Claude Code vs Aider

FeatureClaude CodeAider
CategoryCoding AssistantsCoding Assistants
PricingPay-per-use (API)Free (open-source)
GitHub Stars25,00030,000
PlatformsmacOS, Linux, WindowsmacOS, Linux, Windows
Features
  • ✓ Terminal-native
  • ✓ Multi-file editing
  • ✓ Git integration
  • ✓ Codebase reasoning
  • ✓ Tool use
  • ✓ MCP support
  • ✓ Git-aware editing
  • ✓ Multi-file changes
  • ✓ Auto-commits
  • ✓ Multi-model
  • ✓ Voice coding
  • ✓ Linting
Tags
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open-sourcecodingcligitpair-programming