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openwork vs rea
openwork and rea share 5 technologies: MCP, xterm, Zod, Ajv, and yaml. Both are written in TypeScript.
What they share and what sets them apart
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openwork
The open-source alternative to Claude Cowork (powered by opencode)
TypeScript24.4kRead on November 4, 2026, at commit 2fff515What is openwork built with?morluto
rea
Reverse engineer anything with agents, from app behavior down to native binaries.
TypeScript428.2kRead on November 4, 2026, at commit d7df9dfWhat is rea built with?In common
Only in openwork
- Vite
- React Router
- React
- Sentry
- Electron
- Next.js
- Redis
- Stripe
- Hono
PostHog- MySQL
- PlanetScale
- Resend
- Vercel
- Tailwind CSS
class-variance-authority
tailwind-merge
motion
sonner
- CodeMirror
- lexical
- @tanstack/react-virtual
- Mermaid
- Lucide
@heroicons/react
ai
marked
- dompurify
shiki
- htmlparser2
katex
- Drizzle
- @ai-sdk/provider
- Better Auth
- jose
- sharp
- fast-xml-parser
- sanitize-html
- @standard-schema/spec
@hono/node-server
- opentelemetry
recharts
- cmdk
- Framer
react-email
nodemailer
Only in rea
@clack/prompts
- cairosvg
@xmldom/xmldom
- plist
parse5
- saxes
ajv-formats
- har-schema
- pino
Side by side
openworkrea
SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
openwork954,486 lines written3,280 code files
rea1,668,610 lines written2,423 code files
Who writes itA commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
openwork3% of its commits signed by AIWith Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Codex, and Warp
rea16.3% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Factory, GitHub Copilot, and Devin
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
openworkLast push November 4, 20266,571 commits24,396 stars
reaLast push November 4, 20265,979 commits428,191 stars
TestsThe files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.
openwork822 test files27.7% of its code files have a test that imports them
rea3,518 test files66.6% of its code files have a test that imports them
Frequently asked questions
Which is bigger, openwork or rea?
rea, with 1,668,610 lines written in 2,423 code files; openwork has 954,486 in 3,280.
The proof: morluto/rea's code at commit d7df9df
Which has more GitHub stars, openwork or rea?
rea, with 428,191 stars; openwork has 24,396.
The proof: morluto/rea on GitHub
Which has more tests, openwork or rea?
rea, with 3,518 test files; openwork has 822.
The proof: morluto/rea's code at commit d7df9df
Which was updated more recently, openwork or rea?
Both got their last push on November 4, 2026.
The proof: different-ai/openwork's commits on GitHub
Which has more commits signed by AI, openwork or rea?
rea: an AI signed 16.3% of its commits, with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Factory, GitHub Copilot, and Devin; in openwork, 3%.
The proof: the commits each tool signed in morluto/rea
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