ByHeather MacAvelia·Last verified Jun 20, 2026

Kilo Code

Name: Kilo Code
Price: 19 USD
Author: Kilo Code

★4.4/ 5

by Kilo Code

MCPIndependently Reviewed

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Open-source AI coding agent for VS Code, JetBrains, CLI, Cloud, and Slack with parallel agents and 500+ models. 25.4K GitHub stars, 3M+ users. Free tier; Kilo Pass from $19/mo.

From

$19

freemium ↗

GitHub

⭐ 25.4k

View on GitHub ↗

4.8 / 5

3 reviews ↗

MCP

⚡ Yes

Compatible

Kilo Code is an open-source AI coding agent that runs inside VS Code, JetBrains IDEs (IntelliJ, PyCharm, WebStorm), as a CLI, in the cloud, and via Slack. Started as a fork of Roo Code and now independently developed by Kilo-Org with $8M in seed funding, 25.4k GitHub stars, and 3M+ users processing over 40 trillion tokens. Trusted by engineering teams at Meta, Amazon, Airbnb, PayPal, Square, and Red Hat. The product rebranded from kilocode.ai to kilo.ai in 2026 and won Product Hunt's #1 Open Source Product of the Month. The agent operates across five built-in modes: Architect for system planning, Code for implementation, Debug for diagnosis, Ask for safe codebase exploration, and Orchestrator for multi-step task management with parallel subagent delegation across separate git worktrees. Cloud Agents support headless background execution. A dedicated Security Agent and Code Reviewer extend the platform beyond code generation into security analysis and pull request review. Integration depth spans the full developer workflow: VS Code, JetBrains (IntelliJ, PyCharm, WebStorm), CLI, Cloud Agents, and Slack for team-based task assignment. The platform supports 500+ models via BYOK through OpenRouter, Anthropic, OpenAI, Google Gemini, and any compatible API endpoint with no markup. MCP server integration enables custom tool connections. Gateway and Gastown provide additional infrastructure surfaces. KiloClaw offers managed OpenClaw deployments for teams wanting hosted agent orchestration. Pricing is transparent across four products. Kilo Code extension: free and open source under MIT license, installable from the VS Code or JetBrains marketplace in about five minutes. Kilo Pass managed AI inference: from $19 per month with access to frontier and open-source models. Teams plan: from $15 per month for shared agent management. KiloClaw managed OpenClaw deployments: $55 per month on a month-to-month basis or $51 per month on a 6-month commit ($306 billed upfront), with AI inference billed separately. BYOK is also supported: connect your own API key and pay provider rates directly with no markup. Kilo Code is not the right fit for teams that need mature enterprise governance out of the box. GitHub Copilot ($19/user/month) and Cursor ($20/month) provide more polished SSO, audit logging, and RBAC for procurement-heavy enterprise organizations. Tuning Memory Bank, MCP tools, and custom modes has a real learning curve that Cursor or Copilot do not require. Local model performance depends heavily on available hardware, which limits local-first deployments on standard developer machines. Current state Q2 2026: Kilo Code has grown to 25.4k GitHub stars and 3M+ users processing over 40 trillion tokens. The platform expanded from IDE and CLI to include Cloud Agents, Slack integration, Security Agent, Code Reviewer, Gateway, and Gastown. KiloClaw launched for managed OpenClaw deployments. The product won Product Hunt's #1 Open Source Product of the Month. Kilo Code does not use customer code to train models and supports fully local model operation for sensitive codebases.

Pricing

freemium · $19

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Segment

b2b

Setup

easy

Verified

Jun 20, 2026

Transparency

Public

Contract

Monthly or Annual

Data training

Not Trained

Autonomy

Human Optional

Capabilities

code-generationagentic-codingautonomousidemulti-file-editingautocompleteterminal-agentbyokopen-source

Pros & Limitations

Editorial assessment

Pros

✓Open-source MIT-licensed and model-agnostic with 500+ models: connect any provider through BYOK with no markup, or use Kilo Pass managed inference from $19 per month. 25.4k GitHub stars and 3M+ users validate broad developer adoption.
✓Multi-mode architecture with parallel agents across 6+ surfaces: Architect, Code, Debug, Ask, and Orchestrator modes handle planning and execution as separate concerns with subagent delegation across concurrent git worktrees. Cloud Agents, Slack, and Code Reviewer extend beyond IDE-only workflows.
✓Trusted by engineering teams at Meta, Amazon, Airbnb, PayPal, Square, and Red Hat with $8M seed funding and Product Hunt #1 Open Source Product of the Month award. Over 40 trillion tokens processed across the platform.

Limitations

⚠Enterprise governance features (SSO, granular audit logs, RBAC) are less mature than GitHub Copilot or Cursor for procurement-heavy enterprise organizations that require formal security review before deployment.
⚠Setup complexity for advanced features including Memory Bank, custom modes, and MCP tool configuration has a real learning curve compared to Copilot or Cursor which require near-zero configuration for basic agentic coding.
⚠Local model performance depends heavily on available hardware: expect uneven results without sufficient GPU compute for larger open-source LLMs, which limits local-first deployments on standard developer machines.

Technical Details

Deployment

cloud

Model architectureModel-agnostic, supports 500+ models including Claude 4.6 Sonnet/Opus, GPT-5, and Gemini 3.1 Pro via OpenRouter or Kilo Gateway

Avg setup timeUnder 5 minutes (install VS Code or JetBrains extension from marketplace, configure BYOK API key or sign up for Kilo Pass, first agent task)

Autonomous rateConfigurable: Kilo agents run autonomously on multi-step tasks with developer approval; Orchestrator mode delegates to parallel subagents across concurrent git worktrees with inline diff review; Cloud Agents support headless background execution

MCP compatibleYes

Integrations

VS CodeIntelliJPyCharmWebStormCLICloud AgentsSlackGitHubOpenRouterAnthropic ClaudeOpenAIGoogle GeminiMCPKiloClawOpenClawGateway