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| Field | Aider | Windsurf |
|---|---|---|
| One-liner | AI pair programming in your terminal. | The agentic IDE that keeps developers in flow. |
| Category | AI Coding | AI Coding |
| Starting price / mo | Pricing unknown | $15/mo |
| Company | Aider AI | Codeium |
| Founded | 2023 | 2024 |
| GitHub | github.com/Aider-AI/aider | — |
| — | @windsurf_ai | |
| Tags | Open Source, CLI, Git | Editor, VS Code Fork, Agentic |
| Status | Tracked | Tracked |