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aider-ai/aider vs continuedev/continue

  • aider-ai/aider

    Stars

    48,993

    First recorded star in 2023.

  • continuedev/continue

    Stars

    35,920

    First recorded star in 2023.

Star history overlay
37k STARS3 YR 4 MOaider-ai/aider37kcontinuedev/continue29k

aider-ai/aider: 36,649 stars on September 16, 2026. continuedev/continue: 28,881 stars on September 16, 2026.

Star history for aider-ai/aider
DateStars
May 10, 202312
May 24, 2023126
June 7, 2023273
June 23, 2023440
July 7, 20231775
July 22, 20232375
August 5, 20232827
August 20, 20233223
September 3, 20233483
September 18, 20233637
October 5, 20233800
October 20, 20234024
November 3, 20234202
November 18, 20234814
December 2, 20235052
December 17, 20235244
December 31, 20235503
January 15, 20245692
January 29, 20245902
February 13, 20246091
February 27, 20246238
March 13, 20246441
March 27, 20246744
April 11, 20247966
April 25, 20249025
May 10, 20249491
May 24, 20249765
June 8, 202410565
June 22, 202411598
July 6, 202412281
July 24, 202413818
August 7, 202415034
August 22, 202415888
September 5, 202416866
September 20, 202418057
October 4, 202419216
October 19, 202419874
November 2, 202420480
November 17, 202421337
December 1, 202421829
December 16, 202422372
December 30, 202423049
January 14, 202523900
January 28, 202524785
February 12, 202525954
February 26, 202526976
March 13, 202527891
March 27, 202528767
April 11, 202529634
April 25, 202530519
May 13, 202531357
May 27, 202531910
June 10, 202532293
June 25, 202532688
July 9, 202533003
July 24, 202533370
August 7, 202533705
August 22, 202533975
September 5, 202534192
September 20, 202534382
October 4, 202534519
October 25, 202534628
November 8, 202534726
November 23, 202534859
December 7, 202534969
December 22, 202535104
January 5, 202635289
January 20, 202635451
February 3, 202635600
February 18, 202635772
March 7, 202636003
March 22, 202636128
April 5, 202636223
April 20, 202636342
May 4, 202636411
May 20, 202636484
June 7, 202636539
July 3, 202636568
August 12, 202636588
September 16, 202636649
Star history for continuedev/continue
DateStars
June 13, 20231
July 2, 2023100
July 16, 2023150
August 2, 20231984
August 16, 20232589
August 29, 20233115
September 12, 20233787
September 26, 20233950
October 10, 20234105
October 24, 20234364
November 9, 20234681
November 23, 20234913
December 7, 20235070
December 20, 20235320
January 3, 20245512
January 17, 20245702
January 31, 20246167
February 14, 20246775
February 27, 20247392
March 12, 20248212
March 26, 20249092
April 9, 20249587
April 23, 202410025
May 6, 202410632
May 20, 202411029
June 3, 202411676
June 17, 202411995
June 30, 202412377
July 14, 202412784
July 28, 202413232
August 14, 202413688
August 27, 202414288
September 10, 202415067
September 24, 202415636
October 8, 202417133
October 21, 202417641
November 4, 202418139
November 18, 202418579
December 2, 202418953
December 16, 202419434
December 29, 202419878
January 12, 202520532
January 26, 202521182
February 9, 202522068
February 23, 202522855
March 8, 202523412
March 22, 202523909
April 5, 202524369
April 19, 202524815
May 2, 202525114
May 19, 202525434
June 2, 202525681
June 16, 202525923
June 29, 202526197
July 13, 202526374
July 27, 202526576
August 10, 202526787
August 23, 202526984
September 6, 202527153
September 20, 202527288
October 4, 202527415
October 22, 202527497
November 4, 202527594
November 18, 202527717
December 2, 202527814
December 16, 202527938
December 30, 202528055
January 12, 202628199
January 26, 202628303
February 9, 202628388
February 25, 202628473
March 11, 202628539
March 26, 202628595
April 10, 202628667
April 24, 202628717
May 9, 202628759
May 25, 202628791
June 21, 202628813
August 19, 202628833
September 16, 202628881
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Repository health compared

Live analysis · unavailable data stays labelled

Popularity is only one axis. Compare technical scale, maintenance cadence, ownership resilience and change pressure against the same completed analysis that sits behind each report.

Reach

Popularity and real-world adoption

Signalaider-ai/aidercontinuedev/continue
GitHub starsCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Best result in this row: 48,99335,920
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.Best result in this row: +94+76
ForksCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Not availableNot available
Largest package audienceLargest resolved registry total; sources are shown explicitly.No resolved packageNo resolved package
Repository ageElapsed years since the GitHub creation timestamp.3.4 years3.3 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signalaider-ai/aidercontinuedev/continue
Dominant languageLargest share of analyzed code lines at current HEAD.Not availableNot available
Code linesAnalyzed source lines at current HEAD, excluding blanks and comments.Not availableNot available
Languages representedLanguages with non-zero files or line counts.Not availableNot available

Maintenance

Commit volume and recent operating cadence

Signalaider-ai/aidercontinuedev/continue
Repository commitsFull repository commit total reported by the analysis.Not availableNot available
Commits · trailing 90dCommit count in the newest 90 days covered by the repository analysis.Not availableNot available

Ownership

How broadly maintenance responsibility is distributed

Signalaider-ai/aidercontinuedev/continue
Bus factorFewest analyzed contributors carrying at least half the commits.Not availableNot available
Top contributor concentrationShare of attributed commits carried by the most active contributor.Not availableNot available

Change signals

Debt markers and fix pressure in frequently changed files

Signalaider-ai/aidercontinuedev/continue
Fix-labelled share · frequently changed filesFix-labelled commits divided by commits across the analyzed high-frequency file set.Not availableNot available
Recent TODO/FIXME movementLatest cumulative marker count and its change over the trailing 90 days.Not availableNot available

Both curves are drawn on shared axes. They are not drawn from a shared source: each series names its own below.

One axis, two sources

The overlay puts both repositories on one axis. It does not put them on one source: since July 2026 a stargazer-list series stops on a fixed date, while a series rebuilt from public archive events keeps receiving points. Each column below states its own reading.

How the star series for aider-ai/aider and continuedev/continue were read
Fieldaider-ai/aidercontinuedev/continue
SourceHistorical star dataHistorical star data
CoverageCovers through September 16, 2026Covers through September 16, 2026
StateStill updatingStill updating

No row states how much of a history is missing. An archive series records star actions and not unstars, so it can exceed a repository's own star total, and a figure for the difference would be wrong exactly where it looks most precise.

Notes on this comparison

  • Which has more GitHub stars, aider-ai/aider or continuedev/continue?

    GitHub reports 48,993 stars for aider-ai/aider and 35,920 for continuedev/continue.

  • Do both star histories cover the same period?

    Not necessarily, and each chart names its own. aider-ai/aider — Historical star data · Covers through September 16, 2026 · Still updating. continuedev/continue — Historical star data · Covers through September 16, 2026 · Still updating. Since July 2026 GitHub serves a repository's stargazer list only to its own admins and collaborators, so one series can stop on a fixed date while the other keeps flowing from public archive events.

  • How is this comparison computed?

    Star totals come from public repository metadata. The two curves are each repository's stored star series drawn on shared axes, from whichever source is named above. Repository-health figures are computed independently from each project's commit history.