6 reviewed records · 0 benchmark observations · capture dates not recorded
Inspect the evidenceAider · TOOL PROFILE
Aider
Terminal pair programmer
No editorial score yet — missing data is not a low score
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Where this comes fromAutonomous coding agents peer board is provisional. No quality rank is published until the declared evidence basket clears. Method AIS-V2
At a glance
5 facts- Provider
- Aider
- Type
- AI tool
- Access
- Apache-2.0 local CLI for macOS, Linux and Windows; bring a hosted-model API key or use a supported local model.
- Lifecycle
- Public repository is not archived; latest listed release is v0.86.0 from Aug 9, 2025, so release cadence is stale at this observation.
- Pricing notes
- Free (open source, BYO model API)
Not recorded yet: reviewed evidence records. Gaps stay visible as gaps; nothing is filled in or estimated.
Compared with
Aider sits with Cursor (Autonomous coding agents: Delegate implementation, testing and pull-request work) and Claude Code (Autonomous coding agents: Delegate implementation, testing and pull-request work). Same-job peers are listed together; this profile does not name a winner. Best AI coding tools by job
FAQ
What is Aider?
Aider is an AI tool by Aider. Catalogue job: Terminal pair programmer. Open-source terminal pair programmer that edits local Git repositories with many model providers.
How does Aider compare with Cursor and Claude Code?
Aider is listed for Autonomous coding agents (“Delegate implementation, testing and pull-request work”). Cursor is listed for Autonomous coding agents (“Delegate implementation, testing and pull-request work”); its catalogue best-for is Professional engineers running agent fleets on large codebases. Claude Code is listed for Autonomous coding agents (“Delegate implementation, testing and pull-request work”); its catalogue best-for is Engineers automating multi-file frontend work and PR review. Method AIS-V2 compares peers by job. This page does not pick a winner.
What does Aider cost?
Documented catalogue note: Free (open source, BYO model API). Plan terms change. This is a captured note, not a live invoice, and price is not a ranking input.
Follow the source
5 source linksEvidence & conditions
5Source links
6Reviewed records
NoneBenchmark runs
Not recordedLatest capture
- Aider pricing FAQ
aider.chatDate not recorded - Aider Polyglot leaderboard
aider.chatDate not recorded - Epoch AI methodology index
epoch.aiDate not recorded - Aider install guide
aider.chatDate not recorded - Aider repository
github.comDate not recorded
No comparable benchmark observations are recorded for this entry.
Reviewed records
ev-aider-adoption-2026-09-06 adoption
- conflict State
- none
- construct
- adoption.github_repository
- coverage
- 0.66
- entity Id
- aider
- entity Type
- product
- entity Version Id
- aider@2026-09-06
- evidence Type
- adoption
- id
- ev-aider-adoption-2026-09-06
- independence
- B
- observed At
- 2026-09-06
- output
- adoption
- peer Group
- autonomous_coding_agent
- published At
- Not documented
- publisher
- GitHub
- quality Tier
- moderate
- reproducibility
- A
- review State
- approved
- scope
- Public repository counters observed on 2026-09-06; not a user or revenue count
- source Excerpt
- The public repository displayed 47.7k stars, 4.8k forks, 171 contributors and 93 releases.
- source Type
- official_repository_page
- source Url
- https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider
- state
- measured
- unit
- repository_snapshot
- value
- 47.7k GitHub stars, 4.8k forks, 171 contributors and 93 releases
ev-aider-capability-2026-09-06 capability
- conflict State
- none
- construct
- capability.terminal_pair_programming
- coverage
- 0.78
- entity Id
- aider
- entity Type
- product
- entity Version Id
- aider@2026-09-06
- evidence Type
- capability
- id
- ev-aider-capability-2026-09-06
- independence
- C
- observed At
- 2026-09-06
- output
- capability
- peer Group
- autonomous_coding_agent
- published At
- Not documented
- publisher
- Aider
- quality Tier
- moderate
- reproducibility
- B
- review State
- approved
- scope
- Documented product surfaces; macOS, Linux and Windows installation is supported
- source Excerpt
- The repository documents codebase maps, Git commits, linting and testing, IDE use, images, web pages and support for local or hosted LLMs.
