# Aider

> AI pair programming in the terminal, editing files in your git repo.

Canonical: https://thelocalbench.com/tools/aider · Data as of 2026-10-12 · The Local Bench (thelocalbench.com), data as of 2026-10-12, CC BY 4.0

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- Category: Coding agents / Terminal agent
- Website: https://aider.chat/
- Repository: https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider
- Open source: yes, Apache-2.0 [verified] https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider/blob/HEAD/LICENSE.txt
- Pricing: free, starting $0 [verified] https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider
- Platforms: macOS, Windows, Linux [sourced] https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider#readme
- Added 2026-10-13, last verified 2026-10-13
- Sponsored: no

## Works with local models

| Integration | Status | Flag | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ollama | yes | [verified] | https://aider.chat/docs/llms/ollama.html |
| llama.cpp | not yet confirmed | [not_measured] |  |
| LM Studio | yes | [verified] | https://aider.chat/docs/llms/lm-studio.html |
| OpenAI-compatible | yes | [verified] | https://aider.chat/docs/llms/openai-compat.html |
| MCP | not yet confirmed | [not_measured] |  |

JSON: https://thelocalbench.com/api/v1/tools/aider.json

Logo: trademark of its owner, shown to identify the tool (source: github-org-avatar, https://github.com/Aider-AI.png?size=384).