Aider

Aider#

Aider is an open-source AI pair programming tool that works with multiple LLM providers from the terminal.

toml

[ai]
harnesses = [
  { harness = "aider", enable = true, install = true },
]

Run aibox apply, then inside the container:

bash

aider    # Launches Aider CLI

Aider requires an API key for the LLM provider you want to use. Set it in your environment:

toml

[container.environment]
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY = "sk-ant-..."
# Or for OpenAI:
# OPENAI_API_KEY = "sk-..."

Alternatively, create a .aider.conf.yml in .aibox-home/.aider/.

Aider’s configuration is persisted in .aibox-home/.aider/, mounted at /home/aibox/.aider/.

Aider is installed via uv tool install aider-chat — a fast, isolated Python tool installation.