{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "aider", "name": "Aider", "vendor": "Aider AI LLC", "vendorUrl": "https://aider.chat", "kind": "harness", "category": "agent-harnesses", "summary": "Terminal pair-programming tool that edits files in a local git repository through text edit formats rather than tool calls, builds a repo map with tree-sitter, and commits each change.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/aider", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/aider.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/aider.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/aider.json", "dns": "aider.grade.anchorterminal.com", "repo": "https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider", "license": "Apache-2.0", "transports": [], "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "aider-chat" } ], "auth": "none", "authNotes": "No account. 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. Each edit is its own commit" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 1, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "high", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 49.1 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 65, "maintenance": 13, "payments": 60, "reliability": 44, "schema": 56, "security": 59, "transparency": 71 }, "provenanceScore": 59, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-11-05", "maintenance": "2026-11-05", "payments": "2026-11-05", "reliability": "2026-11-05", "schema": "2026-11-05", "security": "2026-11-05", "transparency": "2026-11-05" }, "last": "2026-11-05", "lastMoved": "2026-11-05", "oldest": "2026-11-05", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "install": "python -m pip install aider-chat # Python 3.10 to 3.12", "headless": { "command": "aider --message \"$TASK\" --no-suggest-shell-commands --no-analytics --no-detect-urls path/to/file.py", "env": { "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "\u003ckey\u003e" } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.harness", "tool": "https://letme.dev/aider" }, "area": "frameworks", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Aider AI LLC", "domain": "aider.chat", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "", "privacy": "https://aider.chat/docs/legal/privacy.html", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://aider.chat/HISTORY.html", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-01", "notes": [ "The privacy policy names Aider AI LLC and covers the website and the tool's opt-in analytics.", "We found no terms of service and no security.txt in the site's source, which lives in the repository under aider/website." ], "score": 59 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/aider.json", "live": { "slug": "aider", "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "Aider-AI/aider", "version": "v0.86.0", "released": "2025-08-09", "seenAt": "2026-11-06T23:04:32.024554009Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "aider-chat", "version": "0.86.2", "released": "2026-02-12", "seenAt": "2026-11-06T23:04:31.912601573Z" } ], "githubStars": 49989, "pypiWeekly": 71886, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://aider.chat/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T16:01:20.790228959Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "aider.chat", "registered": "2023-05-15", "source": "https://rdap.identitydigital.services/rdap/domain/aider.chat", "checkedAt": "2026-11-01T14:16:42.858633112Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://aider.chat/HISTORY.html", "kind": "changelog", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T13:58:56.909539954Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "3bc7d2e4729c" }, { "url": "https://aider.chat/docs/legal/privacy.html", "kind": "privacy", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T13:58:58.956996128Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "4b2b6386e645" } ], "github": { "repo": "aider-ai/aider", "checkedAt": "2026-11-02T08:29:26.553646306Z", "stars": 49895, "archived": false, "issuesEnabled": true, "pushedAt": "2026-05-22T14:02:20Z", "openIssues": 1408, "openPRs": 539, "issuesOpened90d": 267, "issuesClosed90d": 178, "prsMerged90d": 0, "ci": { "branch": "main", "runs": 50, "success": 47, "failure": 3, "other": 0, "latest": "success", "latestAt": "2026-05-22T14:02:46Z" }, "replies": { "sampled": 25, "unanswered": 4, "medianDays": 0.2 } }, "updatedAt": "2026-11-07T16:01:20.790228959Z" } }, "answer": "Traycer scores 57 (C) on agent readiness against Aider's 49.1 (D), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Aider leads on security \u0026 auth, payments \u0026 pricing and transparency \u0026 trust.", "b": { "slug": "traycer", "name": "Traycer", "vendor": "Traycer AI", "vendorUrl": "https://traycer.ai", "kind": "harness", "category": "agent-harnesses", "summary": "Traycer is an open-source orchestration app that runs coding agents you already pay for, or its own inference, in parallel with shared context across models, agent-to-agent messaging, shareable boards and cross-device sync.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/traycer", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/traycer.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/traycer.