Overview
Description
Aider turns your ideas into working code by pairing you with AI right in your terminal. It understands your entire codebase, makes surgical changes, and automatically commits them — so you ship faster without losing control. No need to leave your editor or learn a new workflow.
Technical scorecard
License
Apache-2.0
Commercial use
Yes
OpenAI-compatible API
No
REST API
No
Fine-tuning support
No
Quantization support
No
Docker available
Yes
GUI / no-code available
No
Telemetry
Unknown
Offline after setup
No
Data & Privacy
Does it send data online?
This listing is not marked offline after setup.
Does it store history?
Not verified in this directory yet. Review the upstream docs for persistence, logs, and workspace storage.
License checks?
Commercial use is marked as allowed or likely allowed by the listed license.
Telemetry?
Unknown
Last verified: Jul 22, 2026. Maintainer verification should be treated as directory guidance, not legal advice.
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A developer can usually get this running with standard docs.
# Start with the official project repository
# https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider Hardware Requirements
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