README - Aider — ContextQMD

<p align="center"> <a href="https://aider.chat/"></a> </p> <h1 align="center"> AI Pair Programming in Your Terminal </h1> <p align="center"> Aider lets you pair program with LLMs to start a new project or build on your existing codebase. </p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center">  <a href="https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider/stargazers"></a> <a href="https://pypi.org/project/aider-chat/"></a>

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Features

Cloud and local LLMs

<a href="https://aider.chat/docs/llms.html"></a> Aider works best with Claude 3.7 Sonnet, DeepSeek R1 & Chat V3, OpenAI o1, o3-mini & GPT-4o, but can connect to almost any LLM, including local models.

Maps your codebase

<a href="https://aider.chat/docs/repomap.html"></a> Aider makes a map of your entire codebase, which helps it work well in larger projects.

100+ code languages

<a href="https://aider.chat/docs/languages.html"></a> Aider works with most popular programming languages: python, javascript, rust, ruby, go, cpp, php, html, css, and dozens more.

Git integration

<a href="https://aider.chat/docs/git.html"></a> Aider automatically commits changes with sensible commit messages. Use familiar git tools to easily diff, manage and undo AI changes.

Use in your IDE

<a href="https://aider.chat/docs/usage/watch.html"></a> Use aider from within your favorite IDE or editor. Ask for changes by adding comments to your code and aider will get to work.

Images & web pages

<a href="https://aider.chat/docs/usage/images-urls.html"></a> Add images and web pages to the chat to provide visual context, screenshots, reference docs, etc.

Voice-to-code

<a href="https://aider.chat/docs/usage/voice.html"></a> Speak with aider about your code! Request new features, test cases or bug fixes using your voice and let aider implement the changes.

Linting & testing

<a href="https://aider.chat/docs/usage/lint-test.html"></a> Automatically lint and test your code every time aider makes changes. Aider can fix problems detected by your linters and test suites.

Copy/paste to web chat

<a href="https://aider.chat/docs/usage/copypaste.html"></a> Work with any LLM via its web chat interface. Aider streamlines copy/pasting code context and edits back and forth with a browser.

Getting Started

bash

python -m pip install aider-install
aider-install

# Change directory into your codebase
cd /to/your/project

# DeepSeek
aider --model deepseek --api-key deepseek=<key>

# Claude 3.7 Sonnet
aider --model sonnet --api-key anthropic=<key>

# o3-mini
aider --model o3-mini --api-key openai=<key>

See the installation instructions and usage documentation for more details.

More Information

Documentation

Community & Resources

Kind Words From Users

"My life has changed... Aider... It's going to rock your world." — Eric S. Raymond on X
"The best free open source AI coding assistant." — IndyDevDan on YouTube
"The best AI coding assistant so far." — Matthew Berman on YouTube
"Aider ... has easily quadrupled my coding productivity." — SOLAR_FIELDS on Hacker News
"It's a cool workflow... Aider's ergonomics are perfect for me." — qup on Hacker News
"It's really like having your senior developer live right in your Git repo - truly amazing!" — rappster on GitHub
"What an amazing tool. It's incredible." — valyagolev on GitHub
"Aider is such an astounding thing!" — cgrothaus on GitHub
"It was WAY faster than I would be getting off the ground and making the first few working versions." — Daniel Feldman on X
"THANK YOU for Aider! It really feels like a glimpse into the future of coding." — derwiki on Hacker News
"It's just amazing. It is freeing me to do things I felt were out my comfort zone before." — Dougie on Discord
"This project is stellar." — funkytaco on GitHub
"Amazing project, definitely the best AI coding assistant I've used." — joshuavial on GitHub
"I absolutely love using Aider ... It makes software development feel so much lighter as an experience." — principalideal0 on Discord
"I have been recovering from ... surgeries ... aider ... has allowed me to continue productivity." — codeninja on Reddit
"I am an aider addict. I'm getting so much more work done, but in less time." — dandandan on Discord
"Aider... blows everything else out of the water hands down, there's no competition whatsoever." — SystemSculpt on Discord
"Aider is amazing, coupled with Sonnet 3.5 it's quite mind blowing." — Josh Dingus on Discord
"Hands down, this is the best AI coding assistant tool so far." — IndyDevDan on YouTube
"[Aider] changed my daily coding workflows. It's mind-blowing how ...(it)... can change your life." — maledorak on Discord
"Best agent for actual dev work in existing codebases." — Nick Dobos on X
"One of my favorite pieces of software. Blazing trails on new paradigms!" — Chris Wall on X
"Aider has been revolutionary for me and my work." — Starry Hope on X
"Try aider! One of the best ways to vibe code." — Chris Wall on X
"Freaking love Aider." — hztar on Hacker News
"Aider is hands down the best. And it's free and opensource." — AriyaSavakaLurker on Reddit
"Aider is also my best friend." — jzn21 on Reddit
"Try Aider, it's worth it." — jorgejhms on Reddit
"I like aider :)" — Chenwei Cui on X
"Aider is the precision tool of LLM code gen... Minimal, thoughtful and capable of surgical changes ... while keeping the developer in control." — Reilly Sweetland on X
"Cannot believe aider vibe coded a 650 LOC feature across service and cli today in 1 shot." - autopoietist on Discord
"Oh no the secret is out! Yes, Aider is the best coding tool around. I highly, highly recommend it to anyone." — Joshua D Vander Hook on X
"thanks to aider, i have started and finished three personal projects within the last two days" — joseph stalzyn on X
"Been using aider as my daily driver for over a year ... I absolutely love the tool, like beyond words." — koleok on Discord
"Aider ... is the tool to benchmark against." — BeetleB on Hacker News
"aider is really cool" — kache on X