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Aider vs OpenHands
Live matchup data for Aider and OpenHands: OpenRouter usage, pricing, benchmark scores, and community sentiment, refreshed daily. No verdicts — read the tape.
openrouter tokens/day
usage compares on other signals below
usage — openrouter daily tokens
Usage crossover
usage series pending — daily OpenRouter snapshots build this chart
source: OpenRouter app rankings · daily · 90d · no OpenRouter feed: Aider
through Jul 7, 2026
side by side
Spec & pricing
| Spec | Aider | OpenHands |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Aider | All Hands AI |
| Homepage | aider.chat | all-hands.dev |
| GitHub | Aider-AI/aider | All-Hands-AI/OpenHands |
| Package | aider-chat | openhands-ai |
| Subscription plans | — |
snapshot Jul 8, 2026 |
| GitHub stars | 47,184 | 79,981 |
| Pkg downloads/day | 28,435 | 9,039 |
| Latest release | v0.86.0 · 333 d ago | 1.9.3 · 8 h ago |
sources: provider pages · OpenRouter · GitHub · package registries
— = not tracked / not applicable
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Benchmarks
| Benchmark | Aider | OpenHands | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Lite | 26.3%May 23 · aider | 41.7%Oct 25 · OpenHands CodeAct 2.1 sonnet 20241022 | github.com |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 10.2%Apr 19 · openhands-lm-32b-v0.1 | github.com |
| swe-bench-multimodal | — | 34.9%May 28 · OpenHands Versa claude4 | github.com |
| swe-bench-test | — | 29.4%Nov 3 · OpenHands CodeAct 2.1 sonnet 20241022 | github.com |
| SWE-bench Verified | — | 73.8%Nov 3 · SalesforceAIResearch SAGE OpenHands | github.com |
best tracked score per benchmark · scores are not directly comparable across benchmarks
sources linked per row
community pulse
Reddit sentiment
| Signal | Aider | OpenHands |
|---|---|---|
| Mentions (30d) | 10 | 10 |
| Positive share | 0% | 20% |
| Negative share | 0% | 10% |
| Net sentiment | 0% | +10% |
| 30d trend |
source: Reddit mentions, LLM-classified sentiment · trailing 30d
through Jul 8, 2026
faq
Frequently asked
- Is Aider more used than OpenHands?
- The Token Tape tracks daily OpenRouter usage for this matchup, but Aider has no usage feed yet, so no usage comparison is published. Pricing, benchmarks, and sentiment compare on the available signals.
- How does Aider pricing compare to OpenHands?
- OpenHands tracked plans: Open Source (free), Individual (free), Enterprise. Full plan and per-token detail is in the spec table above, each with its source and capture date.
- How do Aider and OpenHands score on coding benchmarks?
- On SWE-bench Lite, Aider scores 26.3% (May 23, 2024) and OpenHands scores 41.7% (Oct 25, 2024). All tracked results and their sources are in the benchmark table above.
- Where does this comparison data come from?
- OpenRouter public rankings (usage), provider pricing pages (plans and per-token prices), GitHub and package registries (adoption), public benchmark leaderboards, and Reddit (sentiment). Every stored datum keeps its source URL, and the tape refreshes daily. The Token Tape publishes the data without declaring a winner.
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