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/traycer.json", "dns": "traycer.grade.anchorterminal.com", "repo": "https://github.com/traycerai/traycer", "license": "MIT", "transports": [], "packages": [], "auth": "none", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "Free and open source. 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://docs.traycer.ai", "capabilities": [ "agent.harness", "agent.multi-agent" ], "tags": [ "open-source", "mit", "desktop-app", "cli", "telemetry", "new" ], "lastRelease": "2026-11-06", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 57, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 816, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1510, "categoryRank": 29, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 65, "maintenance": 75, "payments": 30, "reliability": 65, "schema": 65, "security": 42, "transparency": 60 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "low", "date": "2026-11-07" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "An open-source app for running several coding agents together with shared context, agent-to-agent messaging and team boards, on every desktop OS. Privacy Mode is opt-in for individuals, and the README says Sentry and PostHog may be on in release builds.", "bestFor": "Teams who want several coding agents working together with shared context and boards.", "strengths": [ "Runs agents you already pay for, or Traycer's own inference", "Shares context across models and lets agents message each other", "macOS, Linux and Windows builds, with package-manager installs", "MIT, with CodeQL, Scorecard and secret scanning" ], "weaknesses": [ "Privacy Mode is opt-in for individuals; with it off, prompts may be logged", "Sentry and PostHog may be enabled in release builds, with no opt-out in the README", "Inference subscription price not found on the pages read" ], "agentNotes": [ "Turn on Privacy Mode if you're an individual user and don't want prompts logged", "CLI agents you configure send requests straight to their provider; Traycer's own inference goes through Traycer" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "low", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 57 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 65, "maintenance": 75, "payments": 30, "reliability": 65, "schema": 65, "security": 42, "transparency": 66 }, "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 for macOS, Linux or Windows from the releases page" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.harness", "tool": "https://letme.dev/traycer" }, "area": "frameworks", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Traycer AI", "domain": "traycer.ai", "domainRegistered": "", "domainNote": "Not looked up: RDAP isn't requested under the 1 November 2026 rules.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "", "privacy": "", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://github.com/traycerai/traycer/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-11-07", "notes": [ "The licence names Traycer AI. The repository is github.com/traycerai/traycer." ], "score": 53 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/traycer.json", "live": { "slug": "traycer", "securityTxt": { "url": "https://traycer.ai/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T15:59:47.880384121Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/traycerai/traycer/main/CHANGELOG.md", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:23:51.024738302Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "d3f389f721e9" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-11-07T15:59:47.880384121Z" } }, "edges": [ { "by": 62, "category": "maintenance", "leads": "traycer", "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": "Commits on 6 November 2026 and host 1.5.3 (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 apps and CLI packages (15). CI with tests (10). 30 + 20 + 0 + 15 + 10 = 75." }, "scores": { "a": 13, "b": 75 } }, { "by": 30, "category": "payments", "leads": "aider", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "reasons": { "a": "No payment protocol (0). Free and Apache-2.0 with nothing to buy, so 20, 20 and 20 on the last three lines. Any model through LiteLLM, local ones included, with no signup.", "b": "Scored on the paid option, Traycer's own inference subscription, whose price wasn't read (0 of 20). No protocol (0). Bring-your-own-agent use is free (20). Accounts for sync and teams weren't checked, half (10). 0 + 0 + 20 + 10 = 30." }, "scores": { "a": 60, "b": 30 } }, { "by": 21, "category": "reliability", "leads": "traycer", "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. Builds for macOS, Linux and Windows, and package-manager publishing workflows (20). test.yml, CodeQL, OpenSSF Scorecard and secret scanning run 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). Host 1.5.3 (15). 20 + 15 + 0 + 15 + 15 = 65." }, "scores": { "a": 44, "b": 65 } }, { "by": 17, "category": "security", "leads": "aider", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "reasons": { "a": "Harness reading of the framework checklist, used for all five harnesses in this batch. 