{"slug": "kilo-code", "name": "Kilo Code", "category": "ai-coding", "category_name": "AI coding tools", "description": "Open-source AI coding agent, used mainly as an extension for VS Code-based editors.", "recommenders": 8, "commenters": 12, "warners": 1, "score": 6.447, "rising": -2.62, "first": "2025-11-25", "latest": "2026-08-21", "why": "Liked as an IDE extension for VS Code-based editors that pairs well with cheap or free models through OpenRouter or DeepSeek.", "why_is_quote": false, "has_verdict": true, "sentiment": {"recommend": 8, "neutral": 4, "compare": 0, "warn": 1}, "spark": [1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 4, 2, 0, 0, 0], "listed": true, "loved": ["Cheap model access", "IDE integration"], "caveat": "Model costs", "short_quote": "I use Kilo Code for that it's based in OpenCode and it's OpenSource.", "icon": true, "domain": "kilo.ai", "github_repo": null, "official_url": "https://kilo.ai/", "pricing": "open source", "aliases": ["Kilo Code", "Kilo", "Kilocode", "KiloCode"], "verdict": [{"text": "Liked as an IDE extension for VS Code-based editors", "cites": [{"id": 777823344, "item_id": 48613959, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48613959", "by": "ahriad", "date": "2026-06-20", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use Kilocode Vscode extension, still can't give up the IDE", "excerpt": "I use Kilocode Vscode extension, still can't give up the IDE", "context": "", "use_case": "AI coding in IDE", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: Do you use Claude Code, Codex, or something else?"}, {"id": 774634339, "item_id": 48414646, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48414646", "by": "KronisLV", "date": "2026-06-05", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "KiloCode is essentially the above, but for VSC derived editors", "excerpt": "The simplest mainstream options for tools: 1) Claude Desktop which includes Claude Code for Anthropic: https://claude.com/product/claude-code (alternatively the terminal based version; either way get the subscription) 2) Codex for OpenAI: https://developers.openai.com/codex/app (same as above, subscription preferred instead of paying per token) 3) OpenCode for a variety of models: https://opencode.ai/ (they also have", "context": "", "use_case": "AI coding in VS Code forks", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: What is your (AI) dev tech stack / workflow? 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You can check the logs in OpenRouter and see which providers it used and how many tokens you used.", "context": "", "use_case": "AI coding in VS Code", "switched_from": "", "story": "Qwen3.8 is launching and going open-weight soon"}, {"id": 760224531, "item_id": 47514033, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47514033", "by": "user7878", "date": "2026-03-24", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Kilocode plugin (inside Cursor) \u2013 Free models", "excerpt": "Setup Cursor \u2013 $20/month Kilocode plugin (inside Cursor) \u2013 Free models Google Antigravity Pro Opencode \u2013 Free models Workflow - Backend Development Use Cursor for major backend tasks Flow: Plan \u2192 Execute - Frontend Development Use Google Antigravity Pro for major frontend tasks Flow: Plan \u2192 Execute - Minor Tasks & Bug Fixes Use: Opencode Kilocode (inside Cursor) Remote / On-the-Go Setup A Telegram-configured Opencode", "context": "", "use_case": "minor tasks with free models", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: $50 monthly budget, which coding models would you recommend now?"}]}, {"text": " that pairs well with cheap or free models through OpenRouter or DeepSeek.", "cites": [{"id": 744406592, "item_id": 46525412, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46525412", "by": "k4rli", "date": "2026-01-07", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "recently I've switched to kilocode myself", "excerpt": "The Claude models are among the most expensive. It's easy to spend 30 EUR+ a day when providing it with a lot of context, documentation. Ofc it can be argued that this money is worth it relative to salaries, but recently I've switched to kilocode myself after looking at different model pricings on openrouter https://openrouter.ai/models?order=pricing-high-to-low There's just no reason to throw money away. There are p", "context": "", "use_case": "AI coding with cheaper models", "switched_from": "Claude", "story": "The creator of Claude Code's Claude setup"}, {"id": 775793776, "item_id": 48487111, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48487111", "by": "sschueller", "date": "2026-06-10", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Try Kilocode with deepseek v4", "excerpt": "Try Kilocode with deepseek v4 (via API directly to deepseek, much cheaper than via kilo). I have had very good results and compared to others it