Aider

AI pair programming in your terminal

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Aider is a terminal-based AI pair programmer that commits diffs to git with strong multi-file editing.

Pricing: Free (BYO API keys)

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Pros & cons

Pros
  • Git-native
  • Multi-file
  • Model flexible
Cons
  • CLI learning curve
  • No GUI

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