# hotovo/aider-desk

Platform for AI-powered software engineers

Repository: https://github.com/hotovo/aider-desk
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/aider-desk
Homepage: https://aiderdesk.hotovo.com
Language: TypeScript
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: ai, ai-coding, ai-coding-tools, ai-developer-tools, ai-development, coding, electron-app
Last push: 2026-08-26T18:40:08+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 84/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 87, longevity 43
- inputs: {"age_days": 603, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 9, "gap_med": 6, "n_releases_24m": 108}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1401, forks 131 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:37.080153+00:00)

## What it is
AiderDesk is an open-source desktop application (Electron) that provides a GUI and orchestration layer for AI-assisted software development, built on top of the Aider CLI. It offers agentic tasks with approval gates, context file management, multi-provider model switching, and an extension system for custom tools and workflows.

## Use cases
- ai pair programming with a desktop gui
- review and approve ai-generated code changes before applying
- orchestrate ai coding agents across multiple projects
- switch between different llm providers for coding assistance
- extend an ai coding assistant with custom tools and commands
- keep my ide and git workflow while using ai coding help

## When to choose
- you want a transparent, controllable GUI over Aider or other AI coding agents
- you need approval gates and review of every AI-proposed change
- you want to work across multiple isolated codebases with AI assistance
- you want to experiment with many LLM providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Ollama) in one tool
- you need a customizable, extensible AI coding platform

## When to avoid
- you prefer a terminal-only or IDE-plugin-native AI coding workflow
- you need a lightweight CLI tool rather than a desktop app
- you want fully autonomous unattended coding without human review
- you don't want to install an Electron desktop application

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: agent-framework, llm-inference, developer-tools, chat-interface, plugin-system
- domain: developer-tools, large-language-models
- platform: windows
- tags: ai-coding, aider, gui, code-assistant, orchestration, agentic-coding, code-review, ai-agents, automation, macos, linux, desktop, electron, typescript

## Member repositories
- hotovo/aider-desk (main) score 84

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:37.080153+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:39:02.747955+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/hotovo/aider-desk (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:37.080153+00:00, sha 124b3e37bd49)
  - homepage: https://aiderdesk.hotovo.com (fetched 2026-08-29T11:53:13.201715+00:00, sha 35bceae59457)
  - site_page: https://aiderdesk.hotovo.com/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T11:53:13.204666+00:00, sha 61f6da681fce)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.