just costs pennies. I use something similar to this https://github.com/ScotterMonk/AgentAutoFlow setup and switch between deepseek v4 to flash depending on task.", "context": "", "use_case": "AI coding", "switched_from": "", "story": "OpenAI mulls slashing prices as it competes with Anthropic for users"}, {"id": 783470321, "item_id": 48966895, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48966895", "by": "XCSme", "date": "2026-07-19", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "via Kilo Code VS Code extension", "excerpt": "I use it through OpenRouter via Kilo Code VS Code extension. You can check the logs in OpenRouter and see which providers it used and how many tokens you used.", "context": "", "use_case": "AI coding in VS Code", "switched_from": "", "story": "Qwen3.8 is launching and going open-weight soon"}, {"id": 760224531, "item_id": 47514033, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47514033", "by": "user7878", "date": "2026-03-24", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Kilocode plugin (inside Cursor) \u2013 Free models", "excerpt": "Setup Cursor \u2013 $20/month Kilocode plugin (inside Cursor) \u2013 Free models Google Antigravity Pro Opencode \u2013 Free models Workflow - Backend Development Use Cursor for major backend tasks Flow: Plan \u2192 Execute - Frontend Development Use Google Antigravity Pro for major frontend tasks Flow: Plan \u2192 Execute - Minor Tasks & Bug Fixes Use: Opencode Kilocode (inside Cursor) Remote / On-the-Go Setup A Telegram-configured Opencode", "context": "", "use_case": "minor tasks with free models", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: $50 monthly budget, which coding models would you recommend now?"}]}, {"text": " The main caveat is cost: frontier models through Kilo burn dollars, and calling DeepSeek's API directly is cheaper than going via Kilo", "cites": [{"id": 779155730, "item_id": 48697233, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48697233", "by": "sschueller", "date": "2026-06-27", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Using the frontier models at Kilo I go through dollars", "excerpt": "I have been heavily using DeepSeek V4 Pro at Max for a month now and I would say it is 100x cheaper. If I pay for Claude I will hit that limit so fast I am always waiting 5 hours. Using the frontier models at Kilo I go through dollars while doing the same thing via DeepSeek it is pennies.", "context": "", "use_case": "accessing frontier models", "switched_from": "", "story": "DeepSeek open-sources inference optimizations with 60\u201385% faster generation [pdf]"}, {"id": 775793776, "item_id": 48487111, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48487111", "by": "sschueller", "date": "2026-06-10", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Try Kilocode with deepseek v4", "excerpt": "Try Kilocode with deepseek v4 (via API directly to deepseek, much cheaper than via kilo). I have had very good results and compared to others it just costs pennies. I use something similar to this https://github.com/ScotterMonk/AgentAutoFlow setup and switch between deepseek v4 to flash depending on task.", "context": "", "use_case": "AI coding", "switched_from": "", "story": "OpenAI mulls slashing prices as it competes with Anthropic for users"}]}, {"text": "; one user also finds recent versions \"streamlined into mediocrity.\"", "cites": [{"id": 774669317, "item_id": 48416832, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48416832", "by": "scotty79", "date": "2026-06-05", "stance": "warn", "quote": "most recent Kilocode is streamlined into mediocrity", "excerpt": "Tldr; just teach them to talk to Codex and show Pi to ambitious ones. Raw Codex, both app and cli. On windows 11 which is horrible (sometimes in WSL, which sometimes crashes for no reason when I copy a lot of data around and somehow reverts contents of a mounted vhd virtual drive to previous state from long ago, after a crash). I'd love to switch to linux but I'm an avid gamer. I installed a linux on my old box thoug", "context": "", "use_case": "coding agent", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: What is your (AI) dev tech stack / workflow? (June 2026)"}]}], "praise": [{"label": "Cheap model access", "summary": "Commenters use it with free or low-cost models via OpenRouter or DeepSeek to avoid expensive Claude bills.", "quotes": [{"id": 744406592, "item_id": 46525412, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46525412", "by": "k4rli", "date": "2026-01-07", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "recently I've switched to kilocode myself", "excerpt": "The Claude models are among the most expensive. It's easy to spend 30 EUR+ a day when providing it with a lot of context, documentation. Ofc it can be argued that this money is worth it relative to salaries, but recently I've switched to kilocode myself after looking