Kilo-Org/kilocode Reaches 19,281 Stars — Open-Source Coding Agent Claims 1.5M Users and 25 Trillion Tokens Processed as Top Cline Fork

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Kilo Code, forked from the popular Cline VS Code extension, has grown to 19,281 stars and claims 1.5 million users with 25 trillion tokens processed, making it #1 on OpenRouter. Unlike subscription-based Cursor or GitHub Copilot, Kilo uses pay-as-you-go pricing at exact API rates from providers. The fully open-source platform (Apache-2.0) supports 500+ models across VS Code, JetBrains, CLI, and cloud workflows with modes for coding, architecture, debugging, and review.