Tool
Kilo Code
Open-source agentic engineering platform spanning VS Code, JetBrains, and CLI with 500+ models at provider rates
About
500+ models, zero markup: frontier, open weight, or your own keys. One fully open-source agent everywhere you work: a free AI agent for VS Code and a free AI coding agent for the terminal .
Your agents should move with your work. Start anywhere, hand off seamlessly, and keep everything in flight.
Kilo Code ships with specialized agent modes so you can switch contexts without switching tools.
Features
- Local and cloud agents
- Parallel isolated worktrees
- IDE and CLI sessions
- Zero AI inference markup
- Bring your own keys
- Local models supported
- Pricing
- Open Source / Freemium
- Pricing detail
- Free extension; pay model providers at cost; cloud extras
- Platforms
- VS Code + JetBrains + CLI
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