binaries. The project is written primarily in TypeScript, released under MIT, and has 8,092 stars and 892 forks on GitHub. 10 contributors have committed to it, and the most recent push was 2026-10-06. The latest tagged release is rea-agents-4.1.0 (2026-10-06). Figures come from the GitHub API on 2026-10-06 and are refreshed daily; the score below weighs adoption, maintenance, release discipline, contributor breadth, licence clarity and issue hygiene.
Reviewed by AI Review Rating from GitHub API data How we score
Repository
- Licence
- MIT
- Language
- TypeScript
- Last push
- 2026-10-06
Releases
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rea-agents-4.1.0rea-agents: v4.1.0 -
rea-agents-4.0.1rea-agents: v4.0.1 -
rea-agents-4.0.0rea-agents: v4.0.0 -
rea-agents-3.2.1rea-agents: v3.2.1 -
rea-agents-3.2.0rea-agents: v3.2.0 -
rea-agents-3.1.0rea-agents: v3.1.0
Pros and cons
Pros
Cons
Pricing
- Free tierYes
- LicenceMIT
- Self-hostYes, source is public
- Public price listNot published
REA does not publish a web price list. For consumer apps that usually means pricing appears inside the product; for enterprise tools it means talking to sales. Why we do this
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Questions
Is rea free?
Yes. rea advertises a free tier on its own site.
How much does rea cost?
rea does not publish a web price list. For consumer apps that usually means pricing appears inside the product; for enterprise tools it means talking to sales.
Is rea open source?
Yes. rea is a public repository released under MIT. You can self-host or inspect the source directly.
How is rea scored here?
rea scores 6.3 out of 10. That comes from a desk review of public evidence, which is capped at 8.5 out of 10: public pricing, documentation, maintenance signals and how much we could actually verify. Affiliate relationships are excluded from scoring entirely. The full rubric is published on our methodology page.