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Kilo Code

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Open-source VS Code AI agent. Superset of Roo Code and Cline.

Generates self-checking code from natural language with $20 free credit for top AI models like Gemini, Claude, and GPT-4.1

Your AI Development Team Inside VS Code

Kilo Code transforms your coding experience by bringing a complete AI development team directly into your VS Code environment.

🚀 Cutting-Edge AI Models Without the Hassle

  • Access Claude 3.7 Sonnet, Gemini 2.5 Pro, GPT-4.1, and more without managing multiple API keys and accounts
  • No OpenRouter or other account needed - we handle the integration
  • Start immediately with $20 in free credits to experience premium AI

💻 Complete Coding Assistant

  • Natural language code generation - describe what you want in plain English
  • Intelligent task automation to boost your productivity
  • Advanced refactoring to automatically improve existing code

👥 Community-Driven Innovation

  • Built on a strong open-source foundation with rapid development cycles
  • Continuous improvement with weekly updates based on user feedback
  • Your feedback directly shapes our roadmap and features

How does Kilo Code work?

How much does Kilo Code cost?

When you sign up, we'll give you $20 worth of Gemini 2.5 pro, Claude 3.7 Sonnet, and GPT 4.1 tokens to get started.

We do require a credit card, to prevent abuse (for now, sorry!).
After that, you can buy more tokens (securely processed through Stripe).

Our pricing matches OpenAI, Google and Anthropic's API rates exactly. We don't take any cut, either per token or per top-up. In the future we'll add more LLM providers.

View our detailed pricing information

How did Kilo Code start?

Kilo Code started as a fork of Roo Code, which itself is a fork of Cline—the fastest growing and most popular open source alternative to Cursor.

We're building a superset of both Roo and Cline: we include all their features, plus our own. We regularly merge their updates and contribute our improvements back.

Who is Kilo Code?

JP Posma, Justin Halsall, Johan Otten, Sebastian Glaser, Olesya Elfimova, Omar Olivares Urrutia, Kevin van Dijk, Chris Rieckmann, Darko Gjorgjievski, Eamon Nerbonne, Brendan O'Leary, James Burke.

Are you hiring?

Yes, we're well-funded, and still hiring. Email us at hi@kilocode.ai if you're interested. We're remote-first, but with offices in SF and Amsterdam. Expect to work really hard and have a ton of fun.

Why is this website so ugly?

Our goal is to rapidly make the software better, not to have a shiny website.