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Model keys come from environment variables, a `.env` file or `--api-key` flags, and go straight to the provider through LiteLLM.", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "Free and Apache-2.0, with nothing to buy. You pay your model provider, or nothing with a local model.", "priceSummary": "Free · OSS", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs or the source (checked 2026-10-01).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 49300, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-01" }, "docsUrl": "https://aider.chat/docs/", "capabilities": [ "agent.harness" ], "tags": [ "open-source", "local", "free", "no-card", "python", "pre-1.0" ], "lastRelease": "2026-02-12", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 49.1, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 1105, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1510, "categoryRank": 43, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 65, "maintenance": 13, "payments": 60, "reliability": 44, "schema": 56, "security": 59, "transparency": 65 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "high", "date": "2026-11-05" }, "negative": -4, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-09-04. CVE-2026-85674 (CVSS 3.1 7.8, filed by VulnCheck). Aider loads `.aider.conf.yml` from the root of the repository it starts in, and a crafted file's `test-cmd` runs at startup and `lint-cmd` on the first edit, through a shell, with no confirmation, model call or API key. It affects 0.86.2 and earlier, no release or commit on main fixes it on 5 November 2026, and the report (#5254) was open on 1 October. An unfixed High filed by a third party, counted on its own at this run's value for an unfixed High, -2. https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2026/85xxx/CVE-2026-85674.json", "2026-10-23. CVE-2026-115726 (CVSS 3.1 7.8, filed by VulnCheck). The same auto-loaded `.aider.conf.yml` can set `notifications-command` or `editor`, which aider runs through a shell after model replies or `/editor`, with no trust prompt. It affects 0.86.2 and earlier and no release or commit on main fixes it. A separate record on another path, counted on its own at this run's value for an unfixed High, -2. https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2026/115xxx/CVE-2026-115726.json" ], "verdict": "Analytics are opt-in and offered to 10 per cent of users, with a permanent opt-out and a local log. No release since 0.86.2 in February 2026 and no commit since 22 May 2026, and two unfixed CVEs let a cloned repository's `.aider.conf.yml` run shell commands without a prompt.", "bestFor": "A person pair-programming in a terminal who wants git-tracked edits and a small context footprint, with any model.", "strengths": [ "Analytics opt-in and offered to 10 per cent of users, with a permanent opt-out and a local log", "A git commit per edit by default, with `/undo`", "Asks before running shell commands the model suggests", "A repo map sized by `--map-tokens` keeps its own context cost small", "Any model through LiteLLM, local ones included, with no account" ], "weaknesses": [ "No release since 0.86.2 in February 2026 and no commit since 22 May 2026", "CVE-2026-85674 and CVE-2026-115726 let a repository's `.aider.conf.yml` run shell commands without a prompt, both unfixed", "No MCP support and no JSON output mode", "The released package requires Python below 3.13", "About 1,300 open issues and 512 open pull requests without visible triage (1 October count)" ], "agentNotes": [ "Read `.aider.conf.yml` in any cloned repository before starting aider. Its `test-cmd`, `lint-cmd`, `notifications-command` and `editor` run without asking", "Script edits with `--message` and `--no-suggest-shell-commands`, not `--yes-always`", "Use Python 3.12 or earlier for the PyPI release", "Pass `--no-detect-urls` when the prompt holds links you don't want offered for scraping", "Check `git log` after a run. 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You pay for the coding agents it runs, through your own subscriptions or API keys (checked 2026-11-07).", "priceSummary": "Free · OSS", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No payment protocol in the repository or README (checked 2026-11-07).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-11-07" }, "docsUrl": "https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo#readme", "capabilities": [ "agent.harness", "agent.multi-agent" ], "tags": [ "open-source", "apache-2.0", "desktop-app", "mobile", "cli", "self-hosted", "new" ], "lastRelease": "2026-11-07", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 62.1, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 577, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1510, "categoryRank": 14, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 70, "maintenance": 75, "payments": 60, "reliability": 50, "schema": 65, "security": 58, "transparency": 68 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "low", "date": "2026-11-07" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "A self-hosted, open-source workspace for running many coding agents on your own machines, scriptable from the CLI and reachable from phone, web or desktop, with no telemetry or forced log-in. It's pre-1.0 and run largely by one maintainer.", "bestFor": "Developers who want parallel coding agents on their own machines with no telemetry, reachable from anywhere.", "strengths": [ "No telemetry, tracking or forced log-ins, per the README", "Agents can create worktrees, launch other agents and talk to them across providers", "Desktop, iOS, Android, web and CLI clients for one self-hosted daemon", "Apache 2.0, with a changelog and CI" ], "weaknesses": [ "Pre-1.0, at 0.15.3", "Most commits come from one maintainer and bots", "No prompt-injection guidance for