AI pair programmer that works in your terminal, letting you edit code in local git repos using LLMs like GPT-4 and Claude.
Best For
Teams & solo builders
Key Pros & Cons
Strengths
- Bulk data export — your data stays portable
Watch Out For
- Low community score (2/100) — smaller support network
Market Momentum
15
-1
24h
+0
7d
-49
30d
14-day heat score history
Creator Buzz3
Search Interest3
Community Activity2
Growth Momentum50
Score ForecastConfidence: low
11
7-day est.
11
14-day est.
Trend slope: 0.00 pts/day
What This Score Means
Aider is in a declining trend within AI Coding Agents — consider whether the team is still actively investing before building on it.
Abandonment & Maintenance Risk
High Risk
Trend phaseDeclining
30-day score change-49 pts
Listed on HookFlow4mo old
Discontinued flag✓ No
Risk Factors
- Rapid score decline over 30 days
- Declining trend — worth monitoring
Data Lock-In Index
33
/ 100 (lower = more open)
○ Webhooks Out✓ Bulk Export✓ Open Formats
vs. Category Peers (AI Coding Agents)
Tool
A.R.C.
Heat
7d Δ
Lock-In
Aider (this)
CLI & agentic pipelines
—
15
+0
33
Claude Code▲ Peak
Terminal-first coding
B
57
+2
100
Sweep▲ Peak
—
55
+5
100
Plandex▲ Emerging
—
35
+14
100
Qodo▲ Declining
—
29
-3
100
MetaGPT▲ Declining
—
28
-4
100
Lock-In: 0 = fully open, 100 = maximum data lock-in. A.R.C. = Architecture · Reliability · Context score (A–F).
Snapshot Disclaimer: All scores, rankings, and metrics in this report reflect data as of August 4, 2026. Heat scores, community activity, and market momentum are recalculated daily — figures shown here represent a point-in-time snapshot and may differ from current values on HookFlow.ai.
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