Cursor CLI vs. Kilo Code

Feature	Cursor CLI	Kilo Code

Tagline	Ship code with agents right from your terminal	The all-in-one agentic engineering platform
Website	https://cursor.com/cli	https://kilo.ai
Language	typescript	typescript
Release Date	August 7, 2025	October 15, 2025
Last Updated	June 29, 2026	July 15, 2026
Provider Type	Independent	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	Cursor IDE, Xcode, Android Studio, JetBrains, VSCode, Neovim	VS Code, JetBrains, Cursor, Windsurf, Trae AI
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	Yes
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	No	Yes
Context Window	Up to 1M tokens	Model-dependent
Supported Models	Composor 2.5, Claude Fable 5, Opus 4.8, GPT-5.5, Codex 5.3, Gemini 3.5, Grok 4.20	Kilo Gateway managed AI models and supports 500+ AI models including Anthropic, GPT, Gemini, Custom AI models.
Supported Subscriptions	—	ChatGPT GitHub Copilot SuperGrok OpenCode Go / Zen X Premium Kilo Pass Ollama Cloud MiniMax Token Plan
Pricing Model	Freemium	Freemium, Usage Based, Subscription, Free, BYOK
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free / $20-200/mo	Free forever (individual users, BYOK), $19/mo (Kilo Pass), $15/mo (teams)
Source Code Availability	Proprietary Software	Open Source (MIT)
Source Code	N/A	https://github.com/Kilo-Org/kilocode
Development State	active	active