aider vs outlines
aider and outlines share 5 technologies: diskcache, jinja2, pillow, Pydantic, and jsonschema. 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 10, 2026, at commit 5dc9490What is aider built with?Only in aider
- aiosqlite
- gitdb
google-cloud-core
pyarrow
- SQLite
- Mixpanel
PostHog- AIOHTTP
- anyio
- asgiref
- FastAPI
starlette
tornado
- Streamlit
- cycler
fonttools
just-the-docs
- soupsieve
altair
contourpy
matplotlib
pydeck
- Rich
prompt-toolkit
- SQLAlchemy
- cryptography
Googlellama-index-instrumentation
- llama-index-workflows
nltk
OpenAIsafetensors
- scikit-learn
sentence-transformers
- tiktoken
tokenizers
- torch
- transformers
litellm
- llama-index-embeddings-huggingface
- filetype
- imgcat
markdown-it-py
markupsafe
- mdurl
tinytag
- beautifulsoup4
- pypandoc
- annotated-types
- jsonschema-specifications
marshmallow
- referencing
psutil
In common
dottxt-ai
outlines
Structured Outputs
Python16kRead on November 7, 2026, at commit c52af84What is outlines built with?Only in outlines
mkdocs-material
outlines-core
- genson
Side by side
aideroutlines
SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
aider41,407 lines written93 code files
outlines26,890 lines written46 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
outlines0.8% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code and GitHub Copilot
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
aiderLast push May 22, 202612,461 commits50,047 stars
outlinesLast push September 21, 20261,324 commits16,005 stars
TestsThe files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.
aider57 test files36.6% of its code files have a test that imports them
outlines59 test files84.8% of its code files have a test that imports them
Frequently asked questions
Which is bigger, aider or outlines?
aider, with 41,407 lines written; outlines has 26,890.
The proof: Aider-AI/aider's code at commit 5dc9490
Which has more GitHub stars, aider or outlines?
aider, with 50,047 stars; outlines has 16,005.
The proof: Aider-AI/aider on GitHub
Which has more tests, aider or outlines?
outlines, with 59 test files; aider has 57.
The proof: dottxt-ai/outlines's code at commit c52af84
Which was updated more recently, aider or outlines?
outlines: its last push was on September 21, 2026, and aider's on May 22, 2026.
The proof: dottxt-ai/outlines's commits on GitHub
Which has more commits signed by AI, aider or outlines?
aider: an AI signed 89.5% of its commits, with Aider, Gemini CLI, Codex, and Claude Code; in outlines, 0.8%.
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