30 for what leaves the machine by default, 20 for approvals and sandboxing, 15 for prompt-injection posture, 15 for audit and 20 for the security programme. Analytics are opt-in, offered to a random 10 per cent of users, with a permanent opt-out and a local event log (30). Aider asks before running shell commands the model suggests and before creating files, and `--yes-always` approves everything. Edits apply without asking but each lands in a git commit. A `.aider.conf.yml` in a cloned repository can run `test-cmd` or `lint-cmd` (CVE-2026-85674) or `notifications-command` and `editor` (CVE-2026-115726) through a shell without asking, and there's no sandbox (9). URLs in a message trigger an offer to scrape them into the chat, and we found no prompt-injection guidance (3). Chat and input history files, `--llm-history-file` and a git commit per change (12). No SECURITY.md in the repository and no advisories published by the project. The open CVE report had a reply only from a contributor on 1 October (5). 30 + 9 + 3 + 12 + 5 = 59.", "b": "Harness reading. Code is processed in memory and not used for training, but Privacy Mode is opt-in for individuals, prompts may be logged with it off, and Sentry and PostHog 'may be enabled in release builds' (10 of 30). No approval model described in the README (8 of 20). No prompt-injection guidance (5). No audit log found (5). SECURITY.md, CodeQL, Scorecard and secret scanning (14 of 20). 10 + 8 + 5 + 5 + 14 = 42." }, "scores": { "a": 59, "b": 42 } }, { "by": 9, "category": "schema", "leads": "traycer", "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. Mintlify docs, a protocol package and a CLI (65)." }, "scores": { "a": 56, "b": 65 } }, { "by": 5, "category": "transparency", "leads": "aider", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "reasons": { "a": "Apache-2.0 (30). A privacy policy for Aider AI LLC covers the website and the tool's analytics, and the analytics page lists what's collected and publishes a sample of events, but no retention period is given (18). No deprecation policy or dated notices found (3). Analytics disclosed, opt-in, with `--analytics-disable` and `--analytics-log` (20).", "b": "MIT (30). README privacy section and a linked privacy policy (not read) (18 of 30). CHANGELOG.md, no deprecation policy (10). Analytics described as 'may be enabled', with no opt-out given in the README (8 of 20). 30 + 18 + 10 + 8 = 66." }, "scores": { "a": 65, "b": 60 } } ], "facts": [ { "a": "Agent harness", "b": "Agent harness", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Aider AI LLC", "b": "Traycer AI", "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": "MIT", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-02-12", "b": "2026-11-06", "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": "Traycer scores 57 (C) on agent readiness against Aider's 49.1 (D), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Aider leads on security \u0026 auth, payments \u0026 pricing and transparency \u0026 trust.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Aider or Traycer?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Aider is open source (Apache-2.0). Traycer is open source (MIT).", "question": "Are Aider and Traycer open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Security \u0026 auth, 59 against 42", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 30", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 65 against 60" ], "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, 65 against 44", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 65 against 56", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 75 against 13" ], "also": [ "No incidents deducted, where Aider loses 4 points for them" ], "goodFor": "Teams who want several coding agents working together with shared context and boards.", "slug": "traycer", "watchFor": "Privacy Mode is opt-in for individuals; with it off, prompts may be logged" } ], "history": { "aider": [ { "causes": [ "evidence", 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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/aider.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/aider.json\n- Traycer: grade C, 57/100, rank #816 of 1510. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/traycer.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/traycer.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\nAhead on:\n- Security \u0026 auth, 59 against 42\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 30\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 65 against 60\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### Traycer (C)\n\nGood for: Teams who want several coding agents working together with shared context and boards.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 65 against 44\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 65 against 56\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: Privacy Mode is opt-in for individuals; with it off, prompts may be logged\n\n\n## Why the edge\n\n### Maintenance \u0026 community: Traycer +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- Traycer (75): Commits on 6 November 2026 and host 1.5.3 (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 apps and CLI packages (15). CI with tests (10). 30 + 20 + 0 + 15 + 10 = 75.\n\n### Payments \u0026 pricing: Aider +30\n\n- Aider (60): No payment protocol (0). Free and Apache-2.0 with nothing to buy, so 20, 20 and 20 on the last three lines. Any model through LiteLLM, local ones included, with no signup.