Aider

AI pair programming in your terminal

⭐30,000
Coding AssistantsFree (open-source)
🌐 Visit Website📦 GitHub

About Aider

Aider is an AI pair programming tool that works in your terminal. It can edit multiple files simultaneously, understands your git repo, and creates well-crafted commits. It works with Claude, GPT-4, and other models.

Features

✦Git-aware editing
✦Multi-file changes
✦Auto-commits
✦Multi-model
✦Voice coding
✦Linting

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • +Git-aware (auto-commits changes)
  • +Multi-file editing
  • +Works with any model
  • +Terminal-native
  • +Free and open-source

Cons

  • −CLI only (no GUI)
  • −Requires API key setup
  • −Can make unwanted changes
  • −Token costs with large codebases

Platforms

macOSLinuxWindows

Tags

#open-source#coding#cli#git#pair-programming

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