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 3, 2026	April 28, 2026
Provider Type	AI Lab	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	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 Opus 4.7/4.6, Claude Sonnet 4.6, Claude Haiku 4.5	Kilo managed AI models and supports 500+ AI models including Anthropic, GPT, Gemini, Custom AI models.
Pricing Model	Subscription	Freemium
Free Tier	No	Yes
Price Range	$17-200/mo	Free (BYOK) / $19-199/mo
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