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Faster Coding with Kilo

Build, ship, and iterate faster with Kilo, an open source coding agent. For founders, with 26k+ GitHub stars.

From the repo · “Kilo is the all-in-one agentic engineering platform. Build, ship, and iterate faster with the most popular open source coding agent.”

27,689 stars+89★ this week3,287 forksTypeScriptGuide quality 9/10 · reviewed Jul 15Updated 10/21/2026100% free · open source
What it does

Kilo is an open-source coding agent that helps founders build, ship, and iterate faster by automating coding tasks

When to use it
  • •When you need to automate repetitive coding tasks
  • •When you want to speed up your development workflow
  • •When you need to collaborate with others on coding projects
Ready-to-paste prompt
kilo run --task='generate-api-client' --language='typescript' --output='src/api'
Heads up: Make sure you have Node.js 16 or higher installed, as Kilo requires it to run
Saves to your device
Use with Claude
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⚡ Runs out of the box

A prompt/skill package — nothing to install beyond adding it to your AI tool.

Try it instantly — no install
Claude Code
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/kilocode && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/kilocode/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/kilocode/SKILL.md
Open in another AI app

Opens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go — no copy-paste needed.

Connect the whole catalog (MCP)
claude mcp add --transport http workflowstacks https://workflowstacks.com/api/mcp

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How Faster Coding with Kilo works
Codeflow
Free to inspect

Faster Coding with Kilo is a very large TypeScript project (~682k lines across 4484 code files, plus 1853 test files). It is a full software project: use it through its install path rather than reading it end to end. Last commit this month, MIT license, has a test suite.

Size
Very large codebase
~682k lines · 4484 code files · days to read — use, don't read
Setup
Developer setup
A real software project. Use it via its install path; don't expect to read it all.
Runs on
Node.js
No API keys detected
TypeScript 81%Kotlin 15%CSS 3%
Where to start reading
  1. 1
    README.md
    Start here — what it does and how to install it
  2. 2
    AGENTS.md
    The instructions the AI actually follows
  3. 3
    bin/kilodev
    Where the program starts running
  4. 4
    package.json
    Dependencies and the commands it exposes
  5. 5
    packages/core/src/skill.ts
    Inside packages/core/ — the main logic begins here
What's in each folder
packages/core/Core code — the actual logic558 files
packages/ui/Frontend / UI1775 files
packages/plugin/Sub-packages / plugins42 files
packages/server/Backend / API34 files
packages/client/Frontend / UI21 files
packages/extensions/Sub-packages / plugins2 files
bin/Command-line entry points2 files
docs/Documentation1 files
READMEHas testsDocumentedCI checksMIT licenseUpdated this month
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Details
Creator
Kilo-Org
Language
TypeScript
Category
claude-skill
Published
3/10/2025

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