Kilo Code
Kilo (Anaconda) · Open-Source, Model-Agnostic Coding Agent for VS Code, JetBrains, CLI, and Cloud
Kilo Code is an MIT-licensed AI coding agent that runs in VS Code, JetBrains IDEs, the terminal, and a beta desktop app, with cloud agents, mobile apps, and a Slack bot for work away from your editor. It suits developers and teams who want one agent across tools and the freedom to pick from 500+ models at provider rates, bring their own keys, or run local models.
Best for
Developers and teams who want an open-source coding agent across VS Code, JetBrains, and the terminal with free choice of models and pay-as-you-go pricing
Not ideal for
Teams wanting one flat monthly price with unlimited usage, organizations that need SSO, audit logs, or model access controls without an Enterprise contract, or developers who want a tool whose interface rarely changes
Who it's for
Software developers and engineering teams using VS Code, JetBrains IDEs, or the terminal who want a model-agnostic, open-source coding agent
Capabilities
- Built-in code, ask (read-only), plan, and debug agents, plus custom agents with their own tool access, file permissions, and instructions
- Kilo Gateway access to 500+ models from 60+ providers at provider rates with no markup, or bring your own keys for about 30 providers, including Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, AWS Bedrock, and Azure Foundry (experimental)
- Sign in with ChatGPT: eligible ChatGPT Plus or Pro accounts can use their included OpenAI usage across the extensions, CLI, Cloud Agents, Code Reviews, and mobile app
- Local models through Ollama, LM Studio, or Atomic Chat
- Auto Model routing with Efficient, Frontier, and Free strategies
- VS Code Agent Manager runs parallel sessions in isolated git worktrees, with a Multi-Version Mode that tries up to four implementations of one task
- Kilo Desktop (beta, free) for macOS, Windows, and Linux, with conda environment management, notebooks the agent edits directly, a local model server, and multi-folder workspaces
- JetBrains multi-agent control room with parallel agents in separate worktrees, per-worktree run configurations, and GitHub PR status and diffs
- Cloud Agents that work on GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket (organizations only) repositories in hosted Linux containers and can automatically commit and push after each message
- Kilo for Slack: @mention Kilo to ask about your codebase or start a cloud agent that opens a pull request, plus iOS and Android apps
- Automated AI pull request reviews on open and update, with Strict, Balanced, or Lenient review styles
- Inline autocomplete, checkpoints to restore earlier states, browser use, MCP servers, and a marketplace for plugins, skills, and MCP servers
Limitations
- Capabilities differ by surface: the Agent Manager is VS Code-only, JetBrains and the CLI use their own orchestration approaches, and Kilo Desktop is still in beta
- Inference is pay-per-use, and Cloud Agents are billed separately by the second ($0.60 to $1.20 per hour) from the same credit balance, so heavy use is harder to budget
- Cloud Agents need a $5 minimum balance, cap each message at 15 minutes, and delete inactive sessions after 7 days during the beta
- Kilo's code review docs still describe review compute as free during the beta, while the pricing page lists Code Review compute at $0.33 per hour, so check current billing before relying on it
- The docs warn that local models can be slower, less capable than frontier cloud models, and lack features such as prompt caching and computer use
- SSO/OIDC/SCIM, audit logs, model and provider access controls, agent sandboxing, and EU cloud compute are listed only on the custom-priced Enterprise plan
- Releases ship almost daily, many as pre-releases, so settings and interfaces change often
Use cases
- Switching between frontier, open-weight, and free models mid-task in VS Code without managing separate provider accounts
- Running two or more agents on different tickets in parallel JetBrains worktrees and tracking each resulting PR
- Asking @Kilo in a Slack bug thread to spin up a cloud agent that pushes a fix as a pull request
- Turning on automated PR reviews for a repository with a Strict review style focused on security and tests
- Using the plan agent to draft an implementation plan before handing it to the code agent
- Rolling out one agent across a team's VS Code, JetBrains, and terminal users with shared custom agents and centralized billing on Teams
- Letting a data scientist set up a conda environment and have the agent work in a notebook from Kilo Desktop
Kilo Code pricing
Free & Open Source
$0
- VS Code, JetBrains, CLI, and Kilo Desktop (beta)
- Agentic coding and code completion
- Works with any AI model
- Commercial use of Anaconda Core packages
- Pay only for inference you use
Teams
$15/user/month
Billed monthly
- Usage analytics and AI adoption score
- Shared custom agents
- Centralized billing and team management
- Data privacy controls and priority support
Enterprise
Custom
- Model and provider access controls, shared private gateway BYOK, sub-organizations and budgets
- Agent sandboxing, audit logs, SSO/OIDC/SCIM
- Bitbucket and Jira integrations, EU cloud compute
- SLA commitments and dedicated support channels
Kilo Pass
$19, $49, or $199/month
Billed monthly
- Optional prepaid inference credits (Starter, Pro, Expert)
- Includes bonus credits, for example up to $26.60 of credits on the $19 Starter plan
- Annual billing adds a 50% bonus
Free tier limits: The extensions and CLI are free with no seat fee; usage of paid models is billed per use, and free models are available through Auto Free.
