Aider v0.72.0: DeepSeek R1 & Kotlin Support
DeepSeek R1 is now available in Aider via --model r1. This release adds Kotlin support, line-endings control, and fixes for Docker, error reflection, and repo map calculations.
TL;DR
- DeepSeek R1 now available via
--model r1shortcut or OpenRouter - Kotlin syntax support added to repo map
- Line-endings control, Docker permissions fix, and multiple bug fixes
New
- DeepSeek R1 support — Use
--model r1or--model openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-r1to access the reasoning model. - Kotlin syntax support — Repo map now recognizes Kotlin files for better context awareness.
- Line-endings control — New
--line-endingsflag for explicit file writing behavior. - GPT-4o improvements — Examples-as-system-message enabled by default for better benchmark performance.
Fixed
- Turn-taking logic when reflecting lint/test errors — now handles error feedback correctly.
- Docker image permissions issue — resolves file access problems in containerized environments.
- Unicode fallback — ASCII fallback now handles unicode errors gracefully.
- Repo map calculations — fixed integer indices for list slicing edge cases.
Under the Hood
- All dependencies bumped to support litellm's o1 system message handling.
- Aider wrote 52% of the code in this release.
Update with: pip install --upgrade aider-ai
Source: Aider