at different model pricings on openrouter https://openrouter.ai/models?order=pricing-high-to-low There's just no reason to throw money away. There are p", "context": "", "use_case": "AI coding with cheaper models", "switched_from": "Claude", "story": "The creator of Claude Code's Claude setup"}, {"id": 775793776, "item_id": 48487111, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48487111", "by": "sschueller", "date": "2026-06-10", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Try Kilocode with deepseek v4", "excerpt": "Try Kilocode with deepseek v4 (via API directly to deepseek, much cheaper than via kilo). I have had very good results and compared to others it just costs pennies. I use something similar to this https://github.com/ScotterMonk/AgentAutoFlow setup and switch between deepseek v4 to flash depending on task.", "context": "", "use_case": "AI coding", "switched_from": "", "story": "OpenAI mulls slashing prices as it competes with Anthropic for users"}, {"id": 760224531, "item_id": 47514033, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47514033", "by": "user7878", "date": "2026-03-24", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Kilocode plugin (inside Cursor) \u2013 Free models", "excerpt": "Setup Cursor \u2013 $20/month Kilocode plugin (inside Cursor) \u2013 Free models Google Antigravity Pro Opencode \u2013 Free models Workflow - Backend Development Use Cursor for major backend tasks Flow: Plan \u2192 Execute - Frontend Development Use Google Antigravity Pro for major frontend tasks Flow: Plan \u2192 Execute - Minor Tasks & Bug Fixes Use: Opencode Kilocode (inside Cursor) Remote / On-the-Go Setup A Telegram-configured Opencode", "context": "", "use_case": "minor tasks with free models", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: $50 monthly budget, which coding models would you recommend now?"}]}, {"label": "IDE integration", "summary": "Runs as an extension in VS Code-derived editors, including inside Cursor, for those who want to stay in the IDE.", "quotes": [{"id": 777823344, "item_id": 48613959, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48613959", "by": "ahriad", "date": "2026-06-20", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use Kilocode Vscode extension, still can't give up the IDE", "excerpt": "I use Kilocode Vscode extension, still can't give up the IDE", "context": "", "use_case": "AI coding in IDE", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: Do you use Claude Code, Codex, or something else?"}, {"id": 774634339, "item_id": 48414646, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48414646", "by": "KronisLV", "date": "2026-06-05", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "KiloCode is essentially the above, but for VSC derived editors", "excerpt": "The simplest mainstream options for tools: 1) Claude Desktop which includes Claude Code for Anthropic: https://claude.com/product/claude-code (alternatively the terminal based version; either way get the subscription) 2) Codex for OpenAI: https://developers.openai.com/codex/app (same as above, subscription preferred instead of paying per token) 3) OpenCode for a variety of models: https://opencode.ai/ (they also have", "context": "", "use_case": "AI coding in VS Code forks", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: What is your (AI) dev tech stack / workflow? (June 2026)"}, {"id": 760224531, "item_id": 47514033, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47514033", "by": "user7878", "date": "2026-03-24", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Kilocode plugin (inside Cursor) \u2013 Free models", "excerpt": "Setup Cursor \u2013 $20/month Kilocode plugin (inside Cursor) \u2013 Free models Google Antigravity Pro Opencode \u2013 Free models Workflow - Backend Development Use Cursor for major backend tasks Flow: Plan \u2192 Execute - Frontend Development Use Google Antigravity Pro for major frontend tasks Flow: Plan \u2192 Execute - Minor Tasks & Bug Fixes Use: Opencode Kilocode (inside Cursor) Remote / On-the-Go Setup A Telegram-configured Opencode", "context": "", "use_case": "minor tasks with free models", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: $50 monthly budget, which coding models would you recommend now?"}]}, {"label": "Reliable daily use", "summary": "Several users report being happy with it and doing most of their coding with it.", "quotes": [{"id": 784735200, "item_id": 49045950, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49045950", "by": "ryanxsim", "date": "2026-07-25", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use kilo code and its good so far", "excerpt": "Outside claude and codex, I use kilo code and its good so far", "context": "", "use_case": "coding agent via API", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: How to use agents via API cheaply?"