>Also for inventing the code agent in the terminal category.
Not even close. That distinction belongs to Aider, which was released 1.5 years before Claude Code.
Not even close. That distinction belongs to Aider, which was released 1.5 years before Claude Code.
- Claude Code released Introducing Claude Code video on 24 Feb 2025 [0]
- Aider's oldest known GitHub release, v0.5.0, is dated 8 Jun 2025 [1]
I remember evaluating Aider and Cursor side by side before Claude Code existed.
EDIT: I was too late to edit it. I have to keep an eye on what I type...