Cline vs Aider

FeatureClineAider
CategoryCoding AssistantsCoding Assistants
PricingFree (open-source)Free (open-source)
GitHub Stars18,00030,000
PlatformsmacOS, Linux, WindowsmacOS, Linux, Windows
Features
  • ✓ VS Code extension
  • ✓ Browser use
  • ✓ Terminal access
  • ✓ Multi-model
  • ✓ File editing
  • ✓ Git-aware editing
  • ✓ Multi-file changes
  • ✓ Auto-commits
  • ✓ Multi-model
  • ✓ Voice coding
  • ✓ Linting
Tags
codingvscodeautonomousopen-source
open-sourcecodingcligitpair-programming