Aider vs OpenAI Codex CLI vs Continue vs OpenCode

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

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Aider
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OpenAI Codex CLI
Competitor 2
Continue
Competitor 3
OpenCode
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Aider
aider.chat
AI pair programming in your terminal
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Competitor OpenAI Codex CLI
developers.openai.com
OpenAI Codex CLI brings the Codex coding agent to the terminal and to scripts.
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Competitor Continue
continue.dev
Continue is an open-source AI coding agent that was built by a community of developers and has since been acquired by Cursor.
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Competitor OpenCode
opencode.ai
OpenCode is an open-source AI coding agent that helps developers write code in the terminal, an IDE or a desktop app.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
317.9Kvisits/mo
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410.4Kvisits/mo
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MoM change
▼ 15.9%
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▼ 16.6%
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6-month growth
-12.7%
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-24.4%
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Global rank web
#140,509
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#106,338
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Avg. last 3 months
378.5K
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539.2K
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Bounce rate lower is better
48%
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48%
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Pages / visit
2.0
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2.4
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Visit duration
55s
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1m 44s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 16%
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● Direct 93% · ● Referral 6%
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AiderOpenAI Codex CLIContinueOpenCode
0193.8K387.7K581.5K775.3KAider · 293.8KAider · 277.7KAider · 314.6KAider · 289.1KAider · 364.1KAider · 402KAider · 478.7KAider · 439.5KAider · 378KAider · 317.9KContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4K100K1MAider · 293.8KAider · 277.7KAider · 314.6KAider · 289.1KAider · 364.1KAider · 402KAider · 478.7KAider · 439.5KAider · 378KAider · 317.9KContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
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GPT-6-Astra $10GPT-6.1-Sol $2GPT-6-Luna $0.10GPT-Live-1 $0.05/minute+1 more
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Capabilities input → output
Input
AudioCodeImagesTextWeb pages
CodeImagesText
CodeText
CodeText
Output
Code
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Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Coding
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Code testing
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Terminal commands management
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