aider vs pypdf
aider and pypdf share 7 technologies: fonttools, cryptography, jinja2, markdown-it-py, markupsafe, mdurl, and pillow. Both are written in Python.
What they share and what sets them apart
Aider-AI
aider
aider is AI pair programming in your terminal
Python50.1kRead on November 13, 2026, at commit 5dc9490What is aider built with?Only in aider
- aiosqlite
- gitdb
google-cloud-core
pyarrow
- SQLite
- diskcache
- Mixpanel
PostHog
- AIOHTTP
- anyio
- asgiref
- FastAPI
starlette
tornado
- Streamlit
- cycler
just-the-docs
- soupsieve
altair
contourpy
matplotlib
pydeck
- Rich
prompt-toolkit
- SQLAlchemy
llama-index-instrumentation
- llama-index-workflows
nltk
OpenAIsafetensors
- scikit-learn
sentence-transformers
- tiktoken
tokenizers
- torch
- transformers
litellm
llama-index-core
- llama-index-embeddings-huggingface
- filetype
- imgcat
tinytag
- beautifulsoup4
- pypandoc
- annotated-types
- jsonschema-specifications
marshmallow
- Pydantic
- referencing
- jsonschema
psutil
In common
py-pdf
pypdf
A pure-python PDF library capable of splitting, merging, cropping, and transforming the pages of PDF files
Python10.3kRead on November 13, 2026, at commit 5f2fa46What is pypdf built with?Only in pypdf
- alabaster
- sphinx-rtd-theme
- defusedxml
- docutils
fpdf2
- imagesize
- mdit-py-plugins
myst-parser
sphinxcontrib-jquery
- execnet
Side by side
aiderpypdf
SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
aider41,407 lines written93 code files
pypdf85,910 lines written61 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
pypdf1.5% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Codex, and Cursor
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
aiderLast push May 22, 202612,461 commits50,099 stars
pypdfLast push November 13, 20262,649 commits10,299 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
pypdf47 test files55.7% of its code files have a test that imports them
Frequently asked questions
Which is bigger, aider or pypdf?
pypdf, with 85,910 lines written; aider has 41,407.
The proof: py-pdf/pypdf's code at commit 5f2fa46
Which has more GitHub stars, aider or pypdf?
aider, with 50,099 stars; pypdf has 10,299.
The proof: Aider-AI/aider on GitHub
Which has more tests, aider or pypdf?
aider, with 57 test files; pypdf has 47.
The proof: Aider-AI/aider's code at commit 5dc9490
Which was updated more recently, aider or pypdf?
pypdf: its last push was on November 13, 2026, and aider's on May 22, 2026.
The proof: py-pdf/pypdf's commits on GitHub
Which has more commits signed by AI, aider or pypdf?
aider: an AI signed 89.5% of its commits, with Aider, Gemini CLI, Codex, and Claude Code; in pypdf, 1.5%.
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