aider vs gpt-researcher
aider and gpt-researcher share 25 technologies: AIOHTTP, anyio, FastAPI, starlette, fonttools, soupsieve, SQLAlchemy, cryptography, nltk, OpenAI, tiktoken, tokenizers, litellm, filetype, jinja2, markupsafe, pillow, beautifulsoup4, annotated-types, jsonschema-specifications, marshmallow, Pydantic, referencing, jsonschema, and psutil. Both are written in Python.
LinkedInWhat they share and what sets them apart
Aider-AI
aider
aider is AI pair programming in your terminal
Python50kRead on November 5, 2026, at commit 5dc9490What is aider built with?Only in aider
- aiosqlite
- gitdb
google-cloud-core
pyarrow
- SQLite
- diskcache
PostHog- asgiref
tornado
- Streamlit
- cycler
contourpy
matplotlib
- Rich
prompt-toolkit
llama-index-instrumentation
- llama-index-workflows
safetensors
- scikit-learn
sentence-transformers
- torch
- transformers
- llama-index-embeddings-huggingface
markdown-it-py
- mdurl
tinytag
- pypandoc
In common
assafelovic
gpt-researcher
An autonomous agent that conducts deep research on any data using any LLM providers
Python30.5kRead on November 7, 2026, at commit 3582a68What is gpt-researcher built with?Only in gpt-researcher
uvicorn
- React
- Next.js
- @next/third-parties
- tinycss2
- langdetect
- LangGraph
langgraph-sdk
- langsmith
- MCP
- Ollama
- tavily-python
- unstructured-client
- LangChain
- langchain-community
langchain-openai
langchain-mcp-adapters
- langchain-text-splitters
deepagents
- langchain-classic
- cssselect2
feedparser
- html5lib
lxml
- markdown2
olefile
- pydyf
pymupdf
pypdf
- python-magic
- python-oxmsg
- python-pptx
- tinyhtml5
unstructured
webencodings
- markdown
mistune
- python-docx
- weasyprint
- pydantic-core
loguru
- Tailwind CSS
react-hot-toast
- Framer
react-dropzone
@langchain/langgraph-sdk
- isomorphic-dompurify
- remark
remark-gfm
remark-html
ag2
- langchain-core
Side by side
aidergpt-researcher
SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
aider40,345 lines written80 code files
gpt-researcher51,624 lines written233 code files
Who writes itA commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
aider89.5% of its commits signed by AIWith Aider, Gemini CLI, Codex, and Claude Code
gpt-researcher3.2% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Jules, and Codex
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
aiderLast push May 22, 202612,461 commits49,968 stars
gpt-researcherLast push October 10, 20262,477 commits30,542 stars
TestsThe files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.
aider57 test files42.5% of its code files have a test that imports them
gpt-researcher149 test files36.5% of its code files have a test that imports them
Frequently asked questions
Which is bigger, aider or gpt-researcher?
gpt-researcher, with 51,624 lines written; aider has 40,345.
The proof: assafelovic/gpt-researcher's code at commit 3582a68
Which has more GitHub stars, aider or gpt-researcher?
aider, with 49,968 stars; gpt-researcher has 30,542.
The proof: Aider-AI/aider on GitHub
Which has more tests, aider or gpt-researcher?
gpt-researcher, with 149 test files; aider has 57.
The proof: assafelovic/gpt-researcher's code at commit 3582a68
Which was updated more recently, aider or gpt-researcher?
gpt-researcher: its last push was on October 10, 2026, and aider's on May 22, 2026.
Which has more commits signed by AI, aider or gpt-researcher?
aider: an AI signed 89.5% of its commits, with Aider, Gemini CLI, Codex, and Claude Code; in gpt-researcher, 3.2%.
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