Alternatives to AiderDesk

Desktop GUI for Aider AI pair programming

Developer Tools 23 installs/mo 8.0

12 alternatives

Claude Code

claude-code

7.0

Terminal-based AI coding assistant

Developer Tools 140.0K installs/mo

Auto Claude

auto-claude

8.5

Autonomous multi-session AI coding

Developer Tools 67 installs/mo

Sculptor

sculptor

7.0

GUI for Claude Code

Developer Tools 10 installs/mo

Codex

codex

8.0

OpenAI's coding agent that runs in your terminal

Developer Tools 86.9K installs/mo

Cursor

cursor

7.5

Write, edit, and chat about your code with AI

Developer Tools 11.3K installs/mo

OpenCode

opencode-desktop

7.0

AI coding agent desktop client

Developer Tools 10.1K installs/mo

Claude

claude

8.0

Anthropic's official Claude AI desktop app

Developer Tools 25.5K installs/mo

Microsoft Visual Studio Code

visual-studio-code

8.0

Open-source code editor

Developer Tools 47.2K installs/mo

Windsurf

windsurf

7.0

Agentic IDE powered by AI Flow paradigm

Developer Tools 1.1K installs/mo

GitHub Copilot CLI

copilot-cli

7.0

Brings the power of Copilot coding agent directly to your terminal

Developer Tools 36.5K installs/mo

GitHub Copilot for Xcode

github-copilot-for-xcode

8.0

Xcode extension for GitHub Copilot

Developer Tools 1.4K installs/mo

Codex

codex-app

8.0

OpenAI's Codex desktop app for managing coding agents

Developer Tools 7.7K installs/mo