# Kilo Code

An open-source AI coding agent for VS Code, the terminal, and a desktop app, with 500+ models.

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- Category: [Coding agents](https://softbests.com/category/coding-agents)
- Pricing: Open source
- Platforms: macOS, Linux, Windows
- Underrated

## Best for

Developers who want an agent that plans, codes, and reviews in separate modes, with model choice.

## Why it deserves attention

Kilo Code runs as a VS Code extension, a terminal agent, or a desktop app, using 500+ frontier, open-weight, or bring-your-own-key models with no markup. It splits work into architect, code, debug, and orchestrator modes, and adds checkpoints, memory, and multi-file edits. It is MIT-licensed with 27,000 GitHub stars and active weekly releases. It is a fast-moving fork of the Cline and Roo lineage, so behavior and hosted-credit pricing can change; self-managed keys avoid that.

## Can replace

- [GitHub Copilot](https://softbests.com/software/github-copilot)

## Related and alternatives

- [Cline](https://softbests.com/software/cline)
- [Aider](https://softbests.com/software/aider)