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Kilo Code
Open-source coding agent for VS Code, JetBrains and CLI (began as a Roo/Cline fork, now built on OpenCode) with a zero-markup model gateway, Kilo Pass, cloud agent and code reviews.
kilo.ai/Active
v7.8.17 released 2026-10-23; repo pushed 2026-10-25. Rebuilt on an OpenCode fork (repo has .opencode-version, packages/opencode) serving VS Code, JetBrains and the kilo CLI. (checked 2026-10-25)
In Coding agents
Where it stands apart
- Where do you primarily use it? extension inside an existing IDE (19% of 21 others)
- When you first set it up, how do you pay for the models it uses by default? pay-as-you-go credits from the tool's maker (0% of 21 others)
What it shares with most of the community
- Is it actively maintained? active (71% of 21 others)
- How is the main thing licensed? permissive open source (MIT/Apache/BSD) (52% of 21 others)
- How is it mainly sustained? company with a paid product, tier, or ads (71% of 21 others)
- Can it run entirely on your own device or infrastructure, without the maker's servers? yes (52% of 21 others)
- Who is it for? developers (95% of 21 others)
- How does finished work usually come back to you? edits in your local working tree while you watch (52% of 21 others)
- Whose models can you use? Pick the first that applies. any provider or endpoint you configure (your own key, custom URL, or local model) (67% of 21 others)
- Is pointing it at a model running on your own machine (e.g. Ollama, LM Studio) a documented setup? yes, documented (67% of 21 others)
- Where do the commands it runs execute by default? on your machine with your user's permissions (86% of 21 others)
- Can users add their own tools through MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers? yes (95% of 21 others)
Nearest neighbors
- OpenCode 88% of 17 shared answers match
- Cline 76% of 17 shared answers match
- Continue 65% of 17 shared answers match
Every answer
| Question | Answer | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Is it actively maintained? | active | source 2026-10-25 |
| How is the main thing licensed? | permissive open source (MIT/Apache/BSD) MIT | source 2026-10-25 |
| How is it mainly sustained? | company with a paid product, tier, or ads Kilo Gateway credits, Kilo Pass $19/mo, Teams $15/user, cloud compute. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Can it run entirely on your own device or infrastructure, without the maker's servers? | yes Extension/CLI fully local with local models; cloud agent and code reviews are hosted extras. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Do you need an account to use it? | optional account Kilo account for its gateway/free models; own provider keys work without. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Who is it for? | developers | source 2026-10-25 |
| Which shared standard or format does it mainly build on? | AGENTS.md AGENTS.md is its 'primary filename'; MCP and ACP too. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Where do you primarily use it? | stands apart extension inside an existing IDE VS Code first; also JetBrains, CLI, and web cloud agent. | source 2026-10-25 |
| How does finished work usually come back to you? | edits in your local working tree while you watch Cloud Agent at app.kilo.ai/cloud also exists; arguably 'both'. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Whose models can you use? Pick the first that applies. | any provider or endpoint you configure (your own key, custom URL, or local model) 500+ models via gateway, or BYOK, or local. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Is pointing it at a model running on your own machine (e.g. Ollama, LM Studio) a documented setup? | yes, documented | source 2026-10-25 |
| Out of the box, does it ask you before editing files or running shell commands? | doesn't ask (a sandbox or automatic reviewer may still block risky actions) "Most tools default to \"*\": \"allow\""; only JetBrains plugin prompts for edits. Bash default not stated explicitly; a third-party mirror lists bash as ask. Low confidence. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Where do the commands it runs execute by default? | on your machine with your user's permissions Third-party pages mention an optional /sandbox mode; not on by default per anything found. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Can users add their own tools through MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers? | yes | source 2026-10-25 |
| Does it read project instructions from AGENTS.md? | yes, AGENTS.md is its main instructions file AGENTS.md is the "Primary filename (recommended)"; kilo.jsonc instructions rank above it. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Does it use the Agent Client Protocol (ACP) for agent-editor connections? | yes, as an agent that editors can drive kilo acp starts an ACP server; listed in Zed's ACP registry. | source 2026-10-25 |
| When you first set it up, how do you pay for the models it uses by default? | stands apart pay-as-you-go credits from the tool's maker "No API keys required to start"; BYOK and local are free alternatives. | source 2026-10-25 |
Sources
This page was derived from:
- GitHub · github.com/Kilo-Org/kilocode · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · kilo.ai/ · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · kilo.ai/docs · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · kilo.ai/docs/ai-providers/ollama · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · kilo.ai/docs/code-with-ai/platforms/cli · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · kilo.ai/docs/customize/agents-md · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · kilo.ai/docs/getting-started/settings/auto-approving-actions · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · kilo.ai/pricing · read 2026-10-25
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