# Aider

AI pair programming in your terminal

Canonical page: https://indiestore.co/product/aider-chat
Official website: https://aider.chat/
Category: Coding Agents
Audience: Developers who prefer terminal-based, open-source tools and want maximum flexibility over which AI model powers their coding assistant.

## About
Chat with your entire codebase from the terminal, make multi-file edits, and auto-commit — with any LLM you choose.

## Overview
A favourite among developers who prefer CLI-first workflows, Aider has one of the highest scores on coding benchmarks. It supports repo-map generation for full codebase context, multi-file edits, auto-commit with git, and works with virtually any LLM. Completely open-source and self-hostable.

## Questions and answers
### Is Aider free?
Yes — fully open-source. You bring your own API keys and pay only for the LLM usage.

### Which models work best with Aider?
Claude and GPT-4 tend to perform best, but Aider works with dozens of models including local ones via Ollama.

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