Aider
AI pair programming in your terminal
Overview
Aider is the most popular open-source AI pair programming tool, enabling developers to collaborate with LLMs directly from the terminal. With 39K GitHub stars and 4.1M+ pip installations, Aider supports both cloud and local models including Claude 3.7 Sonnet, DeepSeek, GPT-4o, and more. Features automatic Git integration that commits changes as you work, codebase mapping for large projects, and voice-to-code functionality. Perfect for terminal-first developers who want CLI-driven edits with Git-aware diffs.
Pricing: Free (open source, BYOK)
Architecture: Apple Silicon, Intel
Key Features
- Support for Claude, GPT-4, DeepSeek, and local models
- Automatic codebase mapping for larger projects
- 100+ programming language support
- Git integration with automatic commits
- IDE integration via comments
- Image and webpage context support
- Voice-to-code functionality
- Linting and testing automation
- Web chat interface compatibility
- Install via pip: python -m pip install aider-install
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