Aider
AI pair programmer that lives in your terminal and IDE, shipping code with you in real time.
Aider is a premium AI pair-programming tool that plugs directly into your terminal and IDE, letting advanced language models read, edit, and commit against your Git repo.
It understands your entire codebase, works across major languages, and turns natural-language requests into production-ready changes with traceable history.
🚫 The problem Aider solves
Aider eliminates the friction of shuttling code between chatbots and editors, the lack of repo-wide context, and the risk of opaque AI changes.
It brings AI directly into your terminal and IDE with Git-native workflows so you can move faster while preserving reviewability and control.
✅ How Aider works
Run Aider inside your terminal or editor, connect it to your preferred LLM, and add relevant files from your Git repo.
Aider builds a repo map, streams rich context to the model, then applies returned patches directly to your code with auto-generated commits, optional linting and tests, and tight control via in-chat commands.
Founder's Story
"Aider was created by builders frustrated with copy-paste workflows and black-box AI edits."
"They wanted an assistant that respected Git, scaled to real-world repos, and behaved like a disciplined engineering partner."
"The result is an open, extensible tool that embeds AI directly into everyday development practice."
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Reviews
"Reviews praise Aider for saving time and simplifying frontend work with a broad set of high‑quality, free components. Developers highlight smooth React and Next.js use..."
Best For
Senior product engineers shipping complex features; indie hackers and solo founders building full-stack products; startup and scale-up teams standardizing AI-assisted development across large Git codebases.