Kilo CodevsMulti
Generated from the two spec rows. Green marks the better value where a spec has a clear direction. Everything else is just different.
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.”
Multi
Patika Labs · IDE extension
#30
Panel
6.30 spec wins
- Reliability
- 5.5
- Usefulness
- 7.2
- Cost
- 7.5
- Longevity
- 5.0
“It installs into VS Code, JetBrains, Cursor, Windsurf, Kiro and Antigravity, which is one agent covering six answers to the same question.”
Spec by spec
| Spec | Kilo Code | Multi |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | ||
| Category | IDE extension | IDE extension |
| Runs | local, cloud | local |
| Platforms | macos, linux, windows, web | macos, linux, windows |
| Context window | not documented | not documented |
| Protocols | ||
| MCP client | Yes | No |
| MCP server | No | No |
| Capabilities | ||
| Runs terminal commands | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-file edits | Yes | Yes |
| Git operations | Yes | No |
| Browser control | 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. | No |
| Sandboxed execution | 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). | No |
| Multi-agent orchestration | Yes | YesMulti runs tasks in the background so several workstreams proceed at once and describes itself as a team of agents, but it documents no supervisor that coordinates them. |
| Headless / CI mode | Yes`kilo run --auto` auto-approves permissions for fully non-interactive CI/CD runs. | No |
| Models | ||
| Backbone | Claude, GPT, Gemini, Ollama, LM Studio | Claude Code, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot, Anthropic, OpenAI, Google Gemini, OpenRouter, Ollama |
| Bring your own model | Yes | Yes |
| Local models | Yes | YesOllama is one of the supported providers, so local models are reachable through a profile. |
| Cost | ||
| Pricing model | mixed | byok |
| Starts at | $0/mo | $0/mo |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Bring your own key | Yes | Yes |
| Openness | ||
| Open source | Yes | No |
| License | MIT | proprietary |
| GitHub stars | 27,467 | n/a |
Which one would each critic pick
| Critic | Kilo Code | Multi | Pick |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Juez | — | — | not enough reviews |
| El Amigo | 7.3 | 7.3 | no preference |
| El Crítico | 6.0 | 6.3 | Multi — Auto-approval is granted per category, so approving shell execution once approves every command in the class rather than the command in front of you. |
| El Profesor | 5.5 | 6.5 | Multi — A fork-and-restore model lets a task branch and roll back to an earlier state, and the vendor describes a team of agents while documenting no supervisor that coordinates them. |
| La Inversora | 6.3 | 6.0 | Kilo Code — Anaconda bought Kilo in July 2026, which answers the ownership question and raises whether a Python distributor wants to run a coding-agent business. |
| La Jefa | 6.8 | 5.0 | Kilo Code — Teams at $15 a user makes sixty seats $900 a month, it covers VS Code and JetBrains, and there is a vendor to call; approved with conditions. |
| El Hacker | 7.3 | 6.8 | 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.