Aider
A terminal-native AI pair programmer that works directly with your git repository, making changes as commits you can review and revert. Model agnostic, and works with local models through Ollama or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint.
Strengths
- Git-centric, so every change is a reviewable, revertible commit
- Terminal-native and scriptable, with no editor lock-in
- Works with local models via Ollama or an OpenAI-compatible server
Weaknesses
- Terminal workflow is less approachable than an in-editor extension
- Best results still come from strong models, which need real hardware locally
- Large, multi-file changes can consume a lot of context
At a glance
- Licence
- Apache 2.0
- Pricing
- Free
- Platforms
- macOS, Windows, Linux
- GPU required
- No
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Entry last verified 30 July 2026.