Kilo Code earns strong praise for speed, flexibility, and transparent, BYOK model support across VS Code and JetBrains. Reviewers highlight a clear multi‑mode workflow (Architect, Code, Debug, Orchestrator) that plans first, then implements and fixes with visible diffs and solid context handling. Many say it replaced tools like Cursor, Cline, and Continue, citing fewer retries and better control over rules, memory, and cost. Beginners and pros report meaningful productivity gains, though a few note occasional loops and a perception of higher cost. Community support and rapid updates stand out.
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.
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@nevil_ling Thank you. It's a different system prompt basically. Our agent can also automatically switch between modes.
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.
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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!
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 →
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@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.
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!
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@campak Thank you.
@campak exactly. next step: @Kilo Code CLI (spoiler alert)
@fmerian LETS GOO!!!
One of the best things we have is Kilo.
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@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!
Very happy of the extension in vscode. I hope it is as good in jetbrains IDEs
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@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.