Aider v0.86.0: GPT-5 and Grok-4 Support
Aider v0.86.0 adds GPT-5 and Grok-4 support, improves command UX with better /clear and /undo output, and fixes model settings conflicts.
TL;DR
- GPT-5 models now supported across the board
- Grok-4 integration via xai and OpenRouter
- Better UX for /clear, /undo, and /model commands
New
- GPT-5 support — All GPT-5 models are now available for use in Aider.
- Grok-4 integration — Access via
xai/grok-4oropenrouter/x-ai/grok-4model names. - Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Preview — Added
gemini/gemini-2.5-flash-lite-preview-06-17model support. - Moonshot Kimi K2 — New model available via
openrouter/moonshotai/kimi-k2. - /clear feedback — Command now prints confirmation message so you know it executed.
- /undo readability — Shows only first line of commit messages for cleaner output.
- Model announcements — Run
/modelwith no args to see latest model updates.
Fixed
- Model settings — New settings for existing models now properly replace old ones instead of conflicting.
- Analytics — Updated PostHog SDK integration to support latest event-capture API.
Under the Hood
- Bumped litellm to 1.75.0 for latest model support.
- Aider wrote 88% of the code in this release.
Update with: pip install --upgrade aider-ai
Source: Aider