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The open source coding agent for building with AI in VS Code, JetBrains, or the CLI.

Kilo Code is an AI coding agent that meets you everywhere you work: VS Code, JetBrains, and the CLI. It's open source with open pricing. You pick from 500+ models, switch between them mid-task, and pay the model provider's rate with zero markup. No API keys required to start.

Installation

Pick where you want to run Kilo.

# npm
npm install -g @kilocode/cli

# curl
curl -fsSL https://kilo.ai/cli/install | bash

# pnpm
pnpm add -g @kilocode/cli

# bun
bun add -g @kilocode/cli

# Homebrew (macOS / Linux)
brew install Kilo-Org/tap/kilo

# Arch Linux (AUR)
paru -S kilo-bin

Agents

Kilo ships with specialized agents you switch between depending on the task. You can also build your own custom agents.

• Code - The default. Implements and edits code from natural language.
• Plan - Designs architecture and writes implementation plans before any code gets written.
• Ask - Answers questions about your codebase without touching any files.
• Debug - Troubleshoots and traces issues.
• Review - Reviews your changes and surfaces issues across performance, security, style, and test coverage.

Learn more about agents and custom agents.

What it does

• Code generation from natural language, across multiple files.
• Inline autocomplete with ghost-text suggestions and tab to accept.
• Self-checking so the agent reviews and corrects its own work.
• Terminal and browser control to run commands and automate the web.
• MCP marketplace to find and wire up MCP servers that extend what the agent can do.
• 500+ models with mid-task switching, so you can match latency, cost, and reasoning to the job.

Autonomous Mode (CI/CD)

Run kilo run with --auto for fully autonomous operation with no prompts, built for CI/CD pipelines:

kilo run --auto "run tests and fix any failures"

--auto disables all permission prompts and lets the agent execute any action without confirmation. Only use it in trusted environments.

Documentation

For configuration and everything else, head over to the docs.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome from developers, writers, and everyone in between. Start with the Contributing Guide for environment setup, coding standards, and how to open a pull request. See RELEASING.md for the VS Code extension and CLI release process, and packages/kilo-jetbrains/RELEASING.md for the JetBrains plugin.

Please review our Code of Conduct before getting involved.

License

MIT. You're free to use, modify, and distribute this code, including commercially, as long as you keep the attribution and license notices. See License.

FAQ

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