Aider vs Claude Code

AiderView

Claude CodeView

MLX Score

2.6

4.7

What it is

Open-source AI pair programming in the terminal: it maps your codebase, edits files and commits each change to git.

Anthropic's coding agent: it reads your codebase, edits files and runs commands from the terminal, an IDE or the Claude app.

Maker

Aider-AI

Anthropic

Kind

Command line · Coding

Price

Free

$20/mo

Your data

On your Mac or in the cloud

Runs in the cloud

Licence

Apache-2.0

Proprietary

Mac

Yes

macOS 13.0+

iPhone

—

Get it

pip, Homebrew, Website

Terminal, Homebrew, Website

Checked

2026-11-01

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