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Aider

Open source

Git-native terminal pair programmer. It commits as it works. Excellent discipline for small, reviewable diffs.

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Free tier

Free CLI. Pair with any OpenAI-compatible or local model.

Limits

No IDE UI. You must be comfortable in a terminal and git.

Best for

  • Git-heavy workflows
  • Focused file edits
  • Local models

How to use it well

  1. pip install aider-chat, then `aider` in a clean git repo.
  2. Add only the files the task needs with `/add`. Smaller context = better free-tier models.
  3. Let it commit; review `git log -p` before you push.

Myanmar notes

Low bandwidth friendly once the model is local. Start with a small Qwen/Gemma via Ollama.