Kilo Code

Same open-source agent usable in VS Code, JetBrains, CLI and cloud from one account

What Kilo Code does

  • Same open-source agent usable in VS Code, JetBrains, CLI and cloud from one account
  • Models billed at cost with no markup, bring-your-own-key supported
  • MIT-licensed with fully visible prompts and context windows

Kilo Code — straight answers

What is Kilo Code?

Kilo Code is listed under Terminal & CLI Agents, in the Code & Development category on Flocci AI Tools. Same open-source agent usable in VS Code, JetBrains, CLI and cloud from one account. It is freemium — a usable free tier with paid plans above it, and it lives at kilo.ai.

Is Kilo Code free?

Kilo Code is freemium: there is a free tier you can work in and paid plans above it. It is one of 391 freemium tools in the catalog, all labelled the same way so you are never surprised by a paywall.

What can Kilo Code do?

Kilo Code does 3 things the catalog singles out: Same open-source agent usable in vs code, jetbrains, cli and cloud from one account; models billed at cost with no markup, bring-your-own-key supported; mit-licensed with fully visible prompts and context windows.

What is the best free alternative to Kilo Code?

Aider is the closest free alternative: it sits in the same Terminal & CLI Agents sub-category and is free. Cline, Crush and Gemini CLI also start free. The full list is on the alternatives page.

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