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Aider
Aider is a terminal tool for AI-assisted coding on new projects and existing codebases, working with cloud or local language models.
- Paid
- Verified 16 Oct 2026
What Aider does
Aider runs in your terminal and uses a language model to help you write code, whether you are starting a fresh project or extending an existing one. It works with both cloud-hosted and locally run models, and the vendor names Claude 3.7 Sonnet, DeepSeek and OpenAI models as the best fits. It can also be used from inside an IDE or editor by adding comments to code, and it supports debugging and code generation.
Key features
- Works with cloud and local LLMs, best with Claude 3.7 Sonnet, DeepSeek and OpenAI models
- Maps your entire codebase to work well in larger projects
- Supports 100+ code languages
- Automatically commits changes with sensible commit messages via git integration
- Use from within your IDE or editor by adding comments to code
- Add images and web pages to the chat for visual context
- Voice-to-code requests for features, tests and bug fixes
- Automatically lints and tests code every time aider makes changes
Pros and cons
Pros
- Works with cloud-hosted and locally run language models, with Claude 3.7 Sonnet, DeepSeek and OpenAI models named as the best fits.
- Maps your entire codebase, which the vendor says helps it work on larger projects.
- Commits its changes to git automatically with generated commit messages.
- Lints and tests code each time it makes a change.
- Supports more than 100 code languages.
Cons
Where Aider is listed
Aider is listed under AI coding agents in AI coding tools.
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