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Kilo Code

Harness · IDE agent

The jobOpen-source coding agent for VS Code, JetBrains and CLI, with a model gatewayVisit kilo.ai

Best forEditor users switching models often, via the gateway, own keys or local models

Skip ifYou want a standalone editor, or model usage included in a flat plan

Verified Oct 5, 20263 sourcesLive

Kilo Code also appears in Alternatives to GitHub Copilot, Alternatives to Cursor, Alternatives to Cline

Editor notes

An open-source IDE agent with a model gateway built in: 500+ models with zero inference markup, or your own keys and local models. Extensions and CLI are free; you pay for usage, and Teams adds seats. Kilo was acquired by Anaconda, per a banner on kilo.ai/pricing (Sep 2026).

Open-source coding agent for VS Code, JetBrains, CLI and cloud with 500+ models.

Summary

Kilo Code is an open-source AI coding agent available as VS Code and JetBrains extensions, a CLI and cloud agents. It offers several modes (e.g. architect, code, debug), an Auto model router, and a gateway to 500+ models with zero inference markup, or your own keys and local models. A marketplace adds agents, skills, MCP servers and plugins.

Key details

Surface	IDE extension (VS Code, JetBrains)CLIcloud agentsSlack
Platforms	macoswindowslinux
BYOK (Bring Your Own Key)	✓ Yes
MCP Support	✓ Yes
Agent Skills Support	✓ Yes
Open Source	✓ Yes(MIT)

Installation

Terminal

npm install -g @kilocode/cli

Alternative installation methods:

curl -fsSL https://kilo.ai/cli/install | bash

brew install Kilo-Org/tap/kilo

Repository

Pricing

From the vendor's pricing pageVerified Oct 5, 2026

Plan	Price	Basis
Free & Open Source	Free
Teams	$15/mo per seat	Per seat, billed monthly
Enterprise	Price pending

Sources

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