Does Aider (Open-source CLI) train on your code?

Trains on code

No

Default

Aider 'never collects your code, prompts, chats, keys or any personal info'.

How to opt out

Nothing to do.

Retention

None by Aider; your model provider's policy applies.

Telemetry

Opt-in anonymous analytics (models, tokens, features, errors), asked of a random subset of users.

Disable telemetry

aider --analytics-disable (permanent).

Zero data retention

yes · With a local model.

Offline / local model

yes · Ollama: export OLLAMA_API_BASE=http://127.0.0.1:11434 and run aider with an ollama model.

Self-hostable

yes · Local CLI.

Score

100/100 · training 40/40 · retention 25/25 · offline 20/20 · telemetry 15/15

Classes: training No · retention Not collected · telemetry None / opt-in · offline yes

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