I've been working with agents since before they were useful, but this is my first time looking into Kilo Code.
Overall my experience is positive, I really like what you guys are up to.
Here's what I like:
- The step chart and token use visualization at the top is cool. As a visual person, I'd like us to start introducing more charts, visualizations, and graphs into the agentic coding process.
- The enhance prompt feature is a nice touch, I haven't noticed that anywhere else
- The built in diff viewer is great, it replaces gitlens for me, and the fact that you can comment on the diffs and add them to the working context makes it even better
Here's what I love:
- The worktrees implementation is chef's kiss
- Running parallel LLMs on the same problem. I have this exact implementation in one of my personal tools and I love it. When it comes to coding the cost might be prohibitive though, but I love the idea of having something like this available.
What I don't like:
- The auth flow with Linux+Cursor+Brave was rough around the edges, I went through the same motion 5x before realizing I'm actually logged in, but the sign in panel didn't disappear. Anyway, maybe something for you guys to look into.
Overall solid work Kilo Code team, I'm impressed and curious to see how the project develops.
Kilo Code
@Kilo Code is so back on @Product Hunt.
Four months ago, the team launched a new @VS Code extension. #1 Product of the Month, the community loved it.
Today, we’re shipping a native plugin for @JetBrains. Rebuilt from the ground up in Kotlin with Swift UI, designed for both local and remote dev, the plugin brings first-class AI coding assistance to IntelliJ IDEA, WebStorm, PyCharm, and other JetBrains IDEs: parallel agents, GitHub PRs and diffs inline, 500+ models...
View source code on GitHub: github.com/kilo-org/kilocode
Looking forward to seeing what you're building with @Kilo Code.
Great tool, thank you! It's a hassle to force AI agents to use JetBrains instead of their primitive tools.
Does it support Claude via subscription?
Kilo Code
@artk yes, you can BYOK with Kilo
The native JetBrains support is a big plus. Does it feel as smooth as using Kilo in VS code?
Kilo Code
it is! the new @Kilo Code for @JetBrains is designed for both local and remote dev, with parallel agents in isolated worktrees, GitHub PRs and diffs inline, and 500+ models. no brainer.
How well does it handle agents needing different models for different tasks? For example, one model for planning and another for implementation could be useful.
Kilo Code
@jharkhandi_chora1 yes! you can do different things: you can assign a default model or a mode (like "Plan") and/or confgure a subagent: write a prompt that would help the agent choose that and choose mode/effort;
Settings -> Kilo Code -> Models and Settings -> Kilo Code -> Agent Behavior -> Agents
This looks like a solid step for Ai-assisted coding, How does kilo code handle large and more complex codebase?
Does the JetBrains version support custom model configurations? I could see experienced developers waiting pretty fine grained control over that.
Having 500+ models sounds useful, but i am curious how easy it is to pick the right one for a specific task.