Aider is an Apache 2.0 command-line tool that pairs you with a model inside a local Git repository. ProPR adds the plan, the isolated run, the pull request, and the follow-up commits Aider never produces.
Aider commits every edit to your own checkout. ProPR takes it from there: a reviewed plan, a branch, a pull request, and the review answers.
Aider is close to the developer, and like ProPR it is open source under Apache 2.0. It runs entirely on your machine, commits each edit to your local checkout, and works with OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Bedrock, Ollama, OpenRouter, and any OpenAI-compatible endpoint on your own key. Its architect mode splits a task between a reasoning model that proposes the change and an editor model that applies it.
Aider has no hosted mode, no GitHub App, and no pull request step: after a useful local session, you still scope the work, explain it, clean the branch, open the PR, answer review feedback, and leave history for the next person. ProPR does that packaging: a reviewed plan, an isolated run, a pull request, follow-up commits from GitHub comments, and a record of the agent, duration, tokens, and cost of every run.
| Question | Aider | ProPR |
|---|---|---|
| Live local coding in a terminal | Yes | No, unattended runs |
| Open source | Apache 2.0 | Apache 2.0 |
| Runs on your own provider keys | Yes, many providers | Yes, subscriptions or API keys |
| Opens the pull request | No, local commits only | Yes |
| GitHub comments become commits | No | Any plain comment |
| Shared task record and logs | No | Yes |
Aider keeps you in the terminal while you investigate a bug, try local edits, or learn a code path one prompt at a time, with a reasoning model proposing the change, an editor model applying it, and every edit committed locally.
Aider leaves commits in a checkout. ProPR turns the same request into a reviewed plan, an isolated branch, a pull request with a scored review, and follow-up commits from plain GitHub comments, with cost per run in the task record.
Verified November 2026: github.com/Aider-AI/aider, aider.chat/docs/llms, aider.chat/docs/usage/modes.
Run propr setup on a Linux Docker host (quickstart) or pick a ProPR Hosted plan, add the repository, and sign in Claude Code, Codex, or another supported agent.
When an Aider session shows you what the fix is, write it as a GitHub issue and add the AI label. ProPR plans it, runs the agent in isolation, and opens the pull request.
Review the diff the way you review any pull request. A plain comment on it becomes the next commit on the same branch; /review posts scored findings and /fix applies them. The follow-up playbook walks one comment to its commit.