agents that read untrusted content" ], "agentNotes": [ "Run the daemon on the machine that has your tools and credentials, and connect from the clients", "Script runs from the CLI for repeatable agent jobs" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "low", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 62.1 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 70, "maintenance": 75, "payments": 60, "reliability": 50, "schema": 65, "security": 58, "transparency": 82 }, "provenanceScore": 53, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-11-07", "maintenance": "2026-11-07", "payments": "2026-11-07", "reliability": "2026-11-07", "schema": "2026-11-07", "security": "2026-11-07", "transparency": "2026-11-07" }, "last": "2026-11-07", "oldest": "2026-11-07", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "install": "Download from the releases page, or run the daemon with Docker or Nix" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.harness", "tool": "https://letme.dev/paseo" }, "area": "frameworks", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Mohamed Boudra", "domain": "paseo.sh", "domainRegistered": "", "domainNote": "Not looked up: RDAP isn't requested under the 1 November 2026 rules.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "", "privacy": "", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://github.com/getpaseo/paseo/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-11-07", "notes": [ "The licence names Mohamed Boudra. The repository is github.com/getpaseo/paseo." ], "score": 53 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/paseo.json", "live": { "slug": "paseo", "securityTxt": { "url": "https://paseo.sh/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "unknown", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T16:00:35.732625089Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/getpaseo/paseo/main/CHANGELOG.md", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:21:03.944050608Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "c67e95fe9cd7" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-11-07T16:00:35.732625089Z" } }, "edges": [ { "by": 62, "category": "maintenance", "leads": "paseo", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "reasons": { "a": "0.86.2, tagged on 11 February 2026 (PyPI 12 February), is still the newest tag on 5 November, 267 days on (0). No release in the 90 days from 7 August (0). No commit on main since 2026-05-22 (5dc9490). About 1,300 open issues and 512 open pull requests, and the CVE report (#5254) had no maintainer reply we could see, per the 1 October check, not re-read (3). The PyPI package lags main, which declares Python 3.13 and 3.14 support that the release doesn't allow (5). CI ran on the last commits and dependencies are pinned, as of May (5). 0 + 0 + 3 + 5 + 5 = 13.", "b": "v0.15.3 and commits on 7 November 2026 (30). More than three releases in 90 days (20). GitHub issues and pull requests weren't read (GitHub's pages refuse these sessions), so that line is scored absent (0). Current builds (15). CI on push (10). 30 + 20 + 0 + 15 + 10 = 75." }, "scores": { "a": 13, "b": 75 } }, { "by": 9, "category": "schema", "leads": "paseo", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "reasons": { "a": "No machine-readable contract. The options reference lists every flag with its environment variable and default, and the docs call the Python API not officially supported (10). No llms.txt or Markdown versions of pages found in the site source (0). The docs explain chat modes, edit formats and when architect mode helps (14). Typed config through `.aider.conf.yml` and flags with defaults (10). Many usage examples and troubleshooting pages (12). A release history per version without dates (10).", "b": "Harness reading. Public docs, a CLI and plugin examples in the repository (65)." }, "scores": { "a": 56, "b": 65 } }, { "by": 6, "category": "reliability", "leads": "paseo", "name": "Reliability", "reasons": { "a": "Read as a local package. aider-chat on PyPI, but the latest release (0.86.2, tagged 11 February 2026) requires Python below 3.13, while main declares 3.10 to 3.14 (18). The Ubuntu test workflow runs pytest on Python 3.10 to 3.14 on every push to main, and a Windows workflow sits beside it. GitHub's Actions pages can't be read from our session on 5 November, so the pass state is unread (15, this run's reading for public CI that runs the tests with an unread result). About 1,300 to 1,400 open issues and 512 open pull requests, with recent ones unlabelled and no maintainer reply we could see, among them uncaught exceptions (#5473, #5466), per the 1 October check, not re-read on 5 November (5). HISTORY.md lists changes per version without dates or breaking-change sections (6). 0.86, pre-1.0, and classed 4 - Beta (0). 18 + 15 + 5 + 6 + 0 = 44.", "b": "Local software. Desktop builds, an Android APK, a Docker image and a Nix package (20). ci.yml on the repository; pass state not read (15). GitHub issues and pull requests weren't read (GitHub's pages refuse these sessions), so that line is scored absent (0). CHANGELOG.md (15). Version 0.15.3 (0). 