Kilo
One open agent for every developer workflow
Ranked #4 in Open-source AI coding agents, and on 3 more rankings.
Kilo is an open-source AI coding agent available in IDEs, CLI and cloud. It offers a unified platform for developers to build with AI.
At a glance
| Best for | agentic engineering teams |
From Kilo's own website.
Company facts
| Social profiles | YouTube, GitHub, Product Hunt |
| Brand colour | #617a91 |
Facilities and features
Its website also mentions:
- Published pricing
- API
What stands out
The AI tool provides access to over 500 models without markup.
“500+ models, zero markup: frontier, open weight, or your own keys. One fully open-source agent everywhere you work:”Kilo, own website
The AI tool allows full inspection of prompts and context via open source code.
“No black boxes. Inspect everything.”Kilo, own website
How it ranks
Kilo is ranked 4th of 10 in Open-source AI coding agents (Lister Score 88.0), 5th of 10 in AI coding agents for enterprises (Lister Score 88.0), 6th of 10 in Open-source AI app builders (Lister Score 88.0) and 9th of 10 in AI coding agents with a team plan (Lister Score 88.0).
#4 in Open-source AI coding agents · Lister Score 88.0
Built for agentic engineering teams.
How the score is made up: fit to this ranking's criteria 40; evidence on its own site 20; how complete its published information is 16; buying information on its own site 12.
“a free AI agent for VS Code and a free AI coding agent for the terminal .”Kilo, own website
“One fully open-source agent everywhere you work:”Kilo, own website
| Rank | Open-source AI coding agents | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hyperlambda | 94.0 |
| 2 | OpenHands | 90.0 |
| 3 | Cline | 88.0 |
| 4 | Kilo | 88.0 |
| 5 | Holbox.ai | 84.0 |
| 6 | Cline Bot | 82.0 |
| 7 | Tabby | 82.0 |
| 8 | Void | 82.0 |
| 9 | Serenade | 80.0 |
| 10 | Kodely | 72.0 |
#5 in AI coding agents for enterprises · Lister Score 88.0
Built for agentic engineering teams.
How the score is made up: fit to this ranking's criteria 40; evidence on its own site 20; how complete its published information is 16; buying information on its own site 12.
“Code Agent. Write, refactor, and ship production-ready code with an AI agent that understands your entire codebase.”Kilo, own website
“Everything in Teams, plus security & compliance Custom SSO, audit logs & SLA”Kilo, own website
| Rank | AI coding agents for enterprises | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cursor | 94.0 |
| 2 | OpenHands | 90.0 |
| 3 | Replit | 90.0 |
| 4 | Warp | 90.0 |
| 5 | Kilo | 88.0 |
| 6 | Factory | 86.0 |
| 7 | Purecode.AI | 86.0 |
| 8 | TRAE | 86.0 |
| 9 | Emergent | 84.0 |
| 10 | Cline Bot | 82.0 |
#6 in Open-source AI app builders · Lister Score 88.0
Built for agentic engineering teams.
How the score is made up: fit to this ranking's criteria 40; evidence on its own site 20; how complete its published information is 16; buying information on its own site 12.
“Built for agentic engineering Multiple agents, one platform Kilo Code ships with specialized agents so you can switch contexts without switching tools.”Kilo, own website
“Open to inspection with open source and MIT license. Open source.”Kilo, own website
| Rank | Open-source AI app builders | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Appsmith | 94.0 |
| 2 | Nimbalyst | 90.0 |
| 3 | OpenHands | 90.0 |
| 4 | ToolJet | 90.0 |
| 5 | Budibase | 88.0 |
| 6 | Kilo | 88.0 |
| 7 | Flowise | 86.0 |
| 8 | Puck | 84.0 |
| 9 | LangFlow | 82.0 |
| 10 | APIgen | 78.0 |
#9 in AI coding agents with a team plan · Lister Score 88.0
Built for agentic engineering teams.
How the score is made up: fit to this ranking's criteria 40; evidence on its own site 20; how complete its published information is 16; buying information on its own site 12.
“Kilo Code ships with specialized agents so you can switch contexts without switching tools.”Kilo, own website
“Selected Teams Everything in Free, plus team management”Kilo, own website
| Rank | AI coding agents with a team plan | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cursor | 94.0 |
| 2 | Think Throo | 94.0 |
| 3 | 8080.AI | 92.0 |
| 4 | CodeGPT | 90.0 |
| 5 | Mango9 | 90.0 |
| 6 | OpenHands | 90.0 |
| 7 | Replit | 90.0 |
| 8 | Warp | 90.0 |
| 9 | Kilo | 88.0 |
| 10 | Mobb | 88.0 |
Frequently asked questions
How does Kilo rank on Lister?
Kilo is ranked 4th of 10 in Open-source AI coding agents (Lister Score 88.0), 5th of 10 in AI coding agents for enterprises (Lister Score 88.0), 6th of 10 in Open-source AI app builders (Lister Score 88.0) and 9th of 10 in AI coding agents with a team plan (Lister Score 88.0).