Blackbox AI CLI vs. Kilo Code

Feature	Blackbox AI CLI	Kilo Code

Tagline	Feature-rich AI coding agent in your terminal	The all-in-one agentic engineering platform
Website	https://www.blackbox.ai/cli	https://kilo.ai
Language	typescript	typescript
Release Date	September 20, 2025	October 15, 2025
Last Updated	April 28, 2026	April 28, 2026
Provider Type	Independent	Independent
MCP Support	Yes	Yes
Multi-Agent Support	Yes	Yes
Git Integration	deep	basic
Multi-File Editing	Yes	Yes
Auto Test Running	Yes	Yes
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	Yes
Voice Mode	Yes	No
IDE Integration	35+ IDE integrations including VS Code, JetBrains	VS Code, JetBrains, Cursor, Windsurf, Trae AI
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	Yes
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	Yes
Context Window	Model Dependent	Model-dependent
Supported Models	400+ models including Opus, GPT, Gemini, Qwen, GLM, Grok, Minimax (free), Mimo, Llama, Kimi, Mistral, DeepSeek	Kilo managed AI models and supports 500+ AI models including Anthropic, GPT, Gemini, Custom AI models.
Pricing Model	Freemium	Freemium
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free (BYOK) / $10-40/mo	Free (BYOK) / $19-199/mo
Source Code Availability	Open Source (GPL-3.0)	Open Source (MIT)
Source Code	https://github.com/blackboxaicode/cli	https://github.com/Kilo-Org/kilocode
Development State	active	active