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Aider AI

Aider

Git-aware terminal coding agent focused on pair programming, patch editing, repository maps, and broad model/provider compatibility.

CLIActiveOpen sourceBYOKMCP Partial

613K

Attributed output

GitHub public-attribution count, 2026-06-09

#14

Index rank · all agents

#11 of 40 CLI agents

n/a

Business signal

No sourced business metric

$0 BYOK

Entry price

BYOK only

49,186

GitHub stars

Aider-AI/aider

Not published

npm demand/wk

Public npm counter

From the public record

What the public commits reveal

97 commits · 14 repositories

Search window: – · captured Oct 14, 2026 (UTC)

The same commits can credit more than one agent

3.1%3 / 97 sampled commits

3 of 97 unique sampled commits carry additional agent attribution (Claude, Codebuff, OpenCode). Counting each agent separately can therefore count the same commit more than once. This is shared attribution, not proof of a handoff or which tool did most of the work.

This is a sample of publicly attributed work, not total usage or a market-share estimate. Repositories are not customers. Attribution is declared in metadata, not independently verified tool execution; it does not prove exclusive authorship or autonomy. GitHub flagged incomplete search results; only returned, validated records are described and search totals are not used.

Method and audit data

Up to 100 returned search results ordered by commit date within the audit window; attribution trailers validated and duplicate SHAs removed across repositories. A recent convenience sample, not a random or exhaustive sample. Commit sample dates use the UTC committer timestamp, matching the search window. Excluded 3 commits with five or more distinct recognized agent/model credits in one message; broad credit lists are not used as evidence of a workflow.

Returned records dated Oct 11, 2026–Oct 11, 2026.

Download the dated audit evidence (JSON)

Activity Over Time

Weekly attributed output on public GitHub. Output visible through the agent's own bot or workflow is exact; output measured through declared attribution is an estimate. Window: 2025-02-03 to 2026-10-12.

Market

Developer output

613K

Public GitHub commits attributed to aider

aider declares attribution by default on the commits it makes; two attribution forms are summed (measured near-disjoint). Found about 7x larger than this index previously counted.

Last full week (ending 2026-10-18): 433 signed commits (-71.5% week over week), search estimate.

Snapshot 2026-06-09, confidence Medium, tracked since 2026-06-09. Read the methodology.

Index rank · all agents
#14 of 47 · #11 among CLI agents
Demand share
No public npm package
Business signal
No sourced business metric
GitHub share
2.9% of tracked stars
npm channel
No public npm package
All sourced signals (1)Expand
SignalValueTypeConfidence
GitHub stars49,186Public metricHigh

Pricing And Economics

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Pricing snapshot: 2026-06-12. Check the vendor for current terms.

Free open-source CLI; you pay your model provider directly.

Entry price
$0 BYOK
Top self-serve price
$0
Pricing unit
BYOK only
Token transparency
BYOK/API retail
Included usage
No paid offering exists; aider works with cloud and local models on your own keys.
Overage path
Whatever your model provider charges.

Retail Token Equivalent

Cost equals your provider's public token rate card.

PlanPriceAllowanceUnitToken / Overage Notes
aider$0Full CLI with your own API keys or local models.BYOK

Summary checked 2026-07-03.

Open-source CLI is free. Users pay configured LLM providers directly.

  • No bundled model subscription.
  • Cost depends on context size, repository map, model, and edit loop length.

Product

Providers

AnthropicOpenAIGoogleDeepSeekOpenRouterOllamaMany LiteLLM providers

Model families

ClaudeGPTGeminiDeepSeekOpenRouter modelsLocal models

Capabilities

CLIGit integrationRepo mapPatch editingMulti-provider modelsVoice/image support

Tradeoffs

  • Command-line oriented
  • Less IDE-native than Cursor/Cline-style extensions