Kilo Code for JetBrains - Fast, open-source AI coding agent for JetBrains IDEs
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Build, debug, and ship with one AI coding teammate. Kilo Code is open-source, model-agnostic AI code assistant that's pay-per use. After 420,000+ downloads on VS Code and Cursor, we're bringing it to the JetBrains ecosystem: IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, WebStorm...
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Kilo Code
Hey Product Hunt! 👋
After 420,000+ developers started using Kilo Code on VS Code and Cursor, our #1 feature request was: “When will you support JetBrains?” Well… we listened! 🚀
Kilo Code now supports all 11 @JetBrains IDEs. Spread the word on socials.
Why we built Kilo Code
We were frustrated with AI coding tools that lock you into one model, hide real pricing, and train on your code without permission. We built Kilo to be open-source, price-transparent, and model-agnostic. Let’s dive deeper:
What makes Kilo different
🔓 Transparent pricing – You pay exactly what OpenAI, Anthropic, or any provider charges. We take zero markup.
🧠 Model agnostic, choose from 400+ AI models – GPT-5, Claude Sonnet/Opus, Grok Code Fast, Gemini, Llama Turbo, or local models. Bring your own keys, or use our own provider with 0% markup.
🛠️ Your AI dev team in one tool. We have 4 main modes:
• Architect Mode: Think about your code structure before writing code
• Orchestrator Mode: Break down complex projects into smaller subtasks
• Code Mode: Implement with full context awareness
• Debug Mode: Auto-fix bugs until tests pass and everything runs smoothly
💾 Persistent memory – Kilo has features to remember your project context, decisions, and preferences across sessions. No more re-explaining.
✅ Work with up-to-date library versions – Using Context7, we make sure the generated code relies on the latest documentation for its training data. Useful if you’re working with libraries and frameworks that change often.
🔧 100% open source – Every line is on our GitHub repo (10,400 GitHub stars). We never train on your data. You can fork, modify or customize Kilo Code in any way you want.
We support all 11 JetBrains IDEs
Kilo Code now works as an extension with IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, WebStorm, GoLand, RustRover, and all other JetBrains IDEs.
We also have a large community with 8,000+ developers on Discord — your feedback shaped every feature.
Would love to hear what you think: What’s the first thing you’ll build with Kilo inside JetBrains? 🙌
P.S. Teams/Enterprise version is also live with centralized billing & management for org-wide rollouts.
the growth curve is impressive. keep up the great work, ?makers! 👏👏
@jobrietbergen the JetBrains IDE plugin is amazing , been waiting for it since I've started to use Kilo code on VS Code.
@jobrietbergen That's awesome! I can imagine how exciting it must be to finally have that JetBrains IDE plugin, especially if you’ve been wanting it since using Kilo on VS Code. How’s the transition been so far? Are there any features in the plugin that have really stood out to you?@anwar_fazaa
The way you positioned it as one teammate that can switch roles is smart. Architect, Orchestrator, Code, and Debug almost feel like different personalities within the same partner.
Humans in the Loop
@nevil_ling Thank you. It's a different system prompt basically. Our agent can also automatically switch between modes.
GitLab co-founder @sytses is working on something new.
@Kilo Code is an open-source, model-agnostic AI code assistant with transparent pricing. First launched 6 months ago, the team is back on @Product Hunt introducing Kilo Code for JetBrains.
S/O to the ?makers for the amazing work on this new launch. oss ftw! View source code on GitHub →
GitLab
@fmerian yes, really excited to work on Kilo and introducing the JetBrains plugin today. We have big plans to add a ton of functionality to Kilo over the coming weeks including a CLI. Happy to answer any questions people might have.
Cheers on the launch! The GitHub stars already show there’s a strong community behind this and that’s reassuring for people who want to adopt it long term.
Humans in the Loop
Thank you Nevil. I hope Kilo will be useful to product managers like yourself.
spot on. 10K GitHub stars is definitely a significant milestone for an OSS project. star this repo!
Love to see Kilo Code not being locked down for users to find, but rather Kilo Code is going to the users. Congrats on launch!
Humans in the Loop
@campak Thank you.
@campak exactly. next step: @Kilo Code CLI (spoiler alert)
@fmerian LETS GOO!!!
One of the best things we have is Kilo.
Humans in the Loop
@apurbakumarnath Thanks! Also love that you're doing research on LLM distillation. Hope some of it comes to the AI coding models as well (many are getting smaller and more specialized).
@dax1 You're welcome 🤗. I'll work on coding and mathematical reasoning datasets for distillation. Let's hope for the best! 🤞
@apurbakumarnath love it. help us spread the work on X
@fmerian Of course!
I've been using Kilo Code since June 2025 - it is in my top list for Agentic AI Coding tools for the following reasons:
Does a great job coding!
Great set of modes for development including: Architect, Code, Ask, Debug and Orchestrate
Directly supports Open Router connection - a central HUB for LLM models
Offer tons of opportunities for free credits and awesome value deals on credits
Responsive staff
Easy integration into the IDEs I use (VS Code and Cursor)
Great product team @fmerian @Kilo Code , keep it up!!
Humans in the Loop
@fmerian @apexwebservices Thank you Max!
@apexwebservices One more thing: Automated code reviews, launched today!
@fmerian Oooh Code Review I can never get enough of :) Will check it out!
Very happy of the extension in vscode. I hope it is as good in jetbrains IDEs
Humans in the Loop
@abumalick We had an alpha and a beta version with actual testers. Ofc there's always something to improve, but the current extension is at a good state.
I like how Kilo Code grows with the community instead of locking me into strict choices. Expanding to IntelliJ, PyCharm and WebStorm means more devs can benefit without switching environments. That's powerful progress.
Humans in the Loop
@siri_nana Community & open source 4ever.
Just jumping in here.
I am a developer and one of the Mods on the KiloCode Discord channel. If you ever have any questions, righteous hacks or just bugs. Feel free to come on over to the channel and let us know.
I did the original proof of concept for Kilo in Jetbrains (thanks to the RunVSAgent project) and I personally tested it out in all 12 IDE's with some non-trivial codebases (Drupal, Bevy, MAUI, ImHex, jmonkeyengine, ebitengine, korge, dragonruby) over a weekend before release. So you have my personal Cerified Fresh in Jetbrains™ guarantee it works pretty darn well :-)
I have had great coding sessions working on Unity3D games in Jetbrains Rider and working on the Kilo Code for JetBrains plugin itself in Intellij IDEA! (Inception is cool)
Enjoy and come to the DIscord, ask question and show us what you are working on!
Humans in the Loop
@adamhill Thank you for your work Adam. Really appreciate it.
strong +1. keep up the great work,@adamhill 👏👏