Cursor shouldn’t need any introduction to vibe coders. Plenty of them use it for complex projects. Looking for an open source alternative to it? Kilo Code has you covered. It lets you use over 400 hosted, free, and local models. In orchestrator mode, you can break complex projects into subtasks. There is also an architect mode to design before writing a single line of code.
Don’t like Cursor? Kilo Code is an open-source alternative that is customizable, has transparent pricing, and works directly in your VS Code.
— Kilo Code (@Kilo_Code) May 20, 2025
Kilo Code is not only great for coding but debugging. You can use teams of agents with their own prompts. It is more customizable than alternatives and lets you use OpenRouer without the markup. It looks up documentation automatically to make sure it doesn’t make mistakes. Kilo Code has a VS code extension with the full source code available on GitHub.
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