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Comparison	Aider✓ Open-source terminal pair programmer with git-native workflows Open Source	Claude Code✓ Anthropic's terminal-based AI coding agent with 80.9% SWE-bench, Agent Teams, and GitHub Actions Subscription	Cursor✓ The AI-native code editor with $1B+ ARR, 25+ models, and background agents on dedicated VMs Freemium
Category	AI Coding CLI	AI Coding CLI	AI-Powered IDE
Pricing	Free (Open Source): $0 (pay only for AI model usage)	Claude Pro: $20/month Claude Max 5x: $100/month Claude Max 20x: $200/month Teams: $25-$150/seat/month API Usage: Opus 4.6: $5/$25 MTok \| Sonnet 4.6: $3/$15 MTok	Hobby: $0/month Pro: $20/month Pro+: $60/month Ultra: $200/month Teams: $40/user/month
AI Models	GPT-5.2GPT-5.3-CodexGPT-5.3-Codex-SparkOpenAI o3OpenAI o4-mini+9 more	claude-opus-4-6claude-sonnet-4-6	Claude Opus 4.5Claude Sonnet 4.5Claude Sonnet 4.6GPT-5GPT-5.2+4 more
Context Window	Depends on chosen model; supports high-context LLMs and uses a repo map for large codebases	200K tokens standard; 1M token beta available on Opus 4.6	Up to 272K tokens (codebase-wide context via RAG indexing)
Capabilities	Code Generation Debugging Refactoring Testing Documentation Chat Multi File	Code Completion Code Generation Code Review Debugging Refactoring Testing Documentation Chat Agentic Mode Multi File	Code Completion Code Generation Code Review Debugging Refactoring Testing Documentation Chat Agentic Mode Multi File Voice Input
Platforms	macOSLinuxWindows	macOSLinuxWindows	macOSWindowsLinux
Languages	PythonJavaScriptTypeScriptJavaC++Go+4 more	Any language via local files and repositories	All languages supported by VS Code
Open Source	Yes	No	No
GitHub Stars	38,809Most	N/A	N/A
Users	N/A	N/A	1M+ daily active users
Rating	N/A	N/A	N/A
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