Code with AI
without breaking the bank
500+ models, zero markup: frontier, open weight, or your own keys. One agent, everywhere you work, fully open source.
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Built differently, on purpose
AI coding tools should work for you, not against you.
Agent command center
One portal for every agent
Control every agent from one place across IDEs, CLI, and cloud.
- Local and cloud agents
- Parallel isolated worktrees
- IDE and CLI sessions
Aligned pricing
Models at cost. No markup. No lock-in.
Choose the right model without markup, lock-in, or provider limits.
- Zero AI inference markup
- Bring your own keys
- Local models supported
Open source
No black boxes. Inspect everything.
Audit the prompt, context window, and decisions in MIT-licensed source.
- Fork, modify, self-host
- Prompt and context visibility
- No silent model switching
Your agents should move with your work. Start anywhere, hand off seamlessly, and keep everything in flight.
Use Kilo Everywhere
Kilo works where you work. Build alone or with your team.
Built for agentic engineering
Multiple modes, one agent
Kilo Code ships with specialized agent modes so you can switch contexts without switching tools.
- Every coding surface.
- Use the same open-source agent in VS Code, JetBrains, CLI, and cloud agents.
- Code Mode.
- Write, refactor, and ship production-ready code with an AI agent that understands your entire codebase.
- Architect Mode.
- Plan complex features and get structured guidance before writing a single line of code.
- Cloud agents and code review.
- Move from local coding to remote agents and review workflows without changing tools.
- Debug Mode.
- Identify and fix bugs fast with an agent that reads errors, traces issues, and suggests fixes.
Stop choosing models. Start shipping.
Pick Efficient, Frontier, or Free. Auto Model handles the routing behind the scenes, using the right model strategy for your budget and the work at hand.
Efficient
NewSession-aware routing for smarter spend, powered by live session classification.
Frontier
Routes to the latest and most capable paid models when the work needs it.
Free
Best free models available, including free and experimental options.
Recent posts
Read the latest news and updates from the Kilo Code team.
Your Agent Has Too Much Context
Specs and instruction files feel like a safety net. But pile on too many and the agent gets confused rather than sharper. So what’s the actual source of truth?
Arkadiy Kondrashov·
The Subtle Art of Tokenrelaxxing
Say goodbye to tokenmaxxing and hello to the calm of productivity
Ari Messer·
Kilo Code’s JetBrains plugin was built for split mode from day one
A native Kotlin plugin split across frontend and backend modules, so the UI stays local while indexing and execution run wherever your code lives.
Arkadiy Kondrashov·
Code Review Has Changed. The Contract Needs to Change Too.
For years, code review has been one of the core rituals of software engineering.
Emilie Schario·
We analyzed 10,643 AI code reviews.
Open-weight models showed comparable findings at 16x lower cost per token.
Arkadiy Kondrashov·
Code Is Cheap. Review Is Expensive.
AI didn’t just speed up writing software. It inverted the economics of open source — and made review, not code, the scarce resource.
Arkadiy Kondrashov·