Kilo Code

Kilo Code is an open-source AI coding agent that runs inside VS Code, JetBrains IDEs (IntelliJ, PyCharm, WebStorm), and as a CLI. Started as a fork of Roo Code (itself a fork of Cline) and now independently developed by Kilo-Org with $8M in seed funding, 18,900+ GitHub stars, and 2M+ users processing over 30 trillion tokens. Trusted by engineering teams at Meta, Amazon, Airbnb, PayPal, Square, and Red Hat. 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. Pricing is transparent and BYOK-friendly: the core Kilo Code extension is free and open source under MIT license. Kilo Pass starts at $19 per month for managed AI inference, KiloClaw managed OpenClaw deployments start at $8 per month, and Teams pricing starts at $15 per month. Connect your own OpenRouter, Anthropic, OpenAI, or Google API key and pay provider rates directly with no markup. The May 2026 v7 release is rebuilt on OpenCode server with parallel tool calls, subagent delegation for concurrent work across separate git worktrees, and inline diff review. Setup takes about five minutes via the VS Code or JetBrains marketplace. Kilo Code does not use customer code to train models and supports fully local model operation for sensitive codebases. Limits: enterprise governance features (SSO, granular audit logs) are still maturing; Teams and Enterprise procurement workflows are less polished than GitHub Copilot or Cursor; tuning Memory Bank, MCP tools, and custom modes has a learning curve.