20 + 15 + 0 + 15 + 0 = 50." }, "scores": { "a": 44, "b": 50 } }, { "by": 5, "category": "ergonomics", "leads": "paseo", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "reasons": { "a": "Harness reading of the framework line, scored on what an agent or pipeline driving it has to supply. Aider doesn't use tool calls or MCP. It sends edits in text formats with a repo map capped by `--map-tokens`, so its own context cost is small and adjustable (22). `--map-tokens`, `--max-chat-history-tokens` and single-shot `--message` runs (14). Plain-text output, with no JSON mode or documented exit codes (8). Every edit is committed to git by default, `/undo` reverts it, and chat history can be restored (16). Python only, with an unofficial Python API and no MCP for adding tools (5).", "b": "Harness reading. A self-hosted daemon that agents can use to create worktrees, launch other agents and talk to them, scriptable from the CLI (70)." }, "scores": { "a": 65, "b": 70 } } ], "facts": [ { "a": "Agent harness", "b": "Agent harness", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Aider AI LLC", "b": "Mohamed Boudra", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "None", "b": "None", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Free", "b": "Free", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Apache-2.0", "b": "Apache-2.0", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-02-12", "b": "2026-11-07", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "no document linked", "b": "no document linked", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "no document linked", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "49k stars", "b": "none", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "1/5 (2)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Paseo scores 62.1 (B) on agent readiness against Aider's 49.1 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Aider or Paseo?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Aider is open source (Apache-2.0). Paseo is open source (Apache-2.0).", "question": "Are Aider and Paseo open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": null, "also": [ "Free to start without a card" ], "goodFor": "A person pair-programming in a terminal who wants git-tracked edits and a small context footprint, with any model.", "slug": "aider", "watchFor": "No release since 0.86.2 in February 2026 and no commit since 22 May 2026" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 50 against 44", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 65 against 56", "Agent ergonomics, 70 against 65", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 75 against 13" ], "also": [ "No incidents deducted, where Aider loses 4 points for them" ], "goodFor": "Developers who want parallel coding agents on their own machines with no telemetry, reachable from anywhere.", "slug": "paseo", "watchFor": "Pre-1.0, at 0.15.3" } ], "history": { "aider": [ { "causes": [ "evidence", "correction" ], "date": "2026-11-05", "delta": 2, "from": 47.1, "fromGrade": "D", "to": 49.1, "toGrade": "D" }, { "causes": [ "evidence" ], "date": "2026-10-28", "delta": -0.2, "from": 47.3, "fromGrade": "D", "to": 47.1, "toGrade": "D" }, { "causes": [ "method" ], "date": "2026-10-27", "delta": 0.4, "from": 46.9, "fromGrade": "D", "to": 47.3, "toGrade": "D" } ], "paseo": null }, "job": { "capability": "agent.harness", "name": "Agent harnesses" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-aider.json", "title": "Agent Zero vs Aider", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-aider" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-paseo.json", "title": "Agent Zero vs Paseo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-zero-vs-paseo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-amp.json", "title": "Aider vs Amp", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-amp" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-antigravity-cli.json", "title": "Aider vs Antigravity CLI", "url": 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-verdent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-vibe-trading.json", "title": "Aider vs Vibe-Trading", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-vibe-trading" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-warp.json", "title": "Aider vs Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-warp" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-paseo.json", "title": "Amp vs Paseo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-paseo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-paseo.json", "title": "Antigravity CLI vs Paseo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/antigravity-cli-vs-paseo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/auggie-vs-paseo.json", "title": "Auggie CLI vs Paseo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/auggie-vs-paseo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/axlr-vs-paseo.json", "title": "AXLR vs Paseo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/axlr-vs-paseo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-paseo.json", "title": "Claude Code vs Paseo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-paseo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-paseo.json", "title": "Cline vs Paseo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-paseo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-paseo.json", "title": "Conductor vs Paseo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/conductor-vs-paseo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/crush-vs-paseo.json", "title": "Crush vs Paseo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/crush-vs-paseo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cursor-cli-vs-paseo.json", "title": "Cursor CLI vs Paseo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cursor-cli-vs-paseo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-harness-vs-paseo.json", "title": "DeepSeek Harness (dsh) vs Paseo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-harness-vs-paseo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-superagent-vs-paseo.json", "title": "dsh-superagent (DeepSeek) vs Paseo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-superagent-vs-paseo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/devin-vs-paseo.json", "title": "Devin vs Paseo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/devin-vs-paseo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/droid-cli-vs-paseo.json", "title": "Droid CLI vs Paseo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/droid-cli-vs-paseo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/earendil-pi-vs-paseo.json", "title": "Pi