AidevsVoid
Generated from the two spec rows. Green marks the better value where a spec has a clear direction. Everything else is just different.
Aide
CodeStory · AI-native IDE
#275OSS
Panel
3.00 spec wins
- Reliability
- 3.0
- Usefulness
- 3.0
- Cost
- 4.3
- Longevity
- 1.7
“An IDE built around a proactive agent, now proactively doing nothing.”
Void
Void · AI-native IDE
#213OSSMCP
Panel
3.73 spec wins
- Reliability
- 2.8
- Usefulness
- 3.3
- Cost
- 7.0
- Longevity
- 1.5
“Archived in June 2026, which makes it the only IDE on this board whose roadmap is guaranteed not to change.”
Spec by spec
| Spec | Aide | Void |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | ||
| Category | AI-native IDE | AI-native IDE |
| Runs | local | local |
| Platforms | macos, linux, windows | macos, windows, linux |
| Context window | not documented | not documented |
| Protocols | ||
| MCP client | No | Yes |
| MCP server | No | No |
| Capabilities | ||
| Runs terminal commands | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-file edits | Yes | Yes |
| Git operations | No | No |
| Browser control | No | No |
| Sandboxed execution | No | No |
| Multi-agent orchestration | No | No |
| Headless / CI mode | No | No |
| Models | ||
| Backbone | Claude, GPT | Claude, GPT, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Qwen, Llama, Mistral, Gemma |
| Bring your own model | Yes | Yes |
| Local models | No | Yes |
| Cost | ||
| Pricing model | byok | byok |
| Starts at | n/a | $0/mo |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Bring your own key | Yes | Yes |
| Openness | ||
| Open source | Yes | Yes |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| GitHub stars | 2,192 | 28,781 |
Which one would each critic pick
| Critic | Aide | Void | Pick |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Juez | — | — | not enough reviews |
| El Amigo | 3.0 | 4.0 | Void — Nobody should adopt Void now; if you want an open editor agent with your own models, run Cline or Kilo Code inside stock VS Code. |
| El Crítico | 2.8 | 3.3 | Void — An agent mode with terminal execution and no sandbox, inside an editor that will never be patched again, is the failure mode and it is permanent. |
| El Profesor | 3.3 | 3.8 | Void — Two sound design decisions, a VS Code fork and direct provider connections, and one structural weakness: a fork inherits its upstream's cadence only while someone merges it. |
| La Inversora | 2.8 | 2.5 | Aide — CodeStory intended to sell hosted inference on a subscription, that did not hold, and the company now presents itself as a research lab, which is the pivot in its purest form. |
| La Jefa | 2.5 | 2.5 | no preference |
| El Hacker | 3.8 | 6.0 | Void — Apache-2.0, direct to Ollama and vLLM with no vendor relay, MCP client, and archived, so I could fork it and be the sole maintainer of a VS Code fork, which is a job. |
Picks are derived from each critic's own scores. Humans vote on matchups on the duels page.