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Kilo
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Open IDE and CLI agent with a multi-model gateway.
Kilo is an open-source agentic engineering platform: VS Code and JetBrains plugins, a CLI (documented as an OpenCode fork), and a gateway that routes to many models at provider prices. Cloud agents and review features sit on kilo.ai. The plugin license is MIT per the public repo.
- Model support
- Router
- Deployment
- Cloud, Self-hosted
- Open source
- Yes
- License
- MIT (plugin); hosted gateway is a service
- Pricing model
- Mixed
- Added / updated
- 19 Aug 2026 / 19 Aug 2026
Assessment
Kilo combines an open IDE and CLI agent with a multi-model gateway. Its CLI relationship to OpenCode is documented by Kilo, but the projects remain separate. Verify gateway pricing and hosted-agent terms before adoption.
Strengths
- MIT-licensed IDE agent with a documented multi-model gateway.
- CLI, IDE, and cloud surfaces aimed at one agent identity.
- Explicit about the OpenCode CLI relationship.
Limitations
- Hosted gateway and cloud agents are not the MIT plugin.
- Fork maintenance load versus upstream OpenCode.
- Unattended factory features depend on the cloud side.
Compare
- vs cline : Open VS Code agents with different model-routing choices.