Kilo Code

Does it fit your conditions?

You want a model-flexible coding workflow across your editor and terminal.

Setup

Install an app

Interface

Editor, Terminal, Browser

Access

Product account / Provider API key

Workspace

VS Code / JetBrains

Install a client and check whether your model uses gateway billing or your own key.

Reviewed scope: Kilo client and gateway workflows.

Coding and office fit

Configuration compatibility changes between versions. Check the current settings paths during migration.

Costs and context

Gateway plan / provider billing

A zero gateway charge for a personal key does not mean the provider request is free.

Reduce unnecessary work: Compare total task use, including tool calls and retries, before changing model routes.

Measured tokens / task

Unknown — not measured

Measured cost / task

Unknown — not measured

Compare the same deliverable and acceptance criteria, including retries and your review time. Local execution does not establish local model processing.

Try one real task

1. Install a client and check whether your model uses gateway billing or your own key.
2. Start with a small task: Plan and implement repository changes with the selected model.
3. Check the result against your original files and acceptance criteria before expanding the workflow.

Before relying on this workflow, check the current plan, device, region, language, file format, and required permissions.

Bring your work with you

Verify Kilo's current configuration paths; do not assume an old OpenCode configuration directory will load.

A reviewed brief can carry context. Native history, internal memory, account permissions, and running tasks are not assumed to transfer.