\n- Traycer (30): Scored on the paid option, Traycer's own inference subscription, whose price wasn't read (0 of 20). No protocol (0). Bring-your-own-agent use is free (20). Accounts for sync and teams weren't checked, half (10). 0 + 0 + 20 + 10 = 30.\n\n### Reliability: Traycer +21\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- Traycer (65): Local software. Builds for macOS, Linux and Windows, and package-manager publishing workflows (20). test.yml, CodeQL, OpenSSF Scorecard and secret scanning run 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). Host 1.5.3 (15). 20 + 15 + 0 + 15 + 15 = 65.\n\n### Security \u0026 auth: Aider +17\n\n- Aider (59): Harness reading of the framework checklist, used for all five harnesses in this batch. 30 for what leaves the machine by default, 20 for approvals and sandboxing, 15 for prompt-injection posture, 15 for audit and 20 for the security programme. Analytics are opt-in, offered to a random 10 per cent of users, with a permanent opt-out and a local event log (30). Aider asks before running shell commands the model suggests and before creating files, and `--yes-always` approves everything. Edits apply without asking but each lands in a git commit. A `.aider.conf.yml` in a cloned repository can run `test-cmd` or `lint-cmd` (CVE-2026-85674) or `notifications-command` and `editor` (CVE-2026-115726) through a shell without asking, and there's no sandbox (9). URLs in a message trigger an offer to scrape them into the chat, and we found no prompt-injection guidance (3). Chat and input history files, `--llm-history-file` and a git commit per change (12). No SECURITY.md in the repository and no advisories published by the project. The open CVE report had a reply only from a contributor on 1 October (5). 30 + 9 + 3 + 12 + 5 = 59.\n- Traycer (42): Harness reading. Code is processed in memory and not used for training, but Privacy Mode is opt-in for individuals, prompts may be logged with it off, and Sentry and PostHog 'may be enabled in release builds' (10 of 30). No approval model described in the README (8 of 20). No prompt-injection guidance (5). No audit log found (5). SECURITY.md, CodeQL, Scorecard and secret scanning (14 of 20). 10 + 8 + 5 + 5 + 14 = 42.\n\n### Schema \u0026 documentation: Traycer +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- Traycer (65): Harness reading. Mintlify docs, a protocol package and a CLI (65).\n\n### Transparency \u0026 trust: Aider +5\n\n- Aider (65): Apache-2.0 (30). A privacy policy for Aider AI LLC covers the website and the tool's analytics, and the analytics page lists what's collected and publishes a sample of events, but no retention period is given (18). No deprecation policy or dated notices found (3). Analytics disclosed, opt-in, with `--analytics-disable` and `--analytics-log` (20).\n- Traycer (60): MIT (30). README privacy section and a linked privacy policy (not read) (18 of 30). CHANGELOG.md, no deprecation policy (10). Analytics described as 'may be enabled', with no opt-out given in the README (8 of 20). 30 + 18 + 10 + 8 = 66.\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Aider | Traycer | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 44 | 65 | Traycer +21 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 56 | 65 | Traycer +9 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 65 | 65 | even |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 59 | 42 | Aider +17 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 30 | Aider +30 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 13 | 75 | Traycer +62 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 65 | 60 | Aider +5 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -4 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **49.1 · D** | **57 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Aider | Traycer |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Agent harness |\n| Vendor | Aider AI LLC | Traycer AI |\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 | MIT |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | no |\n| Last release | 2026-02-12 | 2026-11-06 |\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### Traycer\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**Traycer.** An open-source app for running several coding agents together with shared context, agent-to-agent messaging and team boards, on every desktop OS. Privacy Mode is opt-in for individuals, and the README says Sentry and PostHog may be on in release builds.\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### Traycer\n\n1. Turn on Privacy Mode if you're an individual user and don't want prompts logged\n2. CLI agents you configure send requests straight to their provider; Traycer's own inference goes through Traycer\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Aider or Traycer?\n\nTraycer scores 57 (C) on agent readiness against Aider's 49.1 (D), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Aider leads on security \u0026 auth, payments \u0026 pricing and transparency \u0026 trust.\n\n### Are Aider and Traycer open source?\n\nYes. Aider is open source (Apache-2.0). Traycer is open source (MIT).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-traycer.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-traycer.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"aider\", \"b\": \"traycer\"}`. 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