OpenAI Codex CLI vs Aider vs OpenCode vs Cursor

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

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OpenAI Codex CLI
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Aider
Competitor 2
OpenCode
Competitor 3
Cursor
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool 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 Aider
aider.chat
AI pair programming in your terminal
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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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Competitor Cursor
cursor.sh
Code editor that actually understands your codebase
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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317.9Kvisits/mo
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4.5Mvisits/mo
MoM change
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▼ 15.9%
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▲ 7.8%
6-month growth
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-12.7%
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-1.8%
Global rank web
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#140,509
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#15,584
Avg. last 3 months
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378.5K
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4.4M
Bounce rate lower is better
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48%
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57%
Pages / visit
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2.0
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2.4
Visit duration
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55s
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1m 36s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 83% · ● Referral 16%
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● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
OpenAI Codex CLIAiderOpenCodeCursor
01.2M2.3M3.5M4.6MAider · 293.8KAider · 277.7KAider · 314.6KAider · 289.1KAider · 364.1KAider · 402KAider · 478.7KAider · 439.5KAider · 378KAider · 317.9KCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5M100K1M10MAider · 293.8KAider · 277.7KAider · 314.6KAider · 289.1KAider · 364.1KAider · 402KAider · 478.7KAider · 439.5KAider · 378KAider · 317.9KCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
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$20per month · free tier available
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Plans
GPT-6-Astra $10GPT-6.1-Sol $2GPT-6-Luna $0.10GPT-Live-1 $0.05/minute+1 more
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Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeImagesText
AudioCodeImagesTextWeb pages
CodeText
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
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Categories
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Coding
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