- source Type
- first_party_repository
- source Url
- https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider
- state
- verified
- supporting Source Urls
- ["https://aider.chat/docs/leaderboards/","https://aider.chat/docs/install.html"]
- unit
- verified_feature_set
- value
- Terminal pair programming with repository maps, Git integration, lint and test loops, multiple edit formats and broad model support
ev-aider-polyglot-epoch-provenance-2026-09-06 quality
- conflict State
- shared_underlying_data
- construct
- quality.aider_polyglot_provenance
- coverage
- 0.62
- entity Id
- aider
- entity Type
- harness
- entity Version Id
- aider@2026-09-06
- evidence Type
- quality
- id
- ev-aider-polyglot-epoch-provenance-2026-09-06
- independence
- B
- observed At
- 2026-09-06
- output
- external
- peer Group
- autonomous_coding_agent
- published At
- Not documented
- publisher
- Epoch AI
- quality Tier
- moderate
- reproducibility
- B
- review State
- approved
- scope
- Independent publisher, not an independent benchmark run or second performance evidence family
- source Excerpt
- Epoch documents the methodology and states that it adds data directly from Aider's polyglot leaderboard.
- source Type
- independent_benchmark_index
- source Url
- https://epoch.ai/benchmarks/aider-polyglot
- state
- verified
- unit
- provenance_corroboration
- value
- Independent methodology index corroborates the 225-problem, six-language design but imports results directly from Aider
ev-aider-polyglot-method-2026-09-06 quality
- conflict State
- none
- construct
- quality.aider_polyglot_harness
- coverage
- 0.74
- entity Id
- aider
- entity Type
- harness
- entity Version Id
- aider@2026-09-06
- evidence Type
- quality
- id
- ev-aider-polyglot-method-2026-09-06
- independence
- C
- observed At
- 2026-09-06
- output
- external
- peer Group
- autonomous_coding_agent
- published At
- Not documented
- publisher
- Aider
- quality Tier
- moderate
- reproducibility
- B
- review State
- approved
- scope
- Aider Polyglot measures models operating through the Aider harness; it is not an aggregate Aider product score
- source Excerpt
- Aider's polyglot benchmark tests LLMs on 225 challenging Exercism coding exercises across six languages.
- source Type
- first_party_benchmark
- source Url
- https://aider.chat/docs/leaderboards/
- state
- measured
- unit
- benchmark_method_and_model_results
- value
- 225 Exercism coding exercises across C++, Go, Java, JavaScript, Python and Rust; published pass rates are model-specific
ev-aider-pricing-2026-09-06 price
- conflict State
- none
- construct
- price.software_and_model_access
- entity Id
- aider
- entity Type
- product
- entity Version Id
- aider@2026-09-06
- evidence Type
- price
- id
- ev-aider-pricing-2026-09-06
- independence
- C
- observed At
- 2026-09-06
- peer Group
- autonomous_coding_agent
- published At
- Not documented
- publisher
- Aider
- quality Tier
- high
- reproducibility
- A
- review State
- approved
- scope
- Software access only; third-party model costs excluded
- source Excerpt
- Aider is free software; users supply model API access or use supported local models.
- source Type
- first_party_documentation
- source Url
- https://aider.chat/docs/faq.html
- state
- verified
- supporting Source Urls
- ["https://aider.chat/docs/llms.html","https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider"]
- unit
- access_model
- value
- Free Apache-2.0 software with BYO model API or local models
ev-aider-user-outcomes-gap-2026-09-06 user_outcomes
- conflict State
- none
- construct
- users.qualified_outcomes
- coverage
- 0
- entity Id
- aider
- entity Type
- product
- entity Version Id
- aider@2026-09-06
- evidence Type
- user_outcomes
- id
- ev-aider-user-outcomes-gap-2026-09-06
- independence
- C
- observed At
- 2026-09-06
- output
- users
- peer Group
- autonomous_coding_agent
- published At
- Not documented
- publisher
- Aider
- quality Tier
- low
- reproducibility
- C
- review State
- approved
- scope
- No attributable user outcome with a measurable baseline and result was found in reviewed official sources
- source Excerpt
- The reviewed product site, documentation and repository did not publish a qualifying customer outcome.
- source Type
- first_party_product_site
- source Url
- https://aider.chat/
- state
- evidence_gap
- unit
- qualified_case_study
- value
- Not documented
Source reports, measured results, and editorial assessments are separate evidence types. Source dates do not imply a new benchmark run. Capture dates are shown when recorded; otherwise we say the capture date was not recorded. Recorded dates are compared with this catalogue snapshot (Sep 11, 2026), not today’s date.
Method AIS-V2
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