# Aider

Terminal tool for AI pair programming: edit code, inspect Git diffs and address test failures.

Canonical profile: https://agenten-kompass.mmeierhoff.chatgpt.site/en/agents/aider/
Editor: [Michael Meierhoff](https://agenten-kompass.mmeierhoff.chatgpt.site/en/about/)
Sources reviewed: 2026-10-12
Basis: provider documentation. Examples are editorial suggestions, not hands-on product tests.

## Overview

Aider works interactively in an existing repository alongside your editor.

- Provider: Aider-AI
- Product family: Aider
- Profile type: Interactive coding assistant
- Environment: Terminal on your computer
- Connections: Git, editor, tests and cloud or local models
- Setup: Install Aider, open a project and connect a supported model.
- Pricing model: Apache-2.0-licensed; model or local compute costs are additional.

## Key features

### Edit code

Aider implements collaboratively requested changes in existing projects.

Source: https://aider.chat/

### Map project context

A repository map helps navigate larger codebases.

Source: https://aider.chat/

### Integrate Git

Changes can be committed automatically and reviewed or reverted with Git.

Source: https://aider.chat/

### Tests and linting

Aider can run tests and linters and address reported errors.

Source: https://aider.chat/

### Choose models

Cloud and local models can provide model access.

Source: https://aider.chat/

## Example workflows

### Fix a bug

- Your input: A repository and a reproducible bug report.
- Possible result: A proposed code change with executed checks.
- What to check: Check the diff, tests and actual behavior.

### Extend a feature

- Your input: A bounded requirement with acceptance criteria.
- Possible result: A traceable extension to the existing project.
- What to check: Check side effects and Git history changes.

## Requirements and limits

### Configure model access

Requirement: Cloud models require suitable API access; local models require your own compute.

Source: https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider

### Check Git behavior

Requirement: Automatic commits are supported and should suit your workflow.

Source: https://aider.chat/

### Quality by project

Not yet confirmed: Quality depends on the model and project context; no hands-on comparative tests are available here.

Source: https://aider.chat/

## Europe & regional availability

This source review covers the features and access options below. Other features may have different conditions.

Reviewed scope: Self-hosting; external services require separate checks
Reviewed on: 2026-10-13

### Self-hosting and model access

Depends on access and configuration

The project source describes running in your own environment and connecting models. Country requirements of chosen cloud models, tools and optional hosting services need additional checks. A complete Europe feature audit is still pending.

Region covered: EU/EEA, United Kingdom and Switzerland: to be checked separately

Documented reason: The linked source does not establish a connection to the AI Act, DMA or GDPR.

Official source: https://aider.chat/

## Accounts & permissions

Accounts and permissions for this profile have not yet been researched.

## Prices and included usage

Pricing checked: 2026-10-12

Apache-2.0-licensed; model or local compute costs are additional.

### Open Source

USD 0 license cost

Apache-2.0 license; model access is separate.

Price source: https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider

API usage is billed according to the selected model provider.

Pricing details: https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider

## Operation & oversight

Operational details for this profile have not yet been researched.

## Context

Cloud models require suitable API access; local models require your own compute.

Official product documentation reviewed. Workflows and assessments are editorial; hands-on product tests are outside the scope of this directory.

## Open points

Not yet researched:
- Accounts & permissions
- Operation & oversight

Requirements and limits, not yet confirmed:
- Quality by project

## Sources

- [Aider - AI Pair Programming in Your Terminal](https://aider.chat/)

- [GitHub - Aider-AI/aider: aider is AI pair programming in your terminal](https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider)

## Provider

Open-source project for AI-assisted software development in the terminal.

- Operator: Aider-AI
- Organization: Open-source project
- Website: https://aider.chat/
- Reviewed: 2026-10-12

- Provider source: https://aider.chat/

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