Kilo Code vs. Kimi Code CLI

Feature	Kilo Code	Kimi Code CLI

Tagline	The all-in-one agentic engineering platform	Kimi Code CLI is your next intelligent CLI agent
Website	https://kilo.ai	https://kimi.com/code
Language	typescript	python
Release Date	October 15, 2025	October 21, 2025
Last Updated	July 15, 2026	June 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	No
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	No
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	Yes
Voice Mode	No	No
IDE Integration	VS Code, JetBrains, Cursor, Windsurf, Trae AI	VS Code, Zed, JetBrains
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	No
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	Yes
Context Window	Model-dependent	1M (K2.5)
Supported Models	Kilo Gateway managed AI models and supports 500+ AI models including Anthropic, GPT, Gemini, Custom AI models.	All the Kimi supported models including Kimi K2.5, K2, optional BYOK.
Supported Subscriptions	ChatGPT GitHub Copilot SuperGrok OpenCode Go / Zen X Premium Kilo Pass Ollama Cloud MiniMax Token Plan	—
Pricing Model	Freemium, Usage Based, Subscription, Free, BYOK	Freemium
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free forever (individual users, BYOK), $19/mo (Kilo Pass), $15/mo (teams)	Free / ~$19/mo
Source Code Availability	Open Source (MIT)	Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Source Code	https://github.com/Kilo-Org/kilocode	https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-cli
Development State	active	active