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How to use Aider: what you can do with it

What is Aider? Aider is AI pair programming in your terminal. It lets you pair program with LLMs to start a new project or build on an existing codebase. It works with cloud and local LLMs, maps your whole codebase, supports 100+ languages, commits changes through git, can lint and test after each edit, and accepts images, web pages and voice.

How do I use it? Run python -m pip install aider-install; then run aider-install; Change directory into your codebase with cd /to/your/project. Full steps below.

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  1. Check you have what it needs: Python and pip; An API key for the model you pick, such as DeepSeek or OpenAI, or a local model; A git repository for your project.
  2. Open Aider-AI/aider on GitHub and read the README and license.
  3. Run python -m pip install aider-install
  4. Run aider-install
  5. Change directory into your codebase with cd /to/your/project
  6. Start Aider with a model flag, for example aider --model deepseek with your key passed via --api-key

These steps come from our top use case, Start pair programming in your terminal with Aider, which also has a copy-paste agent prompt.

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  • Who it is forDevelopers who want a terminal AI pair programmer that works with git and their choice of model.
  • Why it is hot50k stars, talked about in 2 AI sources we track
  • LanguagePython
  • Sourcegithub.com/Aider-AI/aider ยท Back to Hot repos

Requirements

  • Python and pip
  • An API key for the model you pick, such as DeepSeek or OpenAI, or a local model
  • A git repository for your project

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Questions about Aider

What is Aider?

Aider is AI pair programming in your terminal. It lets you pair program with LLMs to start a new project or build on an existing codebase. It works with cloud and local LLMs, maps your whole codebase, supports 100+ languages, commits changes through git, can lint and test after each edit, and accepts images, web pages and voice. It is an open-source project on GitHub: https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider.

How do I use Aider?

Run python -m pip install aider-install; then run aider-install; Change directory into your codebase with cd /to/your/project. The use cases on this page give the full steps and a copy-paste agent prompt for each job.

Who is Aider for?

Developers who want a terminal AI pair programmer that works with git and their choice of model.

What can I do with Aider?

3 use cases so far, for example: Start pair programming in your terminal with Aider; Lint and test automatically after every Aider edit; Add screenshots and web pages as context in Aider. Each has steps and a copy-paste agent prompt.

What do I need to run Aider?

Python and pip; An API key for the model you pick, such as DeepSeek or OpenAI, or a local model; A git repository for your project.

What are alternatives to Aider?

Other hot AI repos in Software and DevOps: ECC, Thinkrail, Superpowers, Deep Infer, Instructor.

Is Aider safe to run?

Deduped does not own, audit or vouch for it. Read the README and license, run it on your own systems first and review every command before you run it.