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AI agent tools for aider
Short answer: Our top pick for aider: Codebase Memory MCP, with the highest AgentPick Score (87/100) among tools tagged "aider". Runners-up: agent-deck (73) and meridian (70). Compare what each does, its license and how recently it was updated below.
| # | Tool | What it does | Score | Stars | License | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Codebase Memory MCP | High-performance code intelligence MCP server. Indexes codebases into a persistent knowledge graph — average repo in milliseconds. 158 languages, sub-… | 87/100 | ★ 47k | MIT | 14 Oct 2026 |
| #2 | agent-deck | Terminal session manager for AI coding agents. One TUI for Claude, Gemini, OpenCode, Codex, and more. | 73/100 | ★ 1.1k | MIT | 14 Oct 2026 |
| #3 | meridian | Use Claude and Antigravity with Pi, OpenCode and other coding clients. Local API bridge, usage dashboard and Mac app. Antigravity preview available in… | 70/100 | ★ 2.1k | See repo | 14 Oct 2026 |
| #4 | dario | Use your Claude and ChatGPT subscriptions in Cursor, Cline, Aider, Claude Code and the Agent SDK: one local endpoint, failover, pooling. | 67/100 | ★ 571 | MIT | 14 Oct 2026 |
| #5 | ruler | Ruler — apply the same rules to all coding agents | 65/100 | ★ 2.9k | MIT | 14 Oct 2026 |
| #6 | AgentsMesh | The AI Agent Workforce Platform. Run a hundred AI coding agents across your own machines — schedule, isolate, and steer them all from one console. | 62/100 | ★ 2.4k | See repo | 23 Sept 2026 |
| #7 | Pane | Terminal-first, open-source AI agent manager for any CLI agent (agent agnostic), any OS (mac, windows, linux). The Open-Source Agentic Development Env… | 62/100 | ★ 541 | See repo | 14 Oct 2026 |
| #8 | ai-code-interface.el | Unified Emacs interface supporting OpenAI Codex, Antigravity CLI, Claude Code, Pi agent, Muse Code, and more | 59/100 | ★ 292 | Apache-2.0 | 14 Oct 2026 |
| #9 | codex-pooler | The full featured self-hosted Codex gateway, for teams, agents and you | 58/100 | ★ 224 | See repo | 14 Oct 2026 |
| #10 | Multi-Agent-CAD | MAC (Multi-Agent CAD): A decoupled multi-agent framework for text-to-CAD generation via constrained test-time compute | 52/100 | ★ 1k | MIT | 24 Sept 2026 |
Source: each project's public GitHub repository (description, stars, license, last push). Listed tools aren't tested or ranked by AgentPick.
How to choose
- Check which models and providers it supports.
- Prefer tools that show diffs and ask before running commands.
- Look for recent commits: coding agents change fast.
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