aider vs graphrag

aider and graphrag share 7 technologies: pyarrow, FastAPI, Streamlit, nltk, litellm, jinja2, and Pydantic. Both are written in Python.

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What 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

In common

microsoft

graphrag

A modular graph-based Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) system

Python36.6kRead on November 7, 2026, at commit 34b2b67What is graphrag built with?

Only in graphrag

Side by side

SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
aider40,345 lines written80 code files
graphrag51,789 lines written449 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
graphrag2.6% of its commits signed by AIWith GitHub Copilot
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
aiderLast push May 22, 202612,461 commits49,968 stars
graphragLast push November 2, 2026499 commits36,582 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
graphrag129 test files

Frequently asked questions

Which is bigger, aider or graphrag?
graphrag, with 51,789 lines written; aider has 40,345.

The proof: microsoft/graphrag's code at commit 34b2b67

Which has more GitHub stars, aider or graphrag?
aider, with 49,968 stars; graphrag has 36,582.

The proof: Aider-AI/aider on GitHub

Which has more tests, aider or graphrag?
graphrag, with 129 test files; aider has 57.

The proof: microsoft/graphrag's code at commit 34b2b67

Which was updated more recently, aider or graphrag?
graphrag: its last push was on November 2, 2026, and aider's on May 22, 2026.

The proof: microsoft/graphrag's commits on GitHub

Which has more commits signed by AI, aider or graphrag?
aider: an AI signed 89.5% of its commits, with Aider, Gemini CLI, Codex, and Claude Code; in graphrag, 2.6%.

The proof: the commits each tool signed in Aider-AI/aider

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