Aider
by Aider (open source)
AI pair programming in your terminal.
What it does
Aider is an open-source AI pair-programming tool that runs in the terminal and edits code in your local git repository, working with the LLM of your choice.
Note: LLM API costs are paid to your model provider.
Key facts
- Pricing model
- Free
- Starting price
- Free and open source (bring your own model API key)
- Free tier
- Yes
- Deployment
- Open source (CLI)
- Integrations
- GitHub
As mentioned on the vendor's site; not tested.
🇪🇺 EU / Swiss readiness
- Status
- 🇪🇺 Unknown
- GDPR / DPA
- Not publicly stated / not verified
- Data residency
- Not publicly stated / not verified
- EU AI Act info
- Not publicly stated / not verified
- Source
- Not publicly stated / not verified
We only record what the vendor states publicly. Always request the DPA and sub-processor list before buying. This is not legal advice.
Hands-on test
Not tested yet. When Verified, this section will show setup time, success on our standard task script, cost per run, screenshots and the retest date.
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