Aider
Aider is the terminal-based AI pair programming tool described on the official website, usable for new projects or existing codebases, and supports connecting to cloud and local large models.
Who it is for: Developers using terminal for AI pair programming, developers editing code in new projects or existing codebases, and developers needing to connect to cloud or local large models
Core capabilities
- Terminal-based AI Pair Programming: The official website describes Aider as pair programming with a large model within the terminal, usable for new projects or existing codebases.
- Codebase Map: Generates a repo map containing files, key classes, functions, types, and call signatures, and sends the relevant portion to the large model.
- Multi-model and Local Model Access: Supports connecting to most large models and can use local models via Ollama or OpenAI-compatible APIs.
- Git Change Management: Automatically submits Git commits with reasonable commit messages and supports viewing diffs, managing, and reverting AI changes using Git tools.
- Auto Lint and Testing: The official website states that Aider automatically runs linting and testing after each modification and can fix issues found.
Pricing
Only the 'Free · free' price signal from the snapshot record on 2026-08-17 is retained; pricing tiers, quotas, and cost responsibility are not verified.
Updated 2026-08-18