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  "slug": "aider",
  "name": "Aider",
  "url": "https://aider.chat",
  "cat": "ide",
  "group": "build",
  "tagline": "Terminal pair programmer (OSS)",
  "price": "Free and open source (Apache 2.0) · BYO API key",
  "tier": "free",
  "pick": false,
  "what": "The original terminal AI pair programmer, Apache-2.0 with roughly 48k stars and still actively developed. It builds a repo map of your codebase, edits files in place, runs linters and tests, and auto-commits every change with a written message. Works with almost any LLM, including local models.",
  "why": "Git-native discipline: every AI edit lands as its own commit, so <code>git diff</code> and <code>git revert</code> are your undo button. It is the cheapest serious option because you pay only raw API tokens, and it scripts cleanly into CI.",
  "warn": "No GUI and no MCP-style tool ecosystem; the interaction model is chat plus file mentions, which feels dated next to fully autonomous agents.",
  "install": "<code>python -m pip install aider-install && aider-install</code>",
  "category": {
    "key": "ide",
    "name": "AI IDEs & coding agents",
    "desc": "Where real work happens once the prototype outgrows the prompt box.",
    "group": "build",
    "groupName": "Build it"
  },
  "freshness": null,
  "health": {
    "ok": true,
    "status_code": 200,
    "final_url": "https://aider.chat/",
    "checked_at": "2026-08-18T20:59:38.827+00:00"
  },
  "corrected_at": null,
  "upstream_changed_at": null
}