Aider vs Perplexity

FeatureAiderPerplexity
CategoryCoding AssistantsAI Search
PricingFree (open-source)Free + Pro $20/mo
GitHub Stars30,000—
PlatformsmacOS, Linux, WindowsWeb, iOS, Android
Features
  • ✓ Git-aware editing
  • ✓ Multi-file changes
  • ✓ Auto-commits
  • ✓ Multi-model
  • ✓ Voice coding
  • ✓ Linting
  • ✓ Real-time search
  • ✓ Citations
  • ✓ Follow-up questions
  • ✓ File upload
  • ✓ API
  • ✓ Collections
Tags
open-sourcecodingcligitpair-programming
searchresearchcitationswebapi