Aider-AI/aider
aider is AI pair programming in your terminal
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Most-wanted open issues
Ranked by 👍 reactions. 1,396 open issues total, checked 2026-10-16.
| Issue | 👍 | Comments | Opened |
|---|---|---|---|
| 196 | 24 | 1 yr | |
| 137 | 27 | 1 yr | |
Feature: Add GitHub Copilot as model provider enhancement, priority | 118 | 214 | 1 yr |
| 79 | 14 | 3 yrs | |
| 62 | 12 | 1 yr |
What Hacker News made of it
Threads that link to or name this project, ranked by points. The comments are where the objections live — the README never argues back.
- Aider: AI pair programming in your terminal
432 points · 156 comments · 2 yrs
- Claude 3 beats GPT-4 on Aider's code editing benchmark
202 points · 228 comments · 2 yrs
- GPT-4o takes #1 and #2 on the Aider LLM leaderboards
48 points · 7 comments · 2 yrs
- Show HNShow HN: Navigator Mode (Like Claude Code) for Aider
16 points · 5 comments · 1 yr
- Aider-AI/aider: aider is AI pair programming in your terminal
2 points · 0 comments · 1 yr
Head to head with its peers
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