Claude Code vs. Kilo Code

Feature	Claude Code	Kilo Code

Tagline	An agentic coding tool that lives in your terminal	The all-in-one agentic engineering platform
Website	https://claude.ai/code	https://kilo.ai
Language	typescript	typescript
Release Date	February 22, 2025	October 15, 2025
Last Updated	June 29, 2026	July 15, 2026
Provider Type	AI Lab	Independent
MCP Support	Yes	Yes
Multi-Agent Support	Yes	Yes
Git Integration	deep	deep
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	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	1M tokens	Model-dependent
Terminal Bench 2.0	#52 · 58.0% ±2.9 ¹
Supported Models	Claude Fable 5 / Mythos 5 (Restricted Availability), Opus 4.8, Claude Sonnet 4.6, Claude Haiku 4.5	Kilo Gateway managed AI models and supports 500+ AI models including Anthropic, GPT, Gemini, Custom AI models.
Supported Subscriptions	Claude Code	ChatGPT GitHub Copilot SuperGrok OpenCode Go / Zen X Premium Kilo Pass Ollama Cloud MiniMax Token Plan
Pricing Model	Subscription	Freemium, Usage Based, Subscription, Free, BYOK
Free Tier	No	Yes
Price Range	$17-200/mo	Free forever (individual users, BYOK), $19/mo (Kilo Pass), $15/mo (teams)
Source Code Availability	Proprietary Software	Open Source (MIT)
Source Code	https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code	https://github.com/Kilo-Org/kilocode
Development State	active	active