Kilo Code is the v5.x community fork of Roo Code (which was archived May 15, 2026). Open-source VS Code extension for agentic coding — Apache 2.0 licensed, BYOK across many providers, runs locally as an IDE extension.
Agenticness = how independently a tool can take action, scored across 9 dimensions. Scored independently by David Kooi, Skylark Creations — see full rubric → Last re-evaluated 31 July 2026.
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Kilo Code is the community continuation of the Roo Code codebase after its archival on May 15, 2026. It preserves the open-source, BYOK, VS Code-integrated agentic coding pattern that made Roo Code popular (3M+ installs at archival). Apache 2.0...
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- Free: $0 for the open-source VS Code, JetBrains and CLI extensions. Model usage is billed separately: free models, your own provider keys, local models, or Kilo's gateway at provider rates with no markup. Credit top-ups and Kilo Pass purchases carry a 5% processing fee, except payments by invoice, wire or ACH.
- Kilo Pass: optional monthly credit plans from $19/month.
- Teams: $15 per user per month.
- Enterprise: custom pricing.
- Cloud compute: billed per second at hourly rates, $0.33/hour for Code Review and from $0.60/hour for Cloud Agents; model usage costs extra.
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