Aider
AI pair programming in your terminal
Aider is a command-line AI pair-programming tool that edits code in your local git repository through natural language. It works with many LLMs, including local ones, and automatically commits sensible changes.
Key features
- Terminal-based pair programming
- Git-aware edits
- Repository map context
- Works with local models
Strengths
- Released under the Apache-2.0 license
- Easy to set up — beginner-friendly
- Mature project with 48k GitHub stars
- Written in Python
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