Is Aider Still Maintained? Live GitHub Status
Aider is a terminal-based AI pair-programming tool that edits code in your local git repository.
Short answer: Not actively: no commits in the last 91 days. Health score 3/100. Checked 18 Oct 2026.
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What the numbers say
Aider’s main branch received 0 commits in the last 91 days, against 74 in the same 91 days a year earlier (−100%). Nothing has landed in the last 91 days; the most recent commit is from 22 May 2026. It has 49,618 stars on GitHub.
Aider usage: downloads and installs
aider-chatTrend: the monthly download count is stored once a day, starting 17 Oct 2026. A chart appears here after a week of readings.
Download and pull counts include automated installs from CI pipelines, containers and mirrors, so they show how widely the software is pulled, not how many people use it. Numbers from different registries are not comparable with each other. Sources: PyPI download statistics via ecosyste.ms, read 18 Oct 2026, 13:59 UTC.
Aider security practices and adoption
Used by other projects
deps.dev: PyPI packages that depend on aider-chat 0.86.2
- Indirect dependents0
- All dependents22
- RegistryPyPI
Scorecard checks security practices such as code review, branch protection and pinned dependencies; it does not find bugs, and a low score does not mean the software is unsafe. Dependents and download counts show reach, not quality. Sources: deps.dev, GitHub, read 18 Oct 2026, 14:33 UTC.
Health score breakdown
| Part | Points | Based on |
|---|---|---|
| Activity | 0.0 / 35 | 0 commits in the last 91 days (full marks at 600) |
| Trend | 0.0 / 20 | 0% of last year’s pace (full marks at 100%) |
| Recency | 3.0 / 15 | last commit 149 days ago |
| Releases | 0.0 / 10 | latest GitHub release 435 days ago |
| Community | 0.0 / 20 | 0 pull requests merged in the last 91 days (full marks at 300) |
Open issues and pull requests: 1,931. The score summarises maintenance signals only, not quality or security. How the score works
Aider: common questions
Is Aider still maintained?
Not actively, as of 18 October 2026: Aider received no commits in the last 91 days, and its latest commit is from 22 May 2026. Its health score is 3 out of 100.
What is the latest Aider release?
The latest GitHub release of Aider is v0.86.0, published on 9 August 2025.
How many people contribute to Aider?
GitHub lists 172 contributors for Aider. 0 pull requests were merged in the last 91 days.
What licence does Aider use?
GitHub identifies the Aider licence as Apache-2.0. Read the licence file before commercial use.
How many times is Aider downloaded?
The aider-chat package on PyPI was downloaded 260,509 times in the last month, according to ecosyste.ms (checked 18 October 2026). The count includes automated installs from CI pipelines and mirrors, so it is not a count of users.
How is the health score calculated?
It adds five parts from public GitHub data: commit activity over 91 days (35 points), the trend against the same period last year (20), how recent the last commit is (15), how recent the last release is (10) and merged pull requests (20). Archived projects score 0; a maintenance notice caps the score at 25. It measures maintenance signals only, not code quality or security.
Visitor rating
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Ratings come from visitors, not from EvalAITools, and are not part of the health status above. One rating per visitor per tool every 30 days.
Daily snapshots
| Date (UTC) | Stars | Commits, last 91 days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Oct 2026 | 49,599 | 0 | No recent commits |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 49,586 | 0 | No recent commits |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 49,569 | 0 | No recent commits |
One snapshot is stored per day, starting 16 October 2026. No status change has been recorded for Aider since then.
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How this is measured: commits on the repository’s default branch counted through the GitHub API, the last 91 days against the same 91 days a year earlier; archived flag and licence from the repository; README checked daily for maintenance notices. Commit counts measure activity, not quality, and we have not tested this tool ourselves for this page.