Kilo Code vs OpenHands CLI

Feature	Kilo Code	OpenHands CLI

Tagline	The all-in-one agentic engineering platform	Lightweight OpenHands CLI as a standalone AI coding agent
Website	https://kilo.ai	https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands
Language	typescript	python
Release Date	October 15, 2025	October 18, 2025
Last Updated	July 15, 2026	August 19, 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	Yes	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	No
Voice Mode	No	No
IDE Integration	VS Code, JetBrains, Cursor, Windsurf, Trae AI	Zed, Toad, VS Code, JetBrains IDEs
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	No
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	Yes
Context Window	Model-dependent	Model-dependent
Terminal Bench		#59 · 51.9% ±2.9 (Terminal-Bench 2.0) ²
Supported Models	Kilo Gateway managed AI models and supports 500+ AI models including Anthropic, GPT, Gemini, Custom AI models.	Models from multiple providers including, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, xAI. Compatible with 400+ OpenRouter models.
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	BYOK
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free forever (individual users, BYOK), $19/mo (Kilo Pass), $15/mo (teams)	Free (BYOK)
Source Code Availability	Open Source (MIT)	Open Source (MIT)
Source Code	https://github.com/Kilo-Org/kilocode	https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands
Development State	active	active