Aider lets you pair program with LLMs, to edit code in your local git repository. Start a new project or work with an existing code base.
- -Aider automatically commits changes with sensible commit messages, making version control seamless.
-Edit multiple files at once for complex requests, making large-scale changes easier.
-Uses a map of your entire git repo, which helps it work well in larger codebases.
-Edit files in your editor while chatting with aider, and it will always use the latest version.
-Add images to the chat and share URLs, helping with visual context and references.
-Code with your voice for an even more natural programming experience.
-If you already have python 3.8-3.13 installed, you can get started quickly like this:
-python -m pip install aider-install -aider-install - -# Change directory into your code base -cd /to/your/project - -# Work with DeepSeek via DeepSeek's API -aider --model deepseek --api-key deepseek=your-key-goes-here - -# Work with Claude 3.7 Sonnet via Anthropic's API -aider --model sonnet --api-key anthropic=your-key-goes-here - -# Work with GPT-4o via OpenAI's API -aider --model gpt-4o --api-key openai=your-key-goes-here-
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.
-"Aider ... has easily quadrupled my coding productivity."
- -"It's really like having your senior developer live right in your Git repo - truly amazing!"
- -"THANK YOU for Aider! It really feels like a glimpse into the future of coding."
- -"The best AI coding assistant so far."
- -"Amazing project, definitely the best AI coding assistant I've used."
- -"I absolutely love using Aider ... It makes software development feel so much lighter as an experience."
- -Aider has one of the top scores on SWE Bench. SWE Bench is a challenging software engineering benchmark where aider solved real GitHub issues from popular open source projects like django, scikitlearn, matplotlib, etc.
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