JunievsKilo Code
Generated from the two spec rows. Green marks the better value where a spec has a clear direction. Everything else is just different.
Junie
JetBrains · IDE extension
#56MCP
Panel
7.00 spec wins
- Reliability
- 6.8
- Usefulness
- 6.7
- Cost
- 6.5
- Longevity
- 7.8
“Runs on your own Ollama from the CLI, but the plugin still wants a JetBrains AI credit, of which the free plan gives you three.”
Kilo Code
Kilo Code (Anaconda) · IDE extension
#26OSSMCP
Panel
6.56 spec wins
- Reliability
- 6.0
- Usefulness
- 7.2
- Cost
- 7.0
- Longevity
- 5.8
“A fork of Roo Code carrying a fork of OpenCode, acquired by Anaconda, so the dependency tree finally has a parent.”
Spec by spec
| Spec | Junie | Kilo Code |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | ||
| Category | IDE extension | IDE extension |
| Runs | local, cloud | local, cloud |
| Platforms | macos, linux, windows | macos, linux, windows, web |
| Context window | not documented | not documented |
| Protocols | ||
| MCP client | Yes | Yes |
| MCP server | No | No |
| Capabilities | ||
| Runs terminal commands | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-file edits | Yes | Yes |
| Git operations | No | Yes |
| Browser control | NoNo built-in browser or Playwright tool in either the CLI or the IDE plugin; web automation only arrives through a user-added MCP server. | YesA Playwright-backed browser tool that navigates, clicks, fills forms, drags and screenshots after each action; it needs a high-capability agentic model to work reliably. |
| Sandboxed execution | NoParallel sessions are isolated with Git worktrees, not containers or OS-level sandboxing. | YesCloud Agents run in isolated Linux containers, and the local CLI has an opt-in OS-level sandbox using macOS Seatbelt via sandbox-exec or Linux bubblewrap (not available on Windows). |
| Multi-agent orchestration | No | Yes |
| Headless / CI mode | Yes`junie --auth="$JUNIE_API_KEY" "<prompt>"` runs one-shot in CI, with documented GitHub Action and GitLab CI/CD integrations. | Yes`kilo run --auto` auto-approves permissions for fully non-interactive CI/CD runs. |
| Models | ||
| Backbone | Claude, GPT, Gemini, Grok | Claude, GPT, Gemini, Ollama, LM Studio |
| Bring your own model | YesJunie CLI takes JSON model profiles pointing at any OpenAI-, Anthropic- or Gemini-compatible base URL, including enterprise proxies and LiteLLM gateways. | Yes |
| Local models | YesDocumented setups for Ollama, LM Studio and LiteLLM through the same custom-endpoint profiles. | Yes |
| Cost | ||
| Pricing model | mixed | mixed |
| Starts at | $10/mo | $0/mo |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Bring your own key | YesYour own OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, xAI, OpenRouter or GitHub Copilot key, via /account in the CLI. | Yes |
| Openness | ||
| Open source | No | Yes |
| License | proprietary | MIT |
| GitHub stars | n/a | 27,467 |
Which one would each critic pick
| Critic | Junie | Kilo Code | Pick |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Juez | — | — | not enough reviews |
| El Amigo | 7.0 | 7.3 | Kilo Code — Pick Kilo if you want one tool that covers the editor, the terminal and JetBrains; pick Cline if you would rather run the upstream and forgo the bundle. |
| El Crítico | 6.3 | 6.0 | Junie — Junie's credit table prices chat generations but not agent runs, its Brave mode removes confirmations with no sandbox behind it, and its headline benchmark is a rolling set with a pass@5 attached. |
| El Profesor | 7.0 | 5.5 | Junie — Junie's SWE-rebench first place is a rolling-set result that moves run to run by the organizer's own account, and its debugger integration is a verification channel most agents on this board lack. |
| La Inversora | 8.0 | 6.3 | Junie — JetBrains sells IDE renewals, and Junie is a retention feature priced through AI plans, which means the agent does not need to win, it needs to be good enough that nobody leaves. |
| La Jefa | 7.5 | 6.8 | Junie — Pooled credits through JetBrains Central, admin-set spending limits, and an Enterprise AI plan at $60 a user on IDE licenses we already hold; approved with conditions until the burn rate is measured. |
| El Hacker | 6.0 | 7.3 | Kilo Code — MIT, Ollama and LM Studio documented, MCP servers in JSON with a per-server timeout, and a CLI that is OpenCode under the hood, so I can read both halves. |
Picks are derived from each critic's own scores. Humans vote on matchups on the duels page.