What is Kilo Code
Kilo Code is the best open source AI coding agent for VS Code. It combines all features of Cline, Roo, and its own additions.
How to use Kilo Code
To use Kilo Code, you can install the extension. Further details and guides are available in the documentation.
Features of Kilo Code
- MCP marketplace: Includes integrations with Concept7, Figma, Perplexity, Firecrawl, Magic UI, Git, and many more.
- Batteries included: Offers good defaults, requires no API keys, and provides free credits.
- Customizable agent personas.
- Faster editing through diffs.
- Customization of model providers, terminal tool use, and browser tool use.
- Multilingual support.
- OpenRouter without 5% markup: Includes $20 free credits.
- Fireworks provider: Offers super fast inference.
- Automatic failure recovery: Automatically detects errors, runs test suites, and recovers on failure.
- Hallucination-free code: Looks up library documentation automatically using Context7.
- Context is king: Searches for the right context automatically.
- Memory bank: AI keeps records of work, preferences, and more.
- Open Source: No lock-in, no telemetry, no training on your data. Allows using local or free models, or any API provider with your own key.
Use Cases of Kilo Code
- Write code more efficiently by generating code, automating tasks, and providing suggestions.
- Handle mundane programming tasks such as dependency management, figuring out bugs, updating documentation, updating tests, fixing typing issues, and updating translation files.
- Orchestrate complex workflows by breaking down projects into subtasks and coordinating specialized agent modes like "architect", "code", and "debug".
- Kickstart debugging by having the "debug" mode analyze the codebase to find bug origins.
Pricing
Open Source
- The extension is completely open source.
- Pay what you use: LLM token pricing exactly matches rates of providers (Anthropic, OpenAI, Google).
- Option to bring your own API keys or use a free or local model.
- No commission is taken.
- $20 free credits are provided to get started.
Enterprise
- Audit logs (planned).
- Role-based access control (planned).
- Contact hi@kilocode.ai for details.
FAQ
How did Kilo Code start? Kilo Code started as a fork of Roo Code, which itself is a fork of Cline. It is building a superset of both Roo and Cline, including all their features plus its own additions, and regularly merges their updates.
Who is Kilo Code? The team includes JP, Justin, Darko, Brendan, Aleks, Adam, Olesya, James, Johan, Kevin, Eamon, Chris, Coen, Christiaan, Tru, and Remon, with help from Owen, Jonno, and Jelle.
Are you hiring? Not actively hiring, but always looking for top talent. Interested individuals can email hi@kilocode.ai. The company is remote-first with offices in SF and Amsterdam.
