Aider vs. Droid CLI

Feature	Aider	Droid CLI

Tagline	AI pair programming in your terminal	Agent-native software development in your terminal
Website	https://aider.chat	https://factory.ai
Language	python	typescript
Release Date	July 8, 2023	May 28, 2025
Last Updated	April 28, 2026	May 14, 2026
Provider Type	Independent	Independent
MCP Support	No	Yes
Multi-Agent Support	No	Yes
Git Integration	deep	deep
Multi-File Editing	Yes	Yes
Auto Test Running	Yes	Yes
Sandbox / Permissions	No	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	Yes
Voice Mode	Yes	No
IDE Integration	VS Code, Neovim, Emacs	VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, JetBrains IDEs, Vim, Zed
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	Yes
Web Search	No	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	Yes
Context Window	Model-dependent	Model-dependent
Terminal Bench 2.0		#11 · 77.3% ±2.2 ²
Supported Models	Claude Sonnet 4.5/4.6, Claude Opus 4.5/4.6, GPT-5.4, GPT-4o, DeepSeek, Gemini, Llama, Qwen	Frontier models by Factory: Opus 4.6, GPT-5, GPT-5.3-Codex & custom models; DeepSeek, GLM, Kimi K2, Qwen.
Pricing Model	BYOK	Freemium
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free (BYOK)	$20-200/mo
Source Code Availability	Open Source (Apache-2.0)	Source Available (Proprietary)
Source Code	https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider	https://github.com/Factory-AI/factory
Development State	active	active