Note: Inference through the Kilo Gateway is charged at provider rates with no markup, with a 5% processing fee on credit purchases. Cloud compute is billed per second: Cloud Agents at $0.60/hour (Docker/Small) or $1.20/hour (Standard), and Code Review at $0.33/hour. Through November 2026, companies with an active Cursor contract can claim free Kilo Enterprise for the rest of that contract, up to one year.
Technical specs
Available models
Kilo Code vs. competitors
Kilo Code vs. Cline
Cline is an open-source, bring-your-own-key agent for VS Code, JetBrains, a desktop app, and the terminal; Kilo Code covers similar ground and adds hosted Cloud Agents, a Slack bot, automated PR reviews, and its own no-markup model gateway with team plans.
Kilo Code vs. OpenCode
OpenCode is an open-source terminal coding agent; Kilo's CLI is a fork of it, and Kilo wraps that agent with IDE plugins, cloud execution, PR reviews, and team billing.
Kilo Code vs. Claude Code
Claude Code is Anthropic's agent built around Claude models and subscriptions; Kilo Code is model-agnostic and lets you switch among hundreds of models or use local ones.
Kilo Code vs. GitHub Copilot
GitHub Copilot is a subscription product tied to GitHub's ecosystem; Kilo Code is open source with pay-as-you-go inference and works with GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket.
Frequently asked questions
What is Kilo Code?
Kilo Code is an open-source AI coding agent that works in VS Code, JetBrains IDEs, a CLI, and a beta desktop app, with Cloud Agents, automated PR reviews, mobile apps, and a Slack integration. It can plan, write, and debug code across files, run commands, and use a browser, with the model of your choice.
Is Kilo Code free and open source?
Yes. The code is MIT-licensed, and the VS Code, JetBrains, CLI, and desktop apps are free. You pay for model usage, either through the Kilo Gateway at provider rates or directly to your own provider (free models and Sign in with ChatGPT are other options), and Cloud Agents are billed per second of compute.
How much does Kilo Code cost?
The extensions are free. Teams costs $15 per user per month (no annual price is listed) and adds usage analytics, shared custom agents, centralized billing, and team management; Enterprise is custom-priced. Optional Kilo Pass subscriptions (Starter $19, Pro $49, Expert $199 per month) prepay inference credits with bonus credits, and annual Kilo Pass billing adds a 50% bonus. Gateway credit purchases carry a 5% processing fee, and cloud compute is billed per second.
Which models does Kilo Code support?
Kilo lists 500+ models from 60+ providers through its gateway with no markup on inference. You can also bring your own keys for about 30 providers, including Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, AWS Bedrock, and Azure Foundry (experimental), sign in with an eligible ChatGPT plan, use free models, or run local models through Ollama or LM Studio.
Kilo Code vs OpenCode: what is the difference?
The Kilo CLI is a fork of OpenCode adapted to the Kilo platform. Kilo adds VS Code and JetBrains plugins, Cloud Agents, a Slack integration, automated PR reviews, and its own model gateway and team plans on top of the terminal agent.
