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title: "Aider pricing, platforms and integrations"
description: "Terminal pair programmer written in Python. Edits files in your git repo and commits each change with a message, using your own API keys for almost any model including local ones."
canonical_url: "https://whichcoding.tools/tools/aider"
---
# Aider

> Terminal pair programmer written in Python. Edits files in your git repo and commits each change with a message, using your own API keys for almost any model including local ones.

- **Layer**: Terminal agent
- **Vendor**: Aider AI
- **Platforms**: macOS, Windows, Linux
- **License**: Apache-2.0
- **Pricing**: Free
- **Status**: Active
- **JSON**: /api/v1/tools/aider.json

## Links

- [Website](https://aider.chat)
- [Repo](https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider)
- [Docs](https://aider.chat/docs)
- [Changelog](https://aider.chat/HISTORY.html)

## Pricing

| Plan | Price | Included | Beyond that | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Free (individual) | Free | — | — | Bring your own API keys, you pay the provider directly |

Aider has no paid plan. Model usage is billed by whichever provider you connect.

Source: [github.com/Aider-AI/aider](https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider), verified 2026-09-18.

## Works with

What Aider runs, and what can run Aider. "With your existing login" means the wrapped tool's subscription is reused, no second bill.

### Runs inside

- [Claude Squad](https://whichcoding.tools/tools/claude-squad) (via CLI, Free with your existing login): Terminal app on top of tmux that runs Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, Aider and other agents in separate git worktrees, with a background auto-accept mode and a diff view.
- [cmux](https://whichcoding.tools/tools/cmux) (via CLI, Free with your existing login): Native macOS terminal on libghostty with vertical tabs, notification rings and a scriptable browser for running Claude Code, Codex, Gemini and other CLI agents at once.
- [Vibe Kanban](https://whichcoding.tools/tools/vibe-kanban) (via CLI, Free with your existing login): Kanban board that runs Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI and other agents in parallel worktrees with diff review. Bloop shut down in April 2026, the project is community maintained.

## Models

- **Providers**: Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, xAI, DeepSeek, OpenRouter
- **Bring your own key**: BYOK
- **Local models**: Yes

Also Azure, Amazon Bedrock, Vertex AI, Cohere, Groq, Ollama, LM Studio and any OpenAI compatible endpoint. A GitHub Copilot token copied from a JetBrains login can be pasted as the key, there is no OAuth sign in.

## Features

- **Checkpoints**: Snapshot and roll back agent changes

## Install

- **pip**: `python -m pip install aider-install && aider-install`

## License

- **SPDX**: Apache-2.0
- **Kind**: Open source
- **Repo**: [github.com/Aider-AI/aider](https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider)

## Sources

Every fact above points at a vendor page and the date someone last checked it.

| Source | Covers | Verified |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [github.com/Aider-AI/aider](https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider) | pricing, license, platforms, general | 2026-09-18 |
| [aider.chat/docs/llms.html](https://aider.chat/docs/llms.html) | models | 2026-08-23 |
| [aider.chat/docs/git.html](https://aider.chat/docs/git.html) | features | 2026-08-23 |

Source data: [content/tools/aider.yml](https://github.com/benjamincanac/whichcodingtools/blob/main/content/tools/aider.yml)

## Related

- [Compare Aider with another tool](https://whichcoding.tools/compare?tools=aider)
- [All terminal agents](https://whichcoding.tools/layers/harness)

Data: CC BY 4.0. Credit whichcoding.tools and link to https://whichcoding.tools. Full terms in [LICENSE-DATA](https://github.com/benjamincanac/whichcodingtools/blob/main/LICENSE-DATA).

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