Public work spans its own cloud and device-management tooling
The sample contains 32 bot-authored PRs in Kilo-Org/cloud and 22 in fleetdm/fleet. These are repository-level observations, not claims of company-wide adoption.
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Anaconda (acquired Kilo, Jul 2026)
Kilo Code
Open-source coding agent for VS Code, JetBrains, CLI, and cloud with hundreds of model/provider options and transparent usage pricing. Acquired by Anaconda on July 15, 2026 (3M+ developers claimed at announcement); a top-3 coding app on OpenRouter by routed tokens.
IDECLICloudActiveOpen sourceBYOKMCP Yes
Attributed output
GitHub public-attribution count, 2026-10-12
7,074 PRsAttributed outputGitHub public-attribution count, 2026-10-12Commits and PRs on public GitHub provably produced by this agent. Exact if it is visible through its own bot or workflow, an estimate if measured through attribution it declares (these can swing 30 to 40 percent between measurement runs at multi-million scale), and a floor either way.Index rank · all agents
#8 of 40 CLI agents
#9Index rank · all agents#8 of 40 CLI agentsRanked by agent-opened PRs in the trailing 4 complete weeks, matching the index. Agents without a tracked PR series follow, ordered by total attributed output. Other filters or sorts change the list position.n/a
Business signal
No sourced business metric
n/aBusiness signalNo sourced business metric$0 BYOK
Entry price
Pass-through credits or BYOK
$0 BYOKEntry pricePass-through credits or BYOK31,442
npm demand/wk
Adjusted from raw npm channel
31,442npm demand/wkAdjusted from raw npm channelWeekly package downloads as an install-demand floor; adjusted when the vendor's main install channel is no longer npm.1,738,592
npm installs to date
Since 2025-10-13
1,738,592npm installs to dateSince 2025-10-13Total npm downloads of this agent's package(s) summed across every tracked week since it was first published. A floor, like the weekly figure. Where a one-week automated/CI burst inflated the total, the baseline-only figure is shown too.From the public record
What the public PRs reveal
500 PRs · 89 repositories
Search window: – · captured Oct 14, 2026 (UTC)
Specific work you can inspect
Kilo-Org/kilocode: “docs: add Auto Efficient tier to Auto Model documentation” (merged). fleetdm/fleet: “Add 'Why short emails?' section to why-this-way handbook” (merged).
This is a sample of publicly attributed work, not total usage or a market-share estimate. Repositories are not customers. Attribution is declared in metadata, not independently verified tool execution; it does not prove exclusive authorship or autonomy. PR status is recorded at capture; merged does not establish correctness.
Method and audit data
Up to 100 most recently created search results in each of five consecutive 28-day windows; post-filtered for attribution in the PR body, bot author, or Codex branch. Not a random or exhaustive sample.
Returned records dated Jun 14, 2026–Oct 11, 2026.
Download the dated audit evidence (JSON)Activity Over Time
Weekly attributed output on public GitHub. Output visible through the agent's own bot or workflow is exact; output measured through declared attribution is an estimate. Window: 2025-02-03 to 2026-10-05.
npm Installs Over Time
Weekly npm downloads since 2025-10-13, the install-demand trajectory.
Market
Developer output
Public pull requests opened by Kilo Code
Public PRs authored by Kilo’s GitHub workflow, including fixes. Reviews alone and work under the developer’s identity are excluded.
Last full week (ending 2026-10-11): 277 agent-marked PRs (+45% week over week), exact count.
Merge rate: 78.7% of its pull requests get merged (1,275 of 1,620 over 8 settled weeks, 2026-08-10 to 2026-10-04). The window ends about ten days back so recently-opened PRs have had time to merge.
GitHub review activity: 17.2% of its merged PRs had at least one GitHub review record before merging; the other 82.8% had none. This is a broad weekly signal and can include bot reviews; the human-review read below comes from the enriched PR sample.
Commits per PR: 0.2 over the last 8 weeks. Both counts come from the same visible workflow, so this is a clean measure of how many commits make up one delegated task.
Snapshot 2026-10-12, confidence High, tracked since 2026-06-09. Read the methodology.
- Index rank · all agents
- #9 of 47 · #8 among CLI agents
- Demand share
- 0.1% of tracked npm demand floor
- Business signal
- No sourced business metric
- GitHub share
- 1.6% of tracked stars
- npm channel
- 16,095 raw downloads/week (npm primary)
npm channel caveat: npm primaryExpandHide
Kilo Code npm downloads track the official CLI package.
IDE extension and hosted cloud usage may not be visible in npm.
- Demand floor
- 31,442 / wk
- Latest npm week
- 16,095
- Peak npm week
- 207K
- 4-week average
- 31,442
Latest public npm week
Complete Mon-Sun week when cron-backed
Observed public npm range
As of 2026-10-18
All sourced signals (3)ExpandHide
| Signal | Value | Type | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 27,418 | Public metric | High |
| npm downloads (2026-09-18 to 2026-09-24) | 28,181 | Public metric | High |
| JetBrains plugin | Native JetBrains plugin (Kotlin/Swing rebuild, no webview) GA in the JetBrains Marketplace, July 2026 | Official | High |
Pricing And Economics
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Pricing snapshot: 2026-06-12. Check the vendor for current terms.
Free open-source extension; AI usage via credits at exact provider rates with no markup; Teams is $15/user/month.
- Entry price
- $0 BYOK
- Top self-serve price
- $19/mo
- Pricing unit
- Pass-through credits or BYOK
- Token transparency
- Credit proxy
- Included usage
- The extension is free with your own keys or local models. The Kilo gateway sells pay-as-you-go credits at exact provider rates (500+ models), and Kilo Pass at $19/month adds up to 50% bonus credits.
- Overage path
- None as such: top up credits as needed.
Retail Token Equivalent
Credits pass through provider token rates with no markup, so effective cost equals the upstream rate card; the bonus-credit subscription discounts it further.
| Plan | Price | Allowance | Unit | Token / Overage Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kilo Free | $0 | Full extension with your own API keys or local models; gateway usage billed as credits. | BYOK/credits | |
| Kilo Pass | $19/mo | Up to 50% bonus credits on gateway spend. | credits | |
| Kilo Teams | $15/user/mo | Team management, usage analytics, centralized billing; AI usage still via credits. | per user/month |
Summary checked 2026-07-15.
Open-source agent is free. Kilo Pass starts at $19/month for AI credits; pay-as-you-go and BYOK are supported.
- Kilo states hosted inference matches model provider API rates.
- CLI package is @kilocode/cli.
- BYOK lets users use their own provider subscriptions or local models.
Product
Providers
KiloAnthropicOpenAIGoogleOpenRouterVercelAWS BedrockAzureLocal providers
Model families
ClaudeGPTGeminiOpenRouter modelsLocal modelsKilo Auto
Capabilities
VS CodeJetBrainsCLICloud agentsMCPCustom modesBYOKKilo Gateway
Tradeoffs
- Fast-moving fork lineage
- Hosted credit value depends on model selection