80
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Editorial pick✓ Verified working
Kilo Code
Open-source autonomous coding agent for VS Code.
Try Kilo Code✓ Free trial available
Best for
VS Code users who want a free, open, autonomous coding agent and already have their own LLM API key.
At a glance
- Pricing
- freemium
- Setup time
- 10 minutes
- Learning curve
- moderate
- Last verified
- 5/22/2026
What we love
- ✓Free with BYOK
- ✓Active community fork of Cline + Roo
- ✓MCP support is excellent
Where it falls short
- −Requires managing API keys
- −Quality depends entirely on chosen LLM
- −Some friction for non-devs
Pricing
✓ Pricing verified Jun 21, 20262 tiers
OSS
$0
forever
- ✓All features
- ✓BYOK
- ✓All providers
Provider
Pay your LLM
per token
- ✓Pay only what you use to your chosen provider
Why we picked it
Kilo Code is the Cline fork that BYOK-ed itself into relevance. Great if you want Cline-quality agentic editing with your own Claude or DeepSeek key.
Overview
Open-source autonomous coding agent for VS Code. VS Code users who want a free, open, autonomous coding agent and already have their own LLM API key.
Key features
- ●BYOK autonomous agent
- ●Multi-file edits with diff approval
- ●Terminal command execution
- ●MCP server support
- ●Browser automation
- ●Custom modes
- ●Open source (Apache 2.0)
Best use cases
Free Cursor alternative with your own keys
Use Claude Opus via your Anthropic key.
MCP-driven workflows
Plug in any MCP server for custom tooling.
Integrations
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