vs Paseo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/earendil-pi-vs-paseo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/emdash-vs-paseo.json", "title": "Emdash vs Paseo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/emdash-vs-paseo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-cli-vs-paseo.json", "title": "Gemini CLI vs Paseo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-cli-vs-paseo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/github-copilot-cli-vs-paseo.json", "title": "GitHub Copilot CLI vs Paseo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/github-copilot-cli-vs-paseo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/goose-vs-paseo.json", "title": "goose vs Paseo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/goose-vs-paseo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness2-vs-paseo.json", "title": "Harness² vs Paseo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness2-vs-paseo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harnessrouter-vs-paseo.json", "title": "HarnessRouter vs Paseo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harnessrouter-vs-paseo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jules-vs-paseo.json", "title": "Jules vs Paseo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jules-vs-paseo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/junie-vs-paseo.json", "title": "Junie CLI vs Paseo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/junie-vs-paseo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kilo-code-cli-vs-paseo.json", "title": "Kilo Code CLI vs Paseo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kilo-code-cli-vs-paseo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kimi-code-cli-vs-paseo.json", "title": "Kimi Code CLI vs Paseo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kimi-code-cli-vs-paseo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kiro-cli-vs-paseo.json", "title": "Kiro CLI vs Paseo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kiro-cli-vs-paseo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/letta-vs-paseo.json", "title": "Letta vs Paseo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/letta-vs-paseo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-paseo.json", "title": "mini-swe-agent vs Paseo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mini-swe-agent-vs-paseo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-code-vs-paseo.json", "title": "MiniMax Code vs Paseo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/minimax-code-vs-paseo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mistral-vibe-cli-vs-paseo.json", "title": "Mistral Vibe CLI vs Paseo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mistral-vibe-cli-vs-paseo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/muse-code-vs-paseo.json", "title": "Muse Code vs Paseo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/muse-code-vs-paseo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-agents-api-vs-paseo.json", "title": "OpenAI Agents API vs Paseo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-agents-api-vs-paseo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-codex-vs-paseo.json", "title": "OpenAI Codex vs Paseo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-codex-vs-paseo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/opencode-vs-paseo.json", "title": "OpenCode vs Paseo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/opencode-vs-paseo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openhands-vs-paseo.json", "title": "OpenHands vs Paseo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openhands-vs-paseo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orca-vs-paseo.json", "title": "Orca vs Paseo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/orca-vs-paseo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paseo-vs-prime-agent.json", "title": "Paseo vs Prime Agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paseo-vs-prime-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paseo-vs-qoder-cli.json", "title": "Paseo vs Qoder CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paseo-vs-qoder-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paseo-vs-qwen-code.json", "title": "Paseo vs Qwen Code", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paseo-vs-qwen-code" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paseo-vs-reflection-mirror.json", "title": "Paseo vs Mirror CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paseo-vs-reflection-mirror" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paseo-vs-rovo-dev-cli.json", "title": "Paseo vs Rovo Dev CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paseo-vs-rovo-dev-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paseo-vs-sculptor.json", "title": "Paseo vs Sculptor", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paseo-vs-sculptor" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paseo-vs-t3-code.json", "title": "Paseo vs T3 Code", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paseo-vs-t3-code" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paseo-vs-traycer.json", "title": "Paseo vs Traycer", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paseo-vs-traycer" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paseo-vs-unstoppable.json", "title": "Paseo vs Unstoppable", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paseo-vs-unstoppable" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paseo-vs-verdent.json", "title": "Paseo vs Verdent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paseo-vs-verdent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paseo-vs-vibe-trading.json", "title": "Paseo vs