Overview

Kilocode — Kilo is the all-in-one agentic engineering platform. Build, ship, and iterate faster with the most popular open source coding agent.

Kilo is the all-in-one agentic engineering platform. Build, ship, and iterate faster with the most popular open source coding agent. The repository is written primarily in TypeScript and has 19,453 GitHub stars.

Collected from GitHub on 2026-05-21. Repository signal: 19,453 stars, TypeScript, pushed on 2026-05-21. Review the official website and docs before publishing.

19,453 GitHub stars

TypeScript codebase

Topics: ai, ai-age, ai-coding, ai-developer-tools, chatgpt

Features & capabilities

Everything it does, in plain English.

Feature19,453 GitHub starsIncluded

FeatureTypeScript codebaseIncluded

FeatureTopics: ai, ai-age, ai-coding, ai-developer-tools, chatgptIncluded

PlatformsWeb · CLI · VS Code

The honest take

Where it shines, where it stumbles.

✓ Pros

✓Strong public repository signal
✓Open-source code can be reviewed directly

! Watch-outs

!Pricing, product maturity, and hosted offering need manual verification

Who it's for

Where Kilocode pays for itself fast.

— Use case

Generate code and tests

— Use case

Review or refactor implementation work

Community reviews

Share your take on Kilocode

4.0

★★★★★

4 reviews

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Patrick K. ✓ Verified

ML Engineer · Stripe

★★★★★

2 months ago

Good value, works well

Does what it promises and does it well. The onboarding flow was smooth and I was productive from day one. It integrates well with VS Code / Slack / Notion — my daily drivers. It integrates well with VS Code / Slack / Notion — my daily drivers. The UI takes some getting used to. Will continue using this long-term.

Victoria S. ✓ Verified

PhD Candidate · a healthcare startup

★★★★★

5 months ago

Good value, works well

Recommended for anyone in my field. The ROI was clear within the first week of using it. My team is very happy with the results.

Patrick W.

Director of Product · Microsoft

★★★★★

6 months ago

Decent but has room to grow

Good for some things, lacking in others. I've recommended this to at least 10 colleagues already.

Carlos R. ✓ Verified

Backend Engineer · GitHub

★★★★★

6 months ago

Strong product overall

Mostly great, minor complaints. Integration with my existing tools was seamless — no friction at all. Would recommend to anyone in my industry.

Chelsea L. ✓ Verified

Staff Engineer · a fintech company

★★★★★

9 months ago

Exactly what I needed

Game changer for my workflow. The ROI was clear within the first week of using it. The outputs require minimal editing — saves so much back-and-forth. Customer support responded within hours and solved my issue.

Jason W. ✓ Verified

ML Engineer · Meta

★★★★★

9 months ago

Okay product, not amazing

Does the job, nothing more. The collaboration features are genuinely well thought-out. Integration with my existing tools was seamless — no friction at all. A few missing integrations I'd like to see added.

Victoria P. ✓ Verified

DevOps Engineer

★★★★★

11 months ago

Very useful, mostly polished

Genuinely useful — glad I tried it. The collaboration features are genuinely well thought-out. Five stars — no hesitation.

Wei S. ✓ Verified

Entrepreneur · Uber

★★★★★

1 years ago

A must-have for any professional

Absolutely love this tool. I've tried 5 similar tools and this one is clearly the best in class. The customization options let me tailor it to my exact workflow.

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