Kilo Code
Kilo Code is an open-source AI coding agent that helps programmers write, change and review code inside VS Code, JetBrains IDEs or a command line. It is aimed at software developers who want to pick their own AI models and pay the model provider directly.
Description written from the project's own page; checked by AI.
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The jobs it does, and the closed apps it replaces
AI coding assistants
Replaces fullyInstead of GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf, Claude Code, OpenAI Codex app · Works inside VS Code; you pay for the AI
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Things people miss in Kilo Code. Upvote what matters to you; it helps its team decide.
Facts
LicenseMIT
Runs onWindows · Mac · Linux
KindFor developers
Stars on GitHub28k
Hosted onGitHub
ActivityChanged within the last year
Something wrong?
Wrong devices, a wrong description, or it isn't really open source? A mod reviews every suggestion.
What we couldn't confirm4
- Whether the paid model provider usage and the Kilo platform (cloud agent, code reviews, marketplace) are open source beyond the extension and CLI code.
- Whether the Kilo Code extension and CLI are fully MIT-licensed across all packages, since the README mentions separate release docs for JetBrains and the CLI is a fork of OpenCode.
- Whether the 'open pricing' claim means the service has no paid tiers, as the README does not say.
- Whether the replaced apps' feature sets (such as Cursor's editor or Copilot's GitHub integration) are matched, as the README does not compare them directly.