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Aider
aider is AI pair programming in your terminal
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At a glance.
A compact read before the deeper capability notes and official setup links.
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Core features.
Feature cards focus on what the tool helps users do, not generated setup commands.
Aider works best with Claude 3.7 Sonnet, DeepSeek R1 & Chat V3, OpenAI o1, o3-mini & GPT-4o, but can connect to almost any LLM, including local models.
Use familiar git tools to easily diff, manage and undo AI changes.
Add images and web pages to the chat to provide visual context, screenshots, reference docs, etc.
Aider streamlines copy/pasting code context and edits back and forth with a browser.
"Hands down, this is the best AI coding assistant tool so far." — IndyDevDan on YouTube
"[Aider] changed my daily coding workflows.
"Best agent for actual dev work in existing codebases." — Nick Dobos on X
"Aider is the precision tool of LLM code gen...
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Agent / Skill / MCP / Workflow fit.
This panel keeps technical format separate from the user-facing AI category.
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Official setup path.
Generated install snippets are intentionally not mirrored here because they drift. The page links to source-owned setup docs instead.
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Evidence and adoption notes.
These notes help a user decide whether to investigate the official project further.
Source repository last pushed at 2026-05-16T00:55:02Z.
Generated from source metadata; confirm operational details in the official project before adopting it.
Review the upstream license, maintenance activity, and issue history before using it in production.
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