Aider Configuration for Gemini Flash

Configure Aider to use Google's Gemini 2.0 Flash model for fast, cost-effective AI pair programming with automatic git integration.

What This Does

This configuration sets up Aider with:

Instructions

1. **Create the configuration file** in your project root or home directory:

```bash

# Project-specific (recommended)

touch .aider.conf.yml

# Or global config

touch ~/.aider.conf.yml

```

2. **Add the configuration**:

```yaml

provider: gemini

model: gemini-2.0-flash-exp

```

3. **Set your Gemini API key** (if not already set):

```bash

export GEMINI_API_KEY="your-api-key-here"

```

4. **Start Aider** and it will automatically use this configuration:

```bash

aider

```

Switching Models

Use Anthropic Claude instead:

```yaml

provider: anthropic

model: sonnet

or: model: claude-3-sonnet-20240229

or: model: claude-3-opus-20240229

```

Don't forget to set: `export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY="your-key"`

Use local Ollama models:

```yaml

alias:

- "qwen:ollama_chat/qwen2.5-coder:7b"

```

Then run: `aider --model qwen`

Try other Gemini models:

```yaml

model: gemini-2.0-flash-thinking-exp # For reasoning tasks

model: gemini-1.5-pro # For complex analysis

```

Configuration Reference

Why Gemini Flash?

Common Additions

```yaml

Auto-commit changes

auto-commits: true

Specify which files to include by default

files:

- src/**/*.py

- tests/**/*.py

Set git repo path

git-dname: .

Dark mode for terminal

dark-mode: true

```

Notes