Aider
Pair-program with language models from your terminal and Git repository.
Sources and review
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Developers who want an interactive terminal workflow with Git-based review and a choice of model provider.
You need a hosted task-management service rather than an interactive coding tool.
About Aider
Aider is a terminal coding assistant that edits an existing codebase with a selected language model. It builds a repository map and integrates with Git so changes can be inspected and managed. Hosted model usage or local model hardware has separate costs from the open-source tool.
Aider is an open-source project, with 49k stars on GitHub. It was last updated in May 2026.
Aider vs. the alternatives
All 42 alternatives →| Record | Stars | Pricing | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aiderthis listing | 49k | — | Apache-2.0 | Open source |
| OpenCode | 208k | — | MIT | Open source |
| gemini-cli | 107k | TypeScript | Apache-2.0 | Open source |
| OpenHands | 88k | — | MIT | Open source |
| openinterpreter | 68k | Rust | Apache-2.0 | Open source |
| Cline | 68k | — | Apache-2.0 | Open source |