}, {"id": 778274784, "item_id": 48642174, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48642174", "by": "jlengrand", "date": "2026-06-23", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I've been using Kilo and I'm pretty happy about it", "excerpt": "Surprised to not see it mentioned yet, I've been using Kilo and I'm pretty happy about it. Local development with Claude, review using Kilo : https://kilo.ai/docs/automate/code-reviews/github.", "context": "", "use_case": "AI code review", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: What tools are you using for AI-assisted code review?"}, {"id": 736716512, "item_id": 46044782, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46044782", "by": "nl", "date": "2025-11-25", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Most of the coding itself there is done with kilocode.", "excerpt": "Wait, you think I'm coding this by hand! That is amazing. I love it! I don't remember when which part happened, but I've been gradually moving over to the tools in https://github.com/nlothian/Vibe-Prolog/tree/main/ai-tools for most of the development. Most of the coding itself there is done with kilocode. Most of the early conversations don't seem to be available in Claude code now (is there a way to see complete his", "context": "", "use_case": "AI-driven coding", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: Vibe Prolog"}]}, {"label": "Open source GUI", "summary": "It is open source, based on OpenCode, and offers a GUI for diffs and session history.", "quotes": [{"id": 780129296, "item_id": 48758081, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48758081", "by": "skzo", "date": "2026-07-02", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use Kilo Code for that it's based in OpenCode and it's OpenSource.", "excerpt": "I use Kilo Code for that it's based in OpenCode and it's OpenSource. I prefer having a GUI for diffs and session history,but if you prefer TUI you can just use OoenCode", "context": "", "use_case": "switching between AI providers", "switched_from": "", "story": "ZCode: Claude Code from the Makers of GLM"}]}, {"label": "Code reviews", "summary": "One user runs automated GitHub code reviews with Kilo alongside local development in Claude.", "quotes": [{"id": 778274784, "item_id": 48642174, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48642174", "by": "jlengrand", "date": "2026-06-23", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I've been using Kilo and I'm pretty happy about it", "excerpt": "Surprised to not see it mentioned yet, I've been using Kilo and I'm pretty happy about it. Local development with Claude, review using Kilo : https://kilo.ai/docs/automate/code-reviews/github.", "context": "", "use_case": "AI code review", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: What tools are you using for AI-assisted code review?"}]}], "caveats": [{"label": "Model costs", "summary": "Frontier models through Kilo get expensive, and DeepSeek is much cheaper via its API directly than via Kilo.", "quotes": [{"id": 779155730, "item_id": 48697233, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48697233", "by": "sschueller", "date": "2026-06-27", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Using the frontier models at Kilo I go through dollars", "excerpt": "I have been heavily using DeepSeek V4 Pro at Max for a month now and I would say it is 100x cheaper. If I pay for Claude I will hit that limit so fast I am always waiting 5 hours. Using the frontier models at Kilo I go through dollars while doing the same thing via DeepSeek it is pennies.", "context": "", "use_case": "accessing frontier models", "switched_from": "", "story": "DeepSeek open-sources inference optimizations with 60\u201385% faster generation [pdf]"}, {"id": 775793776, "item_id": 48487111, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48487111", "by": "sschueller", "date": "2026-06-10", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Try Kilocode with deepseek v4", "excerpt": "Try Kilocode with deepseek v4 (via API directly to deepseek, much cheaper than via kilo). I have had very good results and compared to others it just costs pennies. I use something similar to this https://github.com/ScotterMonk/AgentAutoFlow setup and switch between deepseek v4 to flash depending on task.", "context": "", "use_case": "AI coding", "switched_from": "", "story": "OpenAI mulls slashing prices as it competes with Anthropic for users"}]}, {"label": "Recent decline", "summary": "One commenter says the most recent version is streamlined into mediocrity.", "quotes": [{"id": 774669317, "item_id": 48416832, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48416832", "by": "scotty79", "date": "2026-06-05", "stance": "warn", "quote": "most recent Kilocode is streamlined into mediocrity", "excerpt": "Tldr; just teach them to talk to Codex and show Pi to ambitious ones. Raw Codex, both app and cli. On windows 11 which is horrible (sometimes in WSL, which sometimes crashes for no reason when I copy a lot of data around and somehow reverts contents of a mounted vhd virtual drive to previous state from long ago, after a crash). I'd love to switch to linux but I'm an avid gamer. I installed a linux on my old box thoug", "context": "", "use_case": "coding agent", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: What is your (AI) dev tech stack / workflow? 