Aider
Data confidence: HighAI pair programmer. Command-line tool for code editing.
Founded by: Paul Gauthier
Aider has a Developer Momentum Index of 23, ranking #18 of 262 companies. Key metrics include 681.7K monthly package downloads, 41.6K GitHub stars.
Developer Adoption
Developer Adoption
Package downloads and ecosystem metrics, 30-day window
Active Contributors Trend
github contributors remained stable at 3 over the last 90 days.
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| Date | github contributors |
|---|---|
| Mar 5, 2026 | 3 |
| Mar 6, 2026 | 3 |
npm Download Trend
npm Downloads remained stable at 941 over the last 90 days.
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| Date | npm downloads |
|---|---|
| Mar 5, 2026 | 941 |
| Mar 6, 2026 | 941 |
PyPI Download Trend
PyPI Downloads grew from 675,693 to 680,711 over the last 90 days.
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| Date | pypi downloads |
|---|---|
| Mar 5, 2026 | 675,693 |
| Mar 6, 2026 | 680,711 |
Key Signals
Developer Community Metrics
Metrics computed from HN discussion, GitHub activity, and funding data.
Category Benchmark
21 Code Generation companies30-Day Trends
npm Downloads
npm Downloads remained stable at 941 over the last 90 days.
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| Date | npm downloads |
|---|---|
| Mar 5, 2026 | 941 |
| Mar 6, 2026 | 941 |
PyPI Downloads
PyPI Downloads grew from 675,693 to 680,711 over the last 90 days.
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| Date | pypi downloads |
|---|---|
| Mar 5, 2026 | 675,693 |
| Mar 6, 2026 | 680,711 |
GitHub Stars
GitHub Stars grew from 40,429 to 41,581 (+2.8%) over the last 90 days.
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| Date | github stars |
|---|---|
| Feb 1, 2026 | 40,429 |
| Feb 7, 2026 | 40,609 |
| Feb 8, 2026 | 40,649 |
| Feb 9, 2026 | 40,668 |
| Feb 10, 2026 | 40,694 |
| Feb 12, 2026 | 40,742 |
| Feb 13, 2026 | 40,757 |
| Feb 14, 2026 | 40,791 |
| Feb 15, 2026 | 40,818 |
| Feb 16, 2026 | 40,853 |
| Feb 17, 2026 | 40,885 |
| Feb 19, 2026 | 40,955 |
| Feb 21, 2026 | 41,054 |
| Feb 22, 2026 | 41,072 |
| Feb 23, 2026 | 41,105 |
| Feb 24, 2026 | 41,127 |
| Feb 25, 2026 | 41,254 |
| Feb 26, 2026 | 41,486 |
| Feb 27, 2026 | 41,571 |
| Feb 28, 2026 | 41,581 |
HN Mentions
HN Mentions declined from 67 to 59 (-11.9%) over the last 90 days.
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| Date | hn mentions |
|---|---|
| Jan 6, 2026 | 67 |
| Jan 9, 2026 | 55 |
| Jan 10, 2026 | 54 |
| Jan 15, 2026 | 68 |
| Jan 16, 2026 | 68 |
| Jan 17, 2026 | 68 |
| Jan 18, 2026 | 67 |
| Jan 20, 2026 | 63 |
| Jan 21, 2026 | 62 |
| Jan 22, 2026 | 62 |
| Jan 23, 2026 | 58 |
| Jan 24, 2026 | 58 |
| Jan 25, 2026 | 56 |
| Jan 27, 2026 | 58 |
| Jan 29, 2026 | 64 |
| Jan 30, 2026 | 64 |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 63 |
| Feb 1, 2026 | 65 |
| Feb 2, 2026 | 65 |
| Feb 3, 2026 | 63 |
| Feb 4, 2026 | 57 |
| Feb 5, 2026 | 59 |
According to AI-Buzz, Aider has 941 npm downloads in 30 days, with 680,711 PyPI downloads in 30 days, with 3 active contributors in 30 days, ranks #7 in Code Generation for HN discussion share (out of 21 tracked with 3.6% of HN discussion), with 0% positive developer sentiment (57 HN comments analyzed), with 5 commits/week (declining).
Source: https://www.ai-buzz.com/companies/aider?utm_source=citation&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=cite_this_data
Metrics derived from public APIs (HN Algolia, GitHub, npm/PyPI). Sentiment classified by AI. See methodology for details →
About
About
Description
AI pair programmer. Command-line tool for code editing.
Estimated Company Size
1 - 10 employees
Website
aider.chatDetails
Founded
2023
Description
Aider is a command-line AI coding assistant. Edits code in your terminal. Uses GPT models to help write and refactor code.
Products & Tools
Aider
Command-line AI coding assistant for editing code in the terminal using GPT models.
Data Confidence
ExcellentReflects profile completeness, metric freshness, and signal coverage.
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