Aider

by Paul Gauthier / Aider-AI

The pioneer of AI pair programming in the terminal, with a clean Git commit for every change.

49.5 k stars GitHub Apache-2.0 FreeFree when localOpen source

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What it does

Works with almost any model, cloud or local (Ollama, LM Studio)
Repository map gives the model the right context
Automatic commits that are easy to review or undo

Install it

Requirements: Python and Git, plus an API key or a local model.

Install the installer

python -m pip install aider-install

Install Aider

aider-install

Run with a model

aider --model sonnet --api-key anthropic=<key>

The prompt for your agent

Paste it into your coding agent: it checks the requirements and installs it for you.

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Prompt

Install Aider (https://aider.chat) on my machine.
1. Check the requirements: Python and Git, plus an API key or a local model. If anything is missing, tell me before installing anything.
2. Follow the official method:
- Install the installer: python -m pip install aider-install
- Install Aider: aider-install
- Run with a model: aider --model sonnet --api-key anthropic=<key>
3. Check that it works, then explain how to launch it and where to start.

Always review what your agent is about to run, especially install commands.