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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 git diff and git revert 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>",
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  "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": "2026-10-02T14:30:13.52+00:00"
  },
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}