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As of May 18, 2026
Hacker News mentions decreased 50% over the last 30 days. Hacker News is discussion volume, not adoption.
Aider
AI pair programmer. Command-line tool for code editing.
Code GenerationFounded January 2023#3 of 19 in Code Generation
Updated May 29, 2026
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Company profile
What is Aider?
Aider is a command-line AI coding assistant. Edits code in your terminal. Uses GPT models to help write and refactor code.
Latest company data
Primary data point
Downloads
903.4K/30d
- npm
- 359
- PyPI
- 903.0K
Tracked packages: npm @cmdctrl/aider; PyPI aider-chat
▲ +1%npm + PyPI: Updated 1d ago
Other data points
Dependent projects
35
Projects depending on tracked package: PyPI aider-chat
Updated 9h ago
GitHub stars
45.5K
Main repository stars
Updated 9h ago
Hacker News
24/30d
Position #8 in category discussion
Updated 9h ago
Repository health
Maintenance data from the main open-source repository.
Releases (30d)Source: GitHub release dataUpdates: WeeklyCaveat: Published releases in the last 30 daysMethodology →
0
Repository usage
Public repositories and source files importing packages tied to Aider.
Repos importingMetric: Public GitHub repos using company packagesSource: ecosyste.ms Packages APIScope: UTC daily snapshotUpdates: DailyFreshness: 48h target; 48h expected source lagConfidence: HighCaveat: Public GitHub dependency data only; private repos and direct API use outside those packages are not visible.Methodology →
10%
About Aider
Aider is a command-line AI coding assistant. Edits code in your terminal. Uses GPT models to help write and refactor code.
FounderPaul Gauthier
Tracked packages (2)
1 npm, 1 PyPI
@cmdctrl/aider
npmMain npm package@cmdctrl/aider
AI pair programmer. Command-line tool for code editing.
aider-chat
PyPIMain PyPI packageaider-chat
AI pair programmer. Command-line tool for code editing.