Vibe-Trading", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paseo-vs-vibe-trading" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paseo-vs-warp.json", "title": "Paseo vs Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paseo-vs-warp" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/clawboo-vs-paseo.json", "title": "Clawboo vs Paseo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/clawboo-vs-paseo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-paseo.json", "title": "CLI Manager vs Paseo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-paseo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness-autonomous-vs-paseo.json", "title": "Harness vs Paseo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness-autonomous-vs-paseo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openmausbot-vs-paseo.json", "title": "OpenMausBot vs Paseo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openmausbot-vs-paseo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paperclip-vs-paseo.json", "title": "Paperclip vs Paseo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paperclip-vs-paseo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/parallax-agents-vs-paseo.json", "title": "Parallax vs Paseo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/parallax-agents-vs-paseo" } ], "panel": null, "scores": [ { "aider": 44, "by": 6, "edge": "paseo", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "paseo": 50, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "aider": 56, "by": 9, "edge": "paseo", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "paseo": 65, "weight": 13 }, { "aider": 65, "by": 5, "edge": "paseo", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "paseo": 70, "weight": 13 }, { "aider": 59, "by": 1, "edge": "aider", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "paseo": 58, "weight": 14 }, { "aider": 60, "by": 0, "edge": "", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "paseo": 60, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "aider": 13, "by": 62, "edge": "paseo", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "paseo": 75, "weight": 7 }, { "aider": 65, "by": 3, "edge": "paseo", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "paseo": 68, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Paseo scores 62.1 (B) on agent readiness against Aider's 49.1 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do agent harnesses.", "tasks": null, "tutorials": [], "verdicts": { "aider": "Analytics are opt-in and offered to 10 per cent of users, with a permanent opt-out and a local log. No release since 0.86.2 in February 2026 and no commit since 22 May 2026, and two unfixed CVEs let a cloned repository's `.aider.conf.yml` run shell commands without a prompt.", "paseo": "A self-hosted, open-source workspace for running many coding agents on your own machines, scriptable from the CLI and reachable from phone, web or desktop, with no telemetry or forced log-in. It's pre-1.0 and run largely by one maintainer." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-paseo", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-paseo.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-paseo.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-paseo.min.md" }, "markdown": "Paseo scores 62.1 (B) on agent readiness against Aider's 49.1 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do agent harnesses.\n\n- Aider: grade D, 49.1/100, rank #1105 of 1510. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/aider.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/aider.json\n- Paseo: grade B, 62.1/100, rank #577 of 1510. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/paseo.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/paseo.json\n- Best agent harnesses and coding agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/agent-harnesses/index.md\n- All 1500 harnesses comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-harnesses/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Aider (D)\n\nGood for: A person pair-programming in a terminal who wants git-tracked edits and a small context footprint, with any model.\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Free to start without a card\n\nWatch for: No release since 0.86.2 in February 2026 and no commit since 22 May 2026\n\n### Paseo (B)\n\nGood for: Developers who want parallel coding agents on their own machines with no telemetry, reachable from anywhere.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 50 against 44\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 65 against 56\n- Agent ergonomics, 70 against 65\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 75 against 13\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No incidents deducted, where Aider loses 4 points for them\n\nWatch for: Pre-1.0, at 0.15.3\n\n\n## Why the edge\n\n### Maintenance \u0026 community: Paseo +62\n\n- Aider (13): 0.86.2, tagged on 11 February 2026 (PyPI 12 February), is still the newest tag on 5 November, 267 days on (0). No release in the 90 days from 7 August (0). No commit on main since 2026-05-22 (5dc9490). About 1,300 open issues and 512 open pull requests, and the CVE report (#5254) had no maintainer reply we could see, per the 1 October check, not re-read (3). The PyPI package lags main, which declares Python 3.13 and 3.14 support that the release doesn't allow (5). CI ran on the last commits and dependencies are pinned, as of May (5). 0 + 0 + 3 + 5 + 5 = 13.\n- Paseo (75): v0.15.3 and commits on 7 November 2026 (30). More than three releases in 90 days (20). GitHub issues and pull requests weren't read (GitHub's pages refuse these sessions), so that line is scored absent (0). Current builds (15). CI on push (10). 30 + 20 + 0 + 15 + 10 = 75.