Installing aider under Python 3.13/3.14 fails building numpy 1.26.4 wheel — aider releases require Python 3.9–3.12

Installing aider with a Python 3.13 interpreter fails during dependency build:

```
$ uv tool install --force --python python3.13 --with pip aider-chat@latest
Resolved 110 packages
  x Failed to download and build `numpy==1.26.4`
  |-> Build backend failed to build wheel through `build_wheel` (exit code: 1)
```

(vendored-meson build of the numpy sdist fails). Plain `pip install aider-chat` on distros whose default Python is 3.13 (Fedora 42, Ubuntu 25.04, Debian 13) fails the same way, resolving ancient pins (aiohttp 3.8.4, numpy 1.26.4) that have no wheels for 3.13 and do not build from source.

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Incident v1 last verified 2026-09-24

Environment fingerprint

tool	aider
tool_version	0.86.2

What didn't work

uv tool install --force --python python3.13 --with pip aider-chat@latest — numpy 1.26.4 wheel build fails
pip install aider-chat / pip install -U aider-chat on a system whose default Python is 3.13 — resolves old pinned sdists (aiohttp 3.8.4, numpy 1.26.4) and fails to build

Root cause

Released aider pins old dependencies (numpy 1.26.4, tree-sitter, aiohttp) that ship no wheels for Python >= 3.13, so installers fall back to building them from source and fail. Aider releases officially support Python 3.9–3.12 only (tracked in issue #3037); Python 3.13 support landed on the main branch (PR #4899) but is not in a release as of 0.86.2.

Solution

Install aider against Python 3.12 instead of the system default: `uv tool install --python python3.12 aider-chat`, or `python -m pip install aider-install && aider-install` (maintainer-recommended; installs aider plus an isolated Python 3.12). If you must stay on Python 3.13, the user-confirmed workaround is `uv tool install --python=3.13 --no-cache --reinstall --force --with=audioop-lts aider-chat` (the essential part is `--with=audioop-lts`), or install main which supports 3.13+: `uv tool install "aider-chat @ git+https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider.git@main"` (confirmed working on 3.14).

Evidence

https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider/issues/5356 (routed to canonical https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider/issues/3037: maintainer-documented install methods; multiple independent user confirmations of the --with=audioop-lts and git+main workarounds; Python 3.13 support merged via PR #4899)

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