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Aider

aider is AI pair programming in your terminal

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Code Assistants Apache-2.0 Easy setup 47,612 stars

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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Setup & Installation

Easy

A developer can usually get this running with standard docs.

# Start with the official project repository
# https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider

Hardware Requirements

Hardware tagsCPU
LanguagesPython

Works Well With