\n\n### Schema \u0026 documentation: Paseo +9\n\n- Aider (56): No machine-readable contract. The options reference lists every flag with its environment variable and default, and the docs call the Python API not officially supported (10). No llms.txt or Markdown versions of pages found in the site source (0). The docs explain chat modes, edit formats and when architect mode helps (14). Typed config through `.aider.conf.yml` and flags with defaults (10). Many usage examples and troubleshooting pages (12). A release history per version without dates (10).\n- Paseo (65): Harness reading. Public docs, a CLI and plugin examples in the repository (65).\n\n### Reliability: Paseo +6\n\n- Aider (44): Read as a local package. aider-chat on PyPI, but the latest release (0.86.2, tagged 11 February 2026) requires Python below 3.13, while main declares 3.10 to 3.14 (18). The Ubuntu test workflow runs pytest on Python 3.10 to 3.14 on every push to main, and a Windows workflow sits beside it. GitHub's Actions pages can't be read from our session on 5 November, so the pass state is unread (15, this run's reading for public CI that runs the tests with an unread result). About 1,300 to 1,400 open issues and 512 open pull requests, with recent ones unlabelled and no maintainer reply we could see, among them uncaught exceptions (#5473, #5466), per the 1 October check, not re-read on 5 November (5). HISTORY.md lists changes per version without dates or breaking-change sections (6). 0.86, pre-1.0, and classed 4 - Beta (0). 18 + 15 + 5 + 6 + 0 = 44.\n- Paseo (50): Local software. Desktop builds, an Android APK, a Docker image and a Nix package (20). ci.yml on the repository; pass state not read (15). GitHub issues and pull requests weren't read (GitHub's pages refuse these sessions), so that line is scored absent (0). CHANGELOG.md (15). Version 0.15.3 (0). 20 + 15 + 0 + 15 + 0 = 50.\n\n### Agent ergonomics: Paseo +5\n\n- Aider (65): Harness reading of the framework line, scored on what an agent or pipeline driving it has to supply. Aider doesn't use tool calls or MCP. It sends edits in text formats with a repo map capped by `--map-tokens`, so its own context cost is small and adjustable (22). `--map-tokens`, `--max-chat-history-tokens` and single-shot `--message` runs (14). Plain-text output, with no JSON mode or documented exit codes (8). Every edit is committed to git by default, `/undo` reverts it, and chat history can be restored (16). Python only, with an unofficial Python API and no MCP for adding tools (5).\n- Paseo (70): Harness reading. A self-hosted daemon that agents can use to create worktrees, launch other agents and talk to them, scriptable from the CLI (70).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Aider | Paseo | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 44 | 50 | Paseo +6 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 56 | 65 | Paseo +9 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 65 | 70 | Paseo +5 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 59 | 58 | Aider +1 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 60 | even |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 13 | 75 | Paseo +62 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 65 | 68 | Paseo +3 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -4 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **49.1 · D** | **62.1 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Aider | Paseo |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Agent harness |\n| Vendor | Aider AI LLC | Mohamed Boudra |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | | |\n| Auth | None | None |\n| Pricing | Free | Free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | no |\n| Last release | 2026-02-12 | 2026-11-07 |\n| Terms last updated | no document linked | no document linked |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | no document linked |\n| Popularity | 49k stars | none |\n| Agent reviews | 1/5 (2) | none |\n\n## How the scores have moved\n\n### Aider\n\n- +2.0 on 5 November 2026: new evidence, correction\n- -0.2 on 28 October 2026: new evidence\n- +0.4 on 27 October 2026: checklist\n\n### Paseo\n\nNo score change since it was listed.\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Aider.** Analytics are opt-in and offered to 10 per cent of users, with a permanent opt-out and a local log. No release since 0.86.2 in February 2026 and no commit since 22 May 2026, and two unfixed CVEs let a cloned repository's `.aider.conf.yml` run shell commands without a prompt.\n\n**Paseo.** A self-hosted, open-source workspace for running many coding agents on your own machines, scriptable from the CLI and reachable from phone, web or desktop, with no telemetry or forced log-in. It's pre-1.0 and run largely by one maintainer.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Aider\n\n1. Read `.aider.conf.yml` in any cloned repository before starting aider. Its `test-cmd`, `lint-cmd`, `notifications-command` and `editor` run without asking\n2. Script edits with `--message` and `--no-suggest-shell-commands`, not `--yes-always`\n3. Use Python 3.12 or earlier for the PyPI release\n4. Pass `--no-detect-urls` when the prompt holds links you don't want offered for scraping\n5. Check `git log` after a run. Each edit is its own commit\n\n### Paseo\n\n1. Run the daemon on the machine that has your tools and credentials, and connect from the clients\n2. Script runs from the CLI for repeatable agent jobs\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Aider or Paseo?\n\nPaseo scores 62.1 (B) on agent readiness against Aider's 49.1 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories.\n\n### Are Aider and Paseo open source?\n\nYes. Aider is open source (Apache-2.0). Paseo is open source (Apache-2.0).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-paseo.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-paseo.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"aider\", \"b\": \"paseo\"}`. 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