Junie CLI vs. Kilo Code

Feature	Junie CLI	Kilo Code

Tagline	An LLM-agnostic coding agent built for real-world development	The all-in-one agentic engineering platform
Website	https://junie.jetbrains.com	https://kilo.ai
Language	shell	typescript
Release Date	July 15, 2025	October 15, 2025
Last Updated	June 3, 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	No	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	Yes
Voice Mode	No	No
IDE Integration	JetBrains IDEs	VS Code, JetBrains, Cursor, Windsurf, Trae AI
Hooks / Extensions	No	Yes
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	Yes
Context Window	Model-dependent	Model-dependent
Terminal Bench 2.0	#24 · 71.0% ±2.9 ¹
Supported Models	Multi-provider including BYOK	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) / $10-60/mo	Free (BYOK) / $19-199/mo
Source Code Availability	Proprietary Software	Open Source (MIT)
Source Code	https://github.com/JetBrains/junie	https://github.com/Kilo-Org/kilocode
Development State	active	active