Installing aider

Install git

Make sure you have git installed. Here are instructions for installing git in various environments.

Get your API key

To work with OpenAI’s GPT 3.5 or GPT-4 models you need a paid OpenAI API key. Note that this is different than being a “ChatGPT Plus” subscriber.

To work with Anthropic’s models like Claude 3 Opus you need a paid Anthropic API key.

Manage your python environment

Using a Python virtual environment is recommended. Or, you could consider installing aider using pipx.

Windows install 

# Install aider
py -m pip install aider-chat

# To work with GPT-4o:
$ aider --openai-api-key sk-xxx...

# To work with Claude 3 Opus:
$ aider --anthropic-api-key sk-xxx... --opus

Mac/Linux install 

# Install aider
python -m pip install aider-chat

# To work with GPT-4o:
$ aider --openai-api-key sk-xxx...

# To work with Claude 3 Opus:
$ aider --anthropic-api-key sk-xxx... --opus

Working with other LLMs

Aider works well with GPT-4o, Claude 3 Opus, GPT-3.5 and supports connecting to almost any LLM.

You are done!

There are some optional install steps you could consider. See the usage instructions to start coding with aider.