# Aider vs Claude Code (slim)

> Claude Code has a score of 62.2 (B) against Aider's 47.1 (D). Both do agent harness. The largest gap is maintenance & community, 69 points. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Claude Code has a score of 62.2 (B) against Aider's 47.1 (D). Both do agent harness. The largest gap is maintenance & community, 69 points.

- Aider: D 47.1, rank #385 of 452 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/aider.min.md
- Claude Code: B 62.2, rank #222 of 452 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/claude-code.min.md
- Pick Aider for payments & pricing (+40). Pick Claude Code for schema & documentation (+24), agent ergonomics (+22), security & auth (+21), maintenance & community (+69), transparency & trust (+19).

| Category | Aider | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 54 | 50 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 56 | 80 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 65 | 87 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 59 | 80 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 13 | 82 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 65 | 84 |