rea vs craft-anything

Fastest climbers. +18.6k ★ in 6 days vs +13.8k ★ in 6 days. Six rounds of real GitHub data, an AI referee, and the crowd picks a side.

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morluto/rea: 451,528 stars, TypeScript. Reverse engineer anything with agents, from app behavior down to native binaries.
storytold/craft-anything: 27,727 stars, Rust. Craft Anything: understand how any software works, and craft your own.

rea vs craft-anything: tale of the tape

GitHub data as of November 11, 2026

rea has 16.3 times as many GitHub stars as craft-anything (451,528 vs 27,727). In the last 6 days, rea gained more stars: +18,584 (+4.3%) against +13,795 (+99.0%) for craft-anything. rea saw more development in the last 52 weeks with 6,065 commits, against 880 for craft-anything. rea is the older project (created April 2026), craft-anything started in October 2026. rea is written mainly in TypeScript, craft-anything in Rust.

	morluto/rea	storytold/craft-anything
Stars	451,528	27,727
Stars gained, last 6 days	+18,584	+13,795
Growth, last 6 days	+4.3%	+99.0%
Avg. stars per day since creation	2,140	2,521
Forks	111,096	5,610
Commits, last 52 weeks	6,065	880
Open issues	1,709	303
Best Repocharts rank today	#1 in AI	#2 in Rising
Language	TypeScript	Rust
License	MIT	Apache-2.0
Created	Apr 14, 2026	Oct 31, 2026
Last push	Nov 11, 2026	Nov 11, 2026

Quick answers

Which is more popular, rea or craft-anything?

rea has 16.3 times as many GitHub stars as craft-anything (451,528 vs 27,727) (Repocharts data as of November 11, 2026).

Which is growing faster, rea or craft-anything?

In the last 6 days, rea gained more stars: +18,584 (+4.3%) against +13,795 (+99.0%) for craft-anything.

Which is more actively developed?

rea saw more development in the last 52 weeks with 6,065 commits, against 880 for craft-anything.

What languages are rea and craft-anything written in?

rea is written mainly in TypeScript, craft-anything in Rust.

How does RepoClash compare rea and craft-anything?

RepoClash scores both repositories in six rounds (popularity, momentum, activity, community, maintenance and freshness) from public GitHub data, adds an AI referee's verdict and lets developers vote for their favorite. Star counts are updated daily.