Kilo Code for VS Code - Open Source - Lightning speed autonomous AI coding agent
Kilo AI is an AI-powered extension for VS Code which writes, fixes and improves your code through simple chat. Tuned with the fastest models we could find, it can create and modify files, run command line prompts, and much more.
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Kilo Code for VS Code
Hey PH!
It’s clear that the closer we’re getting to AGI, the closer we’re getting to a future where all humans are shaping our digital worlds directly. Gone are the days of thinking of code line by line, we’ll have AI agents producing code “by the kilo”. With Kilo Code, we’re humbly throwing our hat in the ring with a new AI agent.
There are already a million AI agent companies out there, why another one? Simple: we’re an impatient bunch. We believe that by an extreme focus on speed (speed of building features, speed of growing our team, speed of experimentation, speed of the product itself), we can quickly add value.
We’ve been living this extreme focus on speed already:
Two weeks ago, I dropped everything in my life to build the first version.
By now we’ve assembled a team of 10.
Day one, we forked the Roo Code VSCode extension (which itself is a fork of Cline).
Since then, we shipped 10 small improvements.
Made the home page of hacker news.
By tomorrow, we’ll have fixed two of your requests.
Next week, we’ll do 10 more improvements.
The goal is to create the most user-friendly AI coding agent, as quickly as possible.
Most importantly, we want to build this with you. We would love your continuous feedback (here but also on Github and Discord), and we have a free tier (with $20 in free tokens!) in order to thank you—and for the best feedback we’ll give out more free tokens.
Check the homepage for up to date information on how to get access to the free tier.
How does it differentiate from existing tools? I checked the substack which has some information but no clear roadmaps. It seems to be you are looking to gather fast feedbacks and see how it goes.
If I switch from Windsurf how will I get the autocomplete and supercomplete features? Which are an essential part of coding workflow.
Kilo Code for VS Code
@admiralrohan Hi Rohan, thanks for reaching out! We have some ideas but mainly we are developing this together with the community, that's why we have such a generous free tier, its so that we can get as much feedback as possible to improve the product. So really it's up to you! Try it out, see what you bump into and we'd happy to improve it.
As for your other question, we're (currently) not building an autocomplete, we are going for a more hands off experience having the AI do most of the coding for you.
But if you'd like I can publish the extension in such a way that you can install it inside of Windsurf
@juice10 Installed in VS Code, will try it out.
And are you talking about Open Vsx?
Kilo Code for VS Code
@admiralrohan yes I saw through Open Vsx we could add support for it, but to be honest I don't have a ton of experience with it, what do you think?
@juice10 I never developed VS Code extensions but logically that should be same. I recently manually imported the Better PageUp / PageDown extension to Windsurf which isn't available in Open VSX. Didn't need to change anything to code, just importing VSIX file.
Most people use Cursor / Windsurf nowadays so may be good for for the adoption.
All the best for the launch @juice10 & team!
Kilo Code for VS Code
Thank you @parekh_tanmay !
ColorHub
Love this, Justin! The fact you're prioritising speed is a big plus in my book. This is going to be really useful for a lot of devs!
Kilo Code for VS Code
Thank you @danielcranney! We are doing our best to get all the fastest models integrated so we can get a quick feedback loop.
Fable Wizard
I love how Kilo Code is focusing on speed—it's exciting to see such rapid progress and improvements! With the goal of making AI coding agents more user-friendly, how do you see the product evolving to cater to different types of developers and their specific workflows?
Kilo Code for VS Code
Hey @jonurbonas we currently have some different modes that people can choose, for example Architect mode will start planning out the changes to be done from a more high level perspective before starting to implement. We'd love to add some more of these, get them tailored to different groups, but also try and figure out exactly what the current preferences in the code base are and make sure the AI agent adheres to that. What specific workflows are you focussed on?
This will speed up coding significantly! 😄
Kilo Code for VS Code
Kilo Code looks awesome, Justin! The focus on speed and user-friendly AI coding is a win.
Kilo Code for VS Code
@nimaaksoy thank you Nima!
Kilo Code for VS Code
Alphadoc
Complete bullshit - they promised $15. I registered and nothing. Scam. $0 in the profile and constantly gives red error messages for me to pay them money. Scam!
Paper Programs
@danvoronov Very sorry about this—we were idiots and thought that requiring a Google account would be enough but dispel abuse, but apparently those are sold on shady websites for a few cents.. So as a temporary measure over the weekend you have to post in Discord, and we'll give you the $15 in free credits. We'll implement something more sustainable this week!
Kilo Code for VS Code
@danvoronov Hello Dan,
We had a crazy amount of requests on launch day, but I checked your profile and added the $15 credit to your account! If you run into any issues, just let me know and I’ll make sure it doesn’t happen again.
I have a map on a webpage, and I have a feature that draws a polyline for a car's route between points of departure and arrival. I asked it to draw an arrow for the direction of travel on the route polyline (honestly, I didn't know how “Kilo” was different from other coding AI tools at this point).
Anyway, after the request to draw the arrows, I noticed something new and quite interesting: “Kilo” proceeded to navigate the web page on its own, selecting destinations and starting points to find a route (this alone was a surprise). The first iteration didn't produce many arrows, so “Kilo” self-consciously decided it was a failure and immediately entered the second iteration on its own.
He then corrected his own code and even checked to see if the arrows were being drawn correctly on the polyline.
The second iteration did exactly what I wanted it to do.
I'm going to stick with “Kilo” for the time being and explore more possibilities.
(But I've already spent a dollar. haha)
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Kilo Code for VS Code
@petchaburi That's really great to hear 최주영! Having it mess up, but still recover and fix itself is also one of my favorite things, looking forward to seeing what else it does for you!
Looks amazing! Can’t wait to try it out. 🚀
Kilo Code for VS Code
@edward_richards2 Would love to see what you create with it Edward!
Great addition!
Paper Programs
@gurugrv So far we've focused on an easier onboarding flow (our own proxy for Claude 3.7 Sonnet, and UI cleanup), and some bug fixes. Our next goal is to become a superset of both Roo and Cline (so add in features from Cline).
Paper Programs
@siddharthsampath For now we're sticking with VS Code, but we've heard this request a few times. Added it here: https://github.com/Kilo-Org/kilocode/discussions/120
Kilo Code is a game-changer for developers who want AI-powered assistance without leaving VS Code. This extension delivers on its promise of speed and autonomy—writing, fixing, and improving code with impressive accuracy.
Why I love it:
✅ Blazing-fast AI – The models are tuned for speed, making real-time coding feel seamless.
✅ Full workflow integration – From generating files to running CLI commands, it handles everything inside the editor.
✅ Simple chat interface – No complex setups; just describe what you need, and Kilo Code executes.
I’ve used other AI coding tools, but Kilo’s responsiveness and deep VS Code integration set it apart. Whether you’re debugging, refactoring, or prototyping, it’s like having a senior dev pair-programming with you.