# Kilo Code

> Open-source agentic engineering platform

A coding agent for VS Code, JetBrains and the CLI with many model providers.

- Source: https://github.com/Kilo-Org/kilocode
- Homepage: https://kilo.ai/
- License: MIT
- Language: TypeScript
- Stars: 27475
- Forks: 3225
- Contributors: 1171
- Last commit: 2026-10-02
- Latest release: v7.8.3 (2026-10-01)
- Purpose: AI & LLM tooling, Coding assistants
- Runs on: CLI, Extension / plugin
- For: Personal

## Worth score: 82/100

How much DigGitHub recommends it, from activity, adoption, docs, license and security signals.

- Popularity: 22/25
- Momentum: 10/20
- Maintenance: 25/25
- Community: 14/15
- Readiness: 11/15

## Alternatives

- [Caveman](https://diggithub.com/JuliusBrussee/caveman.md): Cut coding agent tokens by making it talk less
- [ECC](https://diggithub.com/affaan-m/ECC.md): Skills, memory and guardrails that make coding agents work better
- [Oh My OpenAgent](https://diggithub.com/code-yeongyu/oh-my-openagent.md): Multi-agent orchestration add-on for coding agents
- [Continue](https://diggithub.com/continuedev/continue.md): Open-source AI code assistant for VS Code and JetBrains
- [Gemini CLI](https://diggithub.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli.md): Gemini as an agent in your terminal
- [goose](https://diggithub.com/aaif-goose/goose.md): Extensible on-machine AI agent from Block
- [Claude-Mem](https://diggithub.com/thedotmack/claude-mem.md): Persistent memory across coding agent sessions
- [Oh My Pi](https://diggithub.com/can1357/oh-my-pi.md): Coding agent with the IDE wired in

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Source page: https://diggithub.com/Kilo-Org/kilocode
Updated: 2026-10-03