Aider (terminal)

At a glance

What Aider (terminal) does

Chat, Multi-file edits, Git integration, Map-reduce, Multi-model

Best for

Git-aware AI pair programming from any terminal or editor

Works well with

Conflicts & caveats

• Replit has its own built-in AI Agent — external integrations like Aider (terminal) cannot run inside the Replit web IDE.
• Aider (terminal) does not officially support Xcode. Use GitHub Copilot for Xcode or Direct API.
• Aider (terminal) has limited or no official Android Studio support. Use GitHub Copilot or JetBrains AI Assistant.
• Void Editor is BYO-API-key first — Aider (terminal) runs as an extension on top, which can work but isn't the intended Void workflow.
• Lapce has a small plugin ecosystem; Aider (terminal) may not have an official plugin yet.
• Positron is VS Code-based but tuned for R/Python data science — Aider (terminal) may install but is not officially supported.
• Aider (terminal) does not officially support RStudio — use direct API calls or the rstudio.cloud Copilot integration.
• Aider (terminal) does not officially support Spyder — use the direct API.
• Cursor Mobile only runs Cursor-managed agents and background tasks — local-only integrations like Aider (terminal) cannot run on the phone.
• Aider (terminal) does not officially support Eclipse — Copilot, Tabnine, and Codeium are the main supported options.
• Aider (terminal) does not officially support Apache NetBeans — Copilot and Tabnine are the main supported options.
• @codebase (Cursor) only works with Cursor built-in integration (yours is Aider (terminal)).
• Continue's codebase indexing only works when the integration is Continue.dev (yours is Aider (terminal)).
• Windsurf codebase indexing only works with Windsurf Cascade integration (yours is Aider (terminal)).