Aider Configuration

Aider is a powerful terminal AI pair programming tool that collaborates with AI to modify code directly in your terminal.

Install Aider

pip install aider-chat

Method 1: Environment Variables Recommended

~/.zshrc

export OPENAI_API_KEY="sk-xxxxxxxxxxxx"
export OPENAI_API_BASE="https://hboom.ai/v1"

~/.bashrc

export OPENAI_API_KEY="sk-xxxxxxxxxxxx"
export OPENAI_API_BASE="https://hboom.ai/v1"

Apply and start:

source ~/.zshrc
aider --model gpt-4o

Method 2: Command Line Arguments

aider \
  --openai-api-key sk-xxxxxxxxxxxx \
  --openai-api-base https://hboom.ai/v1 \
  --model gpt-4o

Method 3: Config File

Create ~/.aider.conf.yml:

openai-api-key: sk-xxxxxxxxxxxx
openai-api-base: https://hboom.ai/v1
model: gpt-4o

Common Model Arguments

aider --model gpt-4o                       # GPT-4o
aider --model gpt-4.1                      # GPT-4.1
aider --model claude-sonnet-4-20250514     # Claude 4 Sonnet

Verify Configuration

aider --model gpt-4o --message "Say hello"