Aider alternatives, according to AI assistants
The AI coding assistants that ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity name most, other than Aider. Ranked by score, with the question each one wins most often.
- 1.Cursor65
Named in 4 of 4 answers to "What are the best AI coding assistants?"
- 2.GitHub Copilot62
Named in 4 of 4 answers to "What are the best AI coding assistants?"
- 3.Claude Code46
Named in 3 of 3 answers to "What are the best AI coding agents that can work across a whole codebase?"
- 4.OpenAI Codex22
Named in 3 of 3 answers to "What are the best AI coding agents that can work across a whole codebase?"
- 5.Windsurf21
Named in 3 of 3 answers to "What's the best AI code editor right now?"
- 6.Cline20
Named in 3 of 3 answers to "What are the best free AI coding assistants?"
- 7.Continue15
Named in 4 of 4 answers to "What's the best AI coding assistant I can run locally for privacy?"
Named in 3 of 3 answers to "What's the best AI coding assistant for Python?"
- 9.Tabnine10
Named in 3 of 4 answers to "Which AI coding assistant is best for professional developers?"
Named in 2 of 4 answers to "What are the best AI coding assistants?"
Ranked by how often AI assistants name each product, weighted by position. How the score works · Back to Aider · Full AI coding assistants leaderboard