Published on 05.02.2026
TLDR: Kilo's new Review mode brings AI-powered code analysis directly into your IDE before you commit or push, offering security and performance checks alongside their existing GitHub-integrated Code Reviewer for a two-stage review workflow.
Introducing Local Code Reviews: One Click from Your IDE
TLDR: Developers with ChatGPT Plus or Pro subscriptions can now authenticate into Kilo's IDE extensions using OAuth and access OpenAI's top coding models without additional API charges or separate billing.
Use your ChatGPT subscription inside Kilo
TLDR: Kilo is launching a year-long competitive arena called Kilo League featuring weekly challenges, quarterly majors, and a $50,000 grand prize to help developers master agentic engineering from architecture to deployment.
TLDR: Kilo shipped Review mode for local code analysis, added ChatGPT Plus/Pro subscription support, streamlined onboarding with zero-config defaults, and integrated upstream improvements including native tool calling and webhook triggers for Cloud Agents.
Kilo Code Weekly Product Roundup | Feb 2, 2025
TLDR: When Kilo made Kimi K2.5 free for a week, developers used it 3x more than forecasted, especially for Architect mode, revealing that open-source models genuinely converge with enterprise offerings in capability—but the cost structure remains complicated.
What We Learned from a Week of Free Kimi K2.5
TLDR: Kilo CLI 1.0 launches as a feature-complete command-line interface providing access to 500+ AI models, built on the open-source OpenCode foundation with zero lock-in and full bring-your-own-keys support.
Kilo - Kilo CLI | The Complete CLI for Agentic Engineering
TLDR: Kilo is an all-in-one agentic engineering platform offering unified development across IDE extensions, CLI, and web interfaces with transparent pricing on 500+ models and advanced features like Orchestrator Mode, Memory Bank, and multi-device session sync.