Kilo Code
Open-source agentic coding with an orchestrator and hundreds of models.
An open-source agentic coding extension for VS Code and JetBrains IDEs (also usable in Cursor and Windsurf). Its Orchestrator mode splits work across specialist sub-agents, and it supports hundreds of models with bring-your-own keys.
- Vendor
- Kilo Code
- Category
- Coding assistants
- Pricing
- Open source
- Open source
- Yes
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Platforms
- VS Code, JetBrains, CLI
- Launched
- 2025
- Website
- kilo.ai
Features
- Orchestrator mode
- 500+ models
- Bring your own key
Best for
- Coding
- Agents
Works with
- Claude Sonnet 5.5 — Anthropic. Anthropic’s mid-tier Claude for everyday building, debugging and documents.
- Kimi K3 — Moonshot AI. Moonshot AI’s 2.8T-parameter open multimodal reasoning model.
- GLM-5.3 — Z.ai. Open reasoning model for complex software engineering and long-horizon agents.
More coding assistants
- Claude Code — Anthropic. Agentic coding in your terminal, IDE and browser.
- GitHub Copilot — GitHub (Microsoft). The most widely deployed AI pair programmer.
- Cursor — Anysphere. The AI-native code editor.
- Codex — OpenAI. OpenAI’s cloud and CLI coding agent.
- Cline — Cline. Open-source autonomous coding agent for VS Code.
- Windsurf — Cognition. Agentic IDE with the Cascade agent.
- Google Antigravity — Google. Agent-first IDE with a manager view for orchestrating many agents.
- Lovable — Lovable. Build apps by chatting with AI.