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I wonder if it has any effect on watermarking. I came across this other project yesterday which appears to have the same goal (unaffiliated and I havent tried it). https://github.com/gvzdv/claudish-to-english", "context": "", "use_case": "cleaning up Claude output", "switched_from": "", "story": "Clean up Claude 5's token vomit with a separate LLM"}, {"id": 784735200, "item_id": 49045950, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49045950", "by": "ryanxsim", "date": "2026-07-25", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use kilo code and its good so far", "excerpt": "Outside claude and codex, I use kilo code and its good so far", "context": "", "use_case": "coding agent via API", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: How to use agents via API cheaply?"}, {"id": 783470321, "item_id": 48966895, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48966895", "by": "XCSme", "date": "2026-07-19", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "via Kilo Code VS Code extension", "excerpt": "I use it through OpenRouter via Kilo Code VS Code extension. You can check the logs in OpenRouter and see which providers it used and how many tokens you used.", "context": "", "use_case": "AI coding in VS Code", "switched_from": "", "story": "Qwen3.8 is launching and going open-weight soon"}, {"id": 780129296, "item_id": 48758081, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48758081", "by": "skzo", "date": "2026-07-02", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use Kilo Code for that it's based in OpenCode and it's OpenSource.", "excerpt": "I use Kilo Code for that it's based in OpenCode and it's OpenSource. I prefer having a GUI for diffs and session history,but if you prefer TUI you can just use OoenCode", "context": "", "use_case": "switching between AI providers", "switched_from": "", "story": "ZCode: Claude Code from the Makers of GLM"}, {"id": 779155730, "item_id": 48697233, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48697233", "by": "sschueller", "date": "2026-06-27", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Using the frontier models at Kilo I go through dollars", "excerpt": "I have been heavily using DeepSeek V4 Pro at Max for a month now and I would say it is 100x cheaper. If I pay for Claude I will hit that limit so fast I am always waiting 5 hours. Using the frontier models at Kilo I go through dollars while doing the same thing via DeepSeek it is pennies.", "context": "", "use_case": "accessing frontier models", "switched_from": "", "story": "DeepSeek open-sources inference optimizations with 60\u201385% faster generation [pdf]"}, {"id": 778274784, "item_id": 48642174, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48642174", "by": "jlengrand", "date": "2026-06-23", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I've been using Kilo and I'm pretty happy about it", "excerpt": "Surprised to not see it mentioned yet, I've been using Kilo and I'm pretty happy about it. Local development with Claude, review using Kilo : https://kilo.ai/docs/automate/code-reviews/github.", "context": "", "use_case": "AI code review", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: What tools are you using for AI-assisted code review?"}, {"id": 777823344, "item_id": 48613959, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48613959", "by": "ahriad", "date": "2026-06-20", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use Kilocode Vscode extension, still can't give up the IDE", "excerpt": "I use Kilocode Vscode extension, still can't give up the IDE", "context": "", "use_case": "AI coding in IDE", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: Do you use Claude Code, Codex, or something else?"