Aider
Aider
Open-source pair programmer in the terminal
Pending testOpen source
Score
- Quality
- Pending
- Price
- Pending
- Speed
- Pending
- Ease of starting
- Pending
Last tested: not yet. Pending is not a zero.
Waiting on the vibe-coding bench: a small multi-page web app from a written spec. No score until that test is published.
Plain-language take
Written from public product information. This is not a test result.
A terminal tool that edits a local git repo with whatever model API key you bring.
Pricing
Open source · checked 16 October 2026
Aider is open source. You pay the model provider whose API key you configure. See aider.chat for setup.
Pricing sourceUse cases
Alternatives
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