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Aider

Pair program with models in a terminal, with repository mapping, Git integration, linting, and testing.

Choose when: Terminal pair programming with a model you select; review automatic commits.

Generated outputs require human review and appropriate tests. Model access or hosting may have separate costs.

Price

Not listed

Original release date

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Verification

Official documentation reviewed; not hands-on tested. Capability notes come from official documentation review. They are not hands-on tests.

Tasks

• Change an existing codebase
• Debug code and run tests

Official source

Aider official site

• Capability summary

  Checked 2026-11-06 (America/New_York)

Feature announcements

No feature announcement is listed for this tool.

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