Nothing beats open-source! We now have a fully open-source coding agent that can compete with any proprietary solution out there: • 500+ available models • It doesn't train on your code • It doesn't charge a penny for tokens • It's open. You can change if you want. Kilo... Code is the #1 app on OpenRouter right now, and the community is releasing new features on GitHub at rocket speed (about 20 releases in the last 30 days). I installed it in Visual Studio Code, but you can install it in pretty much any IDE. I need to spend more time with it, but here is a very interesting design choice: Most coding agents support two modes: an "agentic" mode for writing code and an "ask" mode for talking to the model without making any changes. Kilo Code supports 5 different modes: 1. Architect mode - Research, design, and planning 2. Debug mode - Problem solving and troubleshooting 3. Code mode - To write code. 4. Ask mode - To talk to the model. 5. Orchestrator mode - Combine every agent to solve problems. On paper, I really like this. I'll need more time to try out the specialized agents and see whether niching becomes an advantage. Here is the link to the website: Thanks to the Kilo (acq. by Anaconda) for partnering with me on this post.show more

I am using it daily. It's the best open source. Grok fast and Claude Code are the best. I've build a Jira ticket bug analyser with it.

Cool!

This is what happens when builders, not corporations, lead innovation. Open-source stays undefeated.

Lately, open sourced tools have matured a lot. I went from using vscode to cursor to windsurf to vscode with kilo lately :)

Can someone explain the difference between kilo and roo code? I know kilo is fork of roo. What does it provide that roo doesn’t? @grok

That's great to see, more innovation in the OSS space!

Whats the business model if they don’t make money on tokens?

They have two paid tiers, offering more features.

Open Source is king!

I have been using Kilo Code since last month. I think the plan mode is fantastic.

Those modes remind me of RooCode.

Kilo Code proves what open collaboration can achieve: five specialized modes, full transparency, and zero token costs.

Thank you for sharing

Can you run it in the terminal?

Gonna try it out, thanks Santiago! I suppose at the very least it'll save costs as it could cover some of the work you'd use paid for ones for right? Like even if performance is less perfect.

@SimplyVision_

This post doesn't make sense. This is not an agent, it's a coding platform. The api calls still 'probably' train on your tokens even when they say they don't. If you're not running the actual model itself locally then you can't guarantee it.

We can offer most top open source models for free. DM me if you need it

Kilo is just a fork of cline/roo.

Nice

Clearly, open-source just turned coding agents into a playground with zero gatekeepers.

@Lameprotagonis

How does it differ from Roocode?

i never understood why folks opensource the codebase cost saving or something please enlighten

hahhhah incredible! So goooooood...

Does Kilo Code work with local hosted models?

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@platzi and @freddier helped spread @kilocode around LATAM a lot!

What do you mean it doesn’t charge a penny for tokens ? You still have to use an LLM with it

Models in kilo works better compared to other tools

What are the benefits of kilo code compared to roocode ? I tried both solutions long time ago and finally return to roocode.

Well Kilo Code is actually built upon Cline and Roo - kind of mixing the best of them

Evertime i open X there is some new tool framework model... new 60M dollar funding. Its getting too difficult to catch up woth AI 🫠

YES !

Lemme ask you something @svpino - there is also a commercial product (subscription model) here. If I am just using this on my own code, what is there in the $29 subscription that would make me want to pay? i.e. what is the free model missing that is of any note?

If you are working solo, the two features that might be interesting are: - Creating custom modes - Billing and analytics dashboard Everything else is very team-centric.

Ah... but I thought it was supposed to be free, so why would the "billing" aspect of the dashboard be of interest here?

If you want to use the tool for free, you can. If you pay for the teams subscription, there are additional features (like custom modes and billing/analytics dashboard) that aren't part of the free plan. If I'm part of a team, it's nice to see a breakdown of how different people are using the models. Token usage, model type, etc.

Basically how roo code works? What is better here?