Gemini CLI vs Kilo Code

Feature	Gemini CLI	Kilo Code

Tagline	An open-source AI agent that brings Gemini into your terminal	The all-in-one agentic engineering platform
Website	https://geminicli.com	https://kilo.ai
Language	typescript	typescript
Release Date	June 24, 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	Antigravity, VS Code, JetBrains IDEs (ACP), Zed (ACP)	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	#15 · 65.8% ±2.7 (Terminal-Bench 2.1) ¹
Supported Models	Gemini 3.5 Flash, Gemini 3.1 Pro	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	Free	Freemium, Usage Based, Subscription, Free, BYOK
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free (1,000 req/day)	Free forever (individual users, BYOK), $19/mo (Kilo Pass), $15/mo (teams)
Source Code Availability	Open Source (Apache-2.0)	Open Source (MIT)
Source Code	https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli	https://github.com/Kilo-Org/kilocode
Development State	active	active