Aider
Aider-AI profile, latest version intelligence, capability movement, and source-aware release history.
Profile
Aider is an open-source terminal coding assistant designed for Git-based workflows and multi-file code edits.
Latest Version
v0.86.0
May 2026
Confidence
75%
estimated
Context
N/A
last known / not captured
Versions
3
documented releases
Current Release Intelligence
What changed in the latest published release
Release
v0.86.0
EST confidenceAdded support for all GPT-5 models and Grok-4 via xai/grok-4 and openrouter/x-ai/grok-4 model names. Added support for gemini/gemini-2.5-flash-lite-preview-06-17 model and openrouter/moonshotai/kimi-k2 model. Fixed various issues including model settings replacement, analytics support for latest PostHog SDK, and bumped dependencies to litellm==1.75.0.
Decision Fit
Best For
Repository coding and rapid iteration
Avoid If
You need non-technical, no-setup workflows
Current Capabilities
v0.86.0 with previous-release movement
Version History
3 releases documented
v0.86.0
May 9, 2026
Added support for all GPT-5 models and Grok-4 via xai/grok-4 and openrouter/x-ai/grok-4 model names. Added support for gemini/gemini-2.5-flash-lite-preview-06-17 model and openrouter/moonshotai/kimi-k2 model. Fixed various issues including model settings replacement, analytics support for latest PostHog SDK, and bumped dependencies to litellm==1.75.0.
v0.85.0
May 9, 2026
Added support for new Gemini 2.5 models (pro, flash) and OpenAI o3-pro with thinking tokens support. Added --add-gitignore-files flag, --commit-language option, and MATLAB/Clojure language support for repository maps. Co-authored-by attribution is now enabled by default.
v0.84.0
May 9, 2026
Added support for new Claude Sonnet 4 and Opus 4 series models with updated default aliases. Added automatic GitHub Copilot token refresh and improved OpenRouter model metadata handling with local cache. Fixed .gitignore file handling and improved automatic commit message generation.