
Optional Setup
Enhance Your Aider Experience
Optional Enhancements
After installing Aider, consider these additional setup steps:
1. Install Git (if not already installed)
- Essential for Aider's version control features
2. Setup API Keys
- Configure keys for your preferred LLMs
- Can be stored in configuration or environment files
3. Enable Playwright
- Enhances web page scraping capabilities
- Install with:
playwright install --with-deps chromium
4. Configure Voice Coding
- Install PortAudio for voice recording
- Mac:
brew install portaudio
- Linux:
sudo apt-get install libportaudio2
5. IDE Integration
- Set up Aider with your favorite editor using
--watch-files
mode