Aider
Pair-program with language models from your terminal and Git repository.
Sources and review
Checked against public documentation on . Suitability guidance is our editorial judgment; this is not a performance benchmark or an endorsement.
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 listed in this index, with 50k stars on GitHub. Its latest recorded repository push was in May 2026; that is not an ASE editorial review date.
Aider and related category tools
Alternatives guide →| Record | Stars | Pricing | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aiderthis listing | 50k | — | Apache-2.0 | Costs not checked |
| OpenCode | 222k | — | MIT | Provider usage; optional model plans |
| Orbi | 231 | — | AGPL-3.0 | Costs not checked |
| spec_driven_develop | 990 | Python | MIT | Costs not checked |
| Cline | 71k | — | Apache-2.0 | Model usage or local runtime costs |
| OpenAI Codex | — | — | — | Paid product |
