Transparent, Steerable AI Orchestration for Professional Software Engineers.
🤖 Not just a GUI for Aider — a complete orchestration layer.
Steer AI behavior, review every change, isolate experiments, and extend everything.
Your workflow. Your rules. Your codebase stays intact.
AiderDesk is an open-source agentic platform that puts you back in the driver's seat of AI-assisted development.
Originally created as a graphical user interface for the powerful Aider CLI, it has evolved into a comprehensive orchestration layer — built for seasoned professionals who refuse to trade control for convenience.
Three principles guide everything we build:
| 🫧 Transparency | 🎛️ Control | 🤝 Flexibility |
|---|---|---|
| See every token, every context file, and every proposed change before it lands. Nothing happens in the dark. | The AI is a junior pair programmer, not an autopilot. Approve tools, authorize destructive actions, fork tasks, and surgically edit chat history to keep things on track. | Keep your IDE. Keep your terminal. Keep your Git workflow. AiderDesk slides in alongside your existing toolchain — no disruption, no lock-in. |
- Download the latest release for your OS from Releases.
- Run the executable.
For additional installation options (npm, Docker, Homebrew, Scoop), see the installation guide.