Anthropic MCP vs Aider

FeatureAnthropic MCPAider
CategoryAI DevelopmentCoding Assistants
PricingFree (open standard)Free (open-source)
GitHub Stars45,00030,000
PlatformsmacOS, Linux, WindowsmacOS, Linux, Windows
Features
  • ✓ Universal tool protocol
  • ✓ Server/client architecture
  • ✓ Stdio and SSE transport
  • ✓ TypeScript + Python SDKs
  • ✓ Growing ecosystem
  • ✓ Git-aware editing
  • ✓ Multi-file changes
  • ✓ Auto-commits
  • ✓ Multi-model
  • ✓ Voice coding
  • ✓ Linting
Tags
open-sourceprotocoltoolsintegrationstandard
open-sourcecodingcligitpair-programming