Kilo Code vs. Nanocoder

Feature	Kilo Code	Nanocoder

Tagline	The all-in-one agentic engineering platform	A local-first coding agent built by the community for the community
Website	https://kilo.ai	https://nanocollective.org
Language	typescript	typescript
Release Date	October 15, 2025	March 21, 2026
Last Updated	April 28, 2026	April 28, 2026
Provider Type	Independent	Independent
MCP Support	Yes	Yes
Multi-Agent Support	Yes	Yes
Git Integration	basic	basic
Multi-File Editing	Yes	Yes
Auto Test Running	Yes	No
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	No
Voice Mode	No	No
IDE Integration	VS Code, JetBrains, Cursor, Windsurf, Trae AI	VS Code
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	Yes
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	Yes
Context Window	Model-dependent	Model-dependent
Supported Models	Kilo managed AI models and supports 500+ AI models including Anthropic, GPT, Gemini, Custom AI models.	Any OpenAI-compatible model and service: Ollama, LM Studio, llama.cpp, vLLM, OpenRouter, OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini
Pricing Model	Freemium	BYOK
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free (BYOK) / $19-199/mo	Free (BYOK)
Source Code Availability	Open Source (MIT)	Open Source (MIT)
Source Code	https://github.com/Kilo-Org/kilocode	https://github.com/Nano-Collective/nanocoder
Development State	active	active