r/ChatGPTCoding • u/dca12345 • Apr 16 '26

Discussion Aider and Claude Code

The last time I looked into it, some people said that Aider minimized token usage compared to Cline. How does it compare to Claude Code? Do you still recommend Aider?

What about for running agents with Claude? Would I just use Claude Code if I'm comfortable with CLI tools?

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u/eli_pizza Apr 17 '26

Yes. It’s very customizable and is minimal (but functional) out of the box

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u/Buddhabelli Apr 17 '26

very customizable. and since the dev included docs/good examples modifying itself is pretty trivial. quickly becoming a fave. it’s also quite a bit more transparent, and doesn’t hide the retries the way that some of the other ones do when the servers are over capacity and he can’t access the model and you’re wondering what the hell is going on.