# Paul Gauthier (slim)

> Paul Gauthier is creator and founder. Aider on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/paul-gauthier/index.md (~750 tokens) · this version ~430 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/paul-gauthier/index.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/paul-gauthier/
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- Licence: CC BY 4.0, credit Anchor Terminal and link this page (https://www.anchorterminal.com/terms/#data)

Creator and founder.

Paul Gauthier founded Aider, an open-source tool for AI pair programming in the terminal.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulgauthier
- X: https://x.com/paulgauthier

## What Paul builds

- [Aider](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/aider.md), graded D, 47.3/100, in Agent harnesses. Terminal pair-programming tool that edits files in a local git repository through text edit formats rather than tool calls, builds a repo map with tree-sitter, and commits each change. Creator and founder, researched 2026-10-27.

## Questions

### Who is Paul Gauthier?

Paul Gauthier founded Aider, an open-source tool for AI pair programming in the terminal.

### What does Aider AI LLC make?

Anchor Terminal lists Aider from Aider AI LLC.

### How are Paul's tools graded?

Aider is graded D, 47.3 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://iee.ucsb.edu/people/directors-council/paul-gauthier
- https://x.com/paulgauthier
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulgauthier
- https://aider.chat/docs/troubleshooting/support.html
- https://aider.chat/

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