Aider Composer is a VSCode extension that allows you to integrate Aider into your development workflow. this extension is highly inspired by cursor and cline.
It is very recommended to read Requirements and Extension Settings for startup config, otherwise the extension may not work correctly.
- easily add and drop file, and toggle between read-only and editable modes with just a click.
- most of the chat mode is supported, including
ask
diff
diff-fenced
udiff
whole
, and you can easily switch between them. - review code changes before applying them.
- HTTP Proxy is supported, use VSCode settings
http.proxy
to configure and don't support authentication.
because of some limitation or other issues, this extension may not implement all features in Aider, some are listed here:
- multiple workspaces are not supported
- git, extension will not use git repo features
- lint
- test
- voice
- in-chat commands are not usable
- configuration is not supported
This extension use python package aider-chat
and flask
to provide background service, so you should install them first.
- install Python. you can download from python.org or any other ways.
- install
aider-chat
andflask
package, use commandpip install aider-chat flask
This extension contributes the following settings:
aider-composer.pythonPath
: Directory that includes the Python executable (not the Python executable path) and theaider.chat
,flask
package is installed. this is required before you can use this extension. if you not set this, extension will not be activated.
Enjoy!