Aider-AI/aider · freshness 65/100 · rescored August 4, 2026
Aider
Pair programming in the terminal, built around git commits and repo maps.
The answer
Yes. Aider is actively maintained — last commit 2 months ago, freshness 65/100.
| Signal | Value | Effect | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Last commit | 2 months ago | -28 | Last push 73 days ago. The commit line has slowed. |
| Commits, 90 days | 5 | +3 | 5 commits in the last 12 weeks. |
| Last release | v0.86.0 · 12 months ago | -12 | Last release 359 days ago against a 8-day cadence — over three times its own gap. |
| Release cadence | 8 days, median | not scored | |
| Issue response | too few issues to sample | none | Not enough recent issues to measure a response time. |
| Unanswered issues | 100% of 4 sampled | not scored | |
| Committers, 90 days | 3 | +2 | 3 people committed in the last 90 days. |
| Bus factor | 3 | not scored | |
| Archived | no | not scored | |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | not scored | |
| Stars | 47,916 | not scored | |
| Open issues | 1,326 | not scored |
The same verdict, in words
Against it: Last push 73 days ago. The commit line has slowed. Last release 359 days ago against a 8-day cadence — over three times its own gap. For it: 5 commits in the last 12 weeks. 3 people committed in the last 90 days.
Last push 2 months ago, 5 commits in the last 90 days, last release v0.86.0 12 months ago, 3 committers in 90 days. Read from the GitHub API; Aider-AI/aider carries 47,916 stars and 1,326 open issues.
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