}, {"id": 775793776, "item_id": 48487111, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48487111", "by": "sschueller", "date": "2026-06-10", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Try Kilocode with deepseek v4", "excerpt": "Try Kilocode with deepseek v4 (via API directly to deepseek, much cheaper than via kilo). I have had very good results and compared to others it just costs pennies. I use something similar to this https://github.com/ScotterMonk/AgentAutoFlow setup and switch between deepseek v4 to flash depending on task.", "context": "", "use_case": "AI coding", "switched_from": "", "story": "OpenAI mulls slashing prices as it competes with Anthropic for users"}, {"id": 774669317, "item_id": 48416832, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48416832", "by": "scotty79", "date": "2026-06-05", "stance": "warn", "quote": "most recent Kilocode is streamlined into mediocrity", "excerpt": "Tldr; just teach them to talk to Codex and show Pi to ambitious ones. Raw Codex, both app and cli. On windows 11 which is horrible (sometimes in WSL, which sometimes crashes for no reason when I copy a lot of data around and somehow reverts contents of a mounted vhd virtual drive to previous state from long ago, after a crash). I'd love to switch to linux but I'm an avid gamer. I installed a linux on my old box thoug", "context": "", "use_case": "coding agent", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: What is your (AI) dev tech stack / workflow? (June 2026)"}, {"id": 774634339, "item_id": 48414646, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48414646", "by": "KronisLV", "date": "2026-06-05", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "KiloCode is essentially the above, but for VSC derived editors", "excerpt": "The simplest mainstream options for tools: 1) Claude Desktop which includes Claude Code for Anthropic: https://claude.com/product/claude-code (alternatively the terminal based version; either way get the subscription) 2) Codex for OpenAI: https://developers.openai.com/codex/app (same as above, subscription preferred instead of paying per token) 3) OpenCode for a variety of models: https://opencode.ai/ (they also have", "context": "", "use_case": "AI coding in VS Code forks", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: What is your (AI) dev tech stack / workflow? (June 2026)"}, {"id": 760224531, "item_id": 47514033, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47514033", "by": "user7878", "date": "2026-03-24", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Kilocode plugin (inside Cursor) \u2013 Free models", "excerpt": "Setup Cursor \u2013 $20/month Kilocode plugin (inside Cursor) \u2013 Free models Google Antigravity Pro Opencode \u2013 Free models Workflow - Backend Development Use Cursor for major backend tasks Flow: Plan \u2192 Execute - Frontend Development Use Google Antigravity Pro for major frontend tasks Flow: Plan \u2192 Execute - Minor Tasks & Bug Fixes Use: Opencode Kilocode (inside Cursor) Remote / On-the-Go Setup A Telegram-configured Opencode", "context": "", "use_case": "minor tasks with free models", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: $50 monthly budget, which coding models would you recommend now?"}, {"id": 744406592, "item_id": 46525412, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46525412", "by": "k4rli", "date": "2026-01-07", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "recently I've switched to kilocode myself", "excerpt": "The Claude models are among the most expensive. It's easy to spend 30 EUR+ a day when providing it with a lot of context, documentation. Ofc it can be argued that this money is worth it relative to salaries, but recently I've switched to kilocode myself after looking at different model pricings on openrouter https://openrouter.ai/models?order=pricing-high-to-low There's just no reason to throw money away. There are p", "context": "", "use_case": "AI coding with cheaper models", "switched_from": "Claude", "story": "The creator of Claude Code's Claude setup"}, {"id": 737064880, "item_id": 46066555, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46066555", "by": "sschueller", "date": "2025-11-26", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "if I am coding with Kilocode and phpstorm", "excerpt": "I am a bit confused how I would use this (maybe because I may not be your target audience?). For example if I am coding with Kilocode and phpstorm. How would I use these microVms and what is the cloudflare worker for? I currently run a regular set of docker containers to run my code, how does this compare?", "context": "", "use_case": "coding", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: Era \u2013 Open-source local sandbox for AI agents"}, {"id": 736716512, "item_id": 46044782, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46044782", "by": "nl", "date": "2025-11-25", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Most of the coding itself there is done with kilocode.", "excerpt": "Wait, you think I'm coding this by hand! That is amazing. I love it! I don't remember when which part happened, but I've been gradually moving over to the tools in https://github.com/nlothian/Vibe-Prolog/tree/main/ai-tools for most of the development. Most of the coding itself there is done with kilocode. Most of the early conversations don't seem to be available in Claude code now (is there a way to see complete his", "context": "", "use_case": "AI-driven coding", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: Vibe Prolog"}]}