Agent profileAider
Veteran terminal-based open-source AI pair-programming tool; connects to almost any LLM and edits code directly in your local git repo.
Overview
Aider — Overview| Vendor | Aider AI |
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| License | Apache-2.0 |
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| Latest version | 0.86.0v0.86.0 (2025-08-09) per fetch — re-verify for newer release |
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| GitHub stars | 46300APPROX snapshot |
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| Language | Python~80% Python |
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| Interface | CLI |
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| Pricing | Free / OSSPay only model tokens |
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Agent capabilities
Aider — Agent capabilities| Topology | Single agent |
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| Planning | — |
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| Tool calling | Prompt parsedEdit-format based; verify |
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| Extensibility | — |
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| Memory | Conversation bufferRepo map for context |
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| Code execution | NativeRuns commands/tests; git-aware |
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| Browser/computer use | None |
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| MCP | —Not natively MCP — verify |
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| Multimodal | Text, VisionImage input supported |
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Models
Aider — Models| Model-agnostic | YesConnects to almost any LLM |
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| Providers | OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Mistral, Cohere, Ollama, OpenRouter, Other |
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| Local models | Via proxyOllama and other local backends |
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| BYO key | Yes |
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Self-hosting
Aider — Self-hosting| Self-host difficulty | Easypip/pipx install aider-chat + provider API key; pure-Python CLI, no server process or database |
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| Deploy | Nativepip/pipx install |
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| Scaling | Single process |
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| Config complexity | — |
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| Min vCPU (measured) | — |
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| Min RAM (measured) | — |
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| Idle RAM (measured) | — |
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| Infra cost | — |
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| One-click on AgentOcean | NoNot in AgentOcean catalog |
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Project health
Aider — Project health| Maturity | ProductionMature |
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| Maintenance | MaintainedLast seen v0.86 Aug 2025 — re-verify recency |
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| Release cadence | IrregularEstimate |
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| Docs | Good |
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| Community | Large44k+ stars, 6.6M+ installs per third-party |
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A dash (—) marks a value we have not yet verified first-hand. Record last verified 2026-06-17.
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