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Aider

GitHub Repo Pretty sure · 88% self-written is wild

https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider

CLI pair programmer that actually ships code instead of just talking about it. The bar was low and it cleared it.

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Aider solves a real problem: getting LLMs to edit your actual codebase without you manually copy-pasting diffs. The git integration + repomap + multi-language support are table stakes but executed. 5.7M installs and 15B tokens/week suggest real usage, not hype theater. The 'Singularity' badge (88% self-written) is either the most honest metric in AI tooling or the most elaborate flex—either way, it's earned skepticism. No novel algorithms. Plenty of marketing polish in the README, but the too...

42015 stars Python 2026-03-17 1042 days old

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