Integrations & fit
Alternatives to consider
Cline
Developers and teams who want an open-source, model-agnostic AI coding agent inside their existing IDE, with step-by-step approval and per-task cost visibility
Freemium
Anomaly
Developers who want an open-source coding agent they can run in the terminal, a desktop window, or a browser, with any model provider and undo for agent changes
FreeAnthropic
Developers and teams who want deep codebase reasoning, multi-file changes, and persistent project instructions in a terminal-friendly or IDE-native workflow
PaidGitHub (Microsoft)
Developers on GitHub who want AI completion, chat, and agents embedded in their existing IDE and GitHub workflow
FreemiumAbout Kilo Code
Kilo Code sits in the same space as Cline and OpenCode: an open-source agent that plans, edits files, runs commands, and uses the browser inside your own development environment, while you choose the model. What sets it apart is how many surfaces it covers from one account. The VS Code extension adds an Agent Manager that runs several sessions side by side in isolated git worktrees, including a Multi-Version Mode that tries up to four implementations of the same task. The JetBrains plugin gained its own multi-agent control room in September 2026, with per-worktree run configurations and GitHub PR tracking across IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, WebStorm, GoLand, and other JetBrains IDEs. The Kilo CLI is a fork of OpenCode adapted to the Kilo platform. Kilo Desktop, a free beta for macOS, Windows, and Linux launched in October 2026, adds conda environment management from Anaconda's package catalog, notebooks the agent edits directly, and a local model server. Cloud Agents run tasks in hosted Linux containers against GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket repositories, and Kilo for Slack lets a team @mention Kilo to answer codebase questions or start a cloud agent that opens a pull request, and iOS and Android apps follow sessions from a phone. Built-in agents cover code, ask (read-only), plan (the counterpart to the legacy extension's Architect mode), and debug, and you can define custom agents with their own tool and file permissions. On the model side, the Kilo Gateway exposes 500+ models from 60+ providers with no markup on inference, alongside bring-your-own-key access to about 30 providers, Sign in with ChatGPT for eligible ChatGPT Plus or Pro accounts, and local models through Ollama or LM Studio. The extensions are free; you pay for inference and, separately, for cloud compute by the second. Anaconda acquired Kilo in July 2026 and said existing products and plans were unchanged; since then the free plan has added commercial use of Anaconda Core packages, and Kilo Desktop builds on Anaconda environments. The tradeoffs: features differ between VS Code, JetBrains, the CLI, and the desktop app, releases ship almost daily (often as pre-releases), and pay-per-use inference and compute make costs depend on how heavily you use it.
Updates from Kilo Code
Kilo offered companies with an active Cursor contract free Kilo Enterprise for the rest of that contract, up to one year, with proof of the contract. Kilo says the offer must be claimed by the end of November 2026.
Kilo Desktop is a free app for macOS, Windows, and Linux with the code, plan, ask, and debug agents, conda environment management drawing on Anaconda's catalog, notebooks the agent edits directly, a local model server, and multi-folder workspaces.
Kilo became a launch partner for OpenAI's Sign in with ChatGPT. Eligible ChatGPT Plus or Pro users can put their included usage toward Kilo in VS Code, JetBrains, the CLI, Cloud Agents, Code Reviews, and the mobile app.
Kilo v7.7.9 added installing plugins from the Kilo Marketplace, session cron scheduling, and a goal tool for agents. The same day, JetBrains plugin 7.1.7 added Kilo Swarm support, marketplace access to agents, MCP servers, skills, and plugins, and a worktree cleanup flow.
The JetBrains plugin can now run multiple agents in parallel, each in its own git worktree, test changes with existing Run Configurations per worktree, and track GitHub pull requests, in IntelliJ IDEA, WebStorm, PyCharm, GoLand, PhpStorm, Rider, CLion, and RubyMine.
Anaconda announced it acquired Kilo, stating that Kilo remains available with no changes to existing products, plans, or support, and that connecting Kilo to Anaconda's governed packages and environments is a direction it is building toward.
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