Aider
Open-source · self-hostable · replaces 1 SaaS tool on os-alt
Aider-AI/aider · alive · ★ 44.6k · last commit 2w ago · 1531 open issues
License: Apache-2.0
Good fit for Terminal-first developers who want a pair-programmer that operates on whole files and commits diffs to git.
Weak at Inline tab-complete during typing — Aider is a chat/edit loop, not a ghost-text engine; pair with Continue if you want both.
In a terminal? npx -y github:SolvoHQ/os-alt-cli github-copilot prints
the GitHub Copilot comparison table including Aider.
how the CLI works →
Replaces these SaaS
- GitHub Copilot · AI code completion / chat in the IDE
`pip install aider-chat`, then run `aider --model ollama_chat/qwen2.5-coder:32b` inside any git repo. Aider operates at the git-diff level — it reads files you /add, proposes edits, and commits them. Replaces Copilot Chat's edit-mode and Cursor's composer rather than inline ghost-text completion.
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