[7] It hosts books from centuries earlier and is recognized as the largest website in the world for the preservation of Urdu literature.

[10] It is also credited for preserving 7000 biographies of poets (worldwide), 70,000 ghazals, 28,000 couplets, 12,000 nazms, 6,836 literary videos, 2,127 audio files, 140,000 e-books[11] manuscripts and pop magazines.

[13] Following the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns, it launched an "online mehfil" (live seasons) of literature, music and poetry across its social channels via third-party software component.

[21] Sufinama[22] is a Rekhta Foundation initiative that preserves and propagates 400 years of Sufi writing and philosophy.

On 13 December 2019, it made official announcement during its sixth edition of the mehfil held at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium.

An Indian writer and journalist Ziya Us Salam called the changes unfavorable and linked it to the Delhi High Court's decision after it ordered the police "to cut down on “difficult” words in Urdu".