Kilo Code Blog
blog.kilocode.ai · Company blog · on HN since 2025
Kilo Code, an open-source AI coding assistant company, writes about AI coding pricing, token costs and models.
What HN saysHN links it for posts on Cursor's pricing and its free-model promotions, while its CEO uses threads to pitch Kilo as an open alternative.
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- 1Why Cursor's pricing model could lead to its downfall3 people · 5 points · first shared 2025 · 1 comments on HN
- 2Token growth indicates future AI spend per dev2 people · 195 points · first shared 2025 · 160 comments on HN
- 3Who makes money from open-source AI models?2 people · 17 points · first shared 2025 · 2 comments on HN
- 4VS Code forks are facing a grim future2 people · 9 points · first shared 2025 · 4 comments on HN
- 5Last week Meta shipped new models – the biggest news is what they didn't say2 people · 8 points · first shared 2025 · discussion on HN
- 6Why Cursor's flat-fee pricing could lead to its downfall2 people · 6 points · first shared 2025 · 3 comments on HN
- 7Kilo for Cursor Refugees Program2 people · 6 points · first shared 2025 · discussion on HN
- 8Mini Models Battle: Claude Haiku 4.5 vs. GLM-4.6 vs. GPT-5 Mini2 people · 4 points · first shared 2025 · discussion on HN
- 9We compared 6 AI models for coding (unscientific, but fun)2 people · 4 points · first shared 2025 · discussion on HN
- 10"Sonic" = Grok Code Fast, Free in Kilo Code2 people · 2 points · first shared 2025 · discussion on HN
- 11Stop selling “unlimited”, when you mean “until we change our minds”1 people · 358 points · first shared 2025 · 342 comments on HN
- 12Kilo Code: Speedrunning open source coding AI1 people · 98 points · first shared 2025 · 52 comments on HN
- 13Evidence suggesting Quasar Alpha is OpenAI's new model1 people · 73 points · first shared 2025 · 46 comments on HN
- 14Roo or Cline? We're building a superset1 people · 69 points · first shared 2025 · 56 comments on HN
- 15September 15, 2025: The Day the Industry Admitted AI Subscriptions Don't Work1 people · 66 points · first shared 2025 · 22 comments on HN
What HN people wrote when they linked it
janpaul123 · 2025-07-12
Kilo Code CEO here. We’d like to welcome ex-Windsurf users by offering you $100 in credits. :D We'd love to show how through open source there is a better way (better community, more transparent pricing, won't mess with your or the product). https://blog.kilocode.ai/p/windsurf-is-over-switch-to-open-source
jaggs · 2025-05-09
Really interesting from a 'in a bubble' point of view. I've been using Void for the past few weeks as a replacement for Bolt, Lovable, Tempo and the rest. Which is nothing like the use cases mentioned in this thread. Just shows how we're each focused on different parts of an environment? Of course I'm not a programmer, I'm just a slash-and-hack vibe coder. :)
For the record, I really like Void. It's great at utilising local models, which no-one else does. Although I'd love to know which are the best Ollama local coding models. I've failed with a few so the moment I'm sticking to Sonnet 3.7 and GPT 4.1. With 03 as the 'big daddy'. :)
I'm also a fan because it's open source, which is really needed in this space I feel. One question for the devs, what do you think about this? https://blog.kilocode.ai/p/vs-code-forks-are-facing-a-grim
minimaxir · 2025-09-25
Grok Code Fast 1 usage is driven almost entirely by Kilo Code and Cline: https://openrouter.ai/x-ai/grok-code-fast-1/apps
Both apps have offered usage for free for a limited time:
https://blog.kilocode.ai/p/grok-code-fast-get-this-frontier-ai-model-f…
https://cline.bot/blog/grok-code-fast
boleary-gl · 2025-05-06
Our plan is to be a superset of Cline and Roo's features (we already have all the major features from both) [0]
We also have our own provider, which means no need to bring your own API keys (you can if you like, but it is batteries included by default) and we're not charging anything on top of the API pricing. Instead of monetizing on individual developers, we want it to be free for them and make money eventually off enterprise contracts [1]
[0]: https://blog.kilocode.ai/p/roo-or-cline-were-building-a-superset [1]: https://kilocode.ai