Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/Kilo-Org/kilocode/vs/open-webui/open-webui
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/Kilo-Org/kilocode/vs/open-webui/open-webui.md
Description: kilocode and open-webui share 15 technologies: OpenAI, Qdrant, MCP, turndown, yaml, Chart.js, xterm, marked, xlsx, mammoth, shiki, dompurify, Tailwind CSS, Mermaid, and katex. kilocode is written in TypeScript and open-webui in Svelte.

# kilocode vs open-webui

kilocode and open-webui share 15 technologies: OpenAI, Qdrant, MCP, turndown, yaml, Chart.js, xterm, marked, xlsx, mammoth, shiki, dompurify, Tailwind CSS, Mermaid, and katex. kilocode is written in TypeScript and open-webui in Svelte.

- [Kilo-Org/kilocode](https://seerepo.com/r/Kilo-Org/kilocode): Kilo is the all-in-one agentic engineering platform. Build, ship, and iterate faster with the most popular open source coding agent.
- [open-webui/open-webui](https://seerepo.com/r/open-webui/open-webui): User-friendly AI Interface (Supports Ollama, OpenAI API, ...)

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: OpenAI, Qdrant, MCP, turndown, yaml, Chart.js, xterm, marked, xlsx, mammoth, shiki, dompurify, Tailwind CSS, Mermaid, katex
- Only in kilocode: @effect/sql-sqlite-bun, Anthropic, Perplexity, Solid, @solidjs/router, Hono, @lancedb/lancedb, PostHog, lru-cache, quick-lru, GitHub, solidjs, Zod, Drizzle, @aws-sdk/credential-providers, ai-sdk, ai-gateway-provider, gitlab-ai-provider, OpenRouter, @silvia-odwyer/photon-node, gray-matter, htmlparser2, @effect/opentelemetry, opentelemetry, rotating-file-stream, ghostty-web, @clack/prompts, ai, @aws-sdk/credential-provider-ini, @aws-sdk/client-bedrock-runtime, commonmark-ext-autolink, commonmark-ext-gfm-strikethrough, commonmark-ext-gfm-tables, handlebars, jsoup, com.google.zxing:core, org.commonmark:commonmark, solid-primitives, @kobalte/core, motion, lucide-solid, virtua, LottieFiles, js-tiktoken, friendly-words, qrcode, OpenTUI, @agentclientprotocol/sdk, @ai-sdk/provider, morphdom, remend, solid-list, solid-sonner, marked-shiki
- Only in open-webui: Svelte, SvelteKit, FastAPI, pgvector, psycopg2-binary, pyarrow, pymysql, weaviate-client, Redis, Postgres, pymilvus, SQLite, chromadb, oracledb, pinecone, sql.js, Elasticsearch, Google Cloud Storage, AIOHTTP, uvicorn, @codemirror/theme-one-dark, tiptap, sortablejs, CodeMirror, tippy.js, @floating-ui/dom, three, SQLAlchemy, azure-identity, cryptography, pyjwt, bcrypt, rank-bm25, tiktoken, lxml, openpyxl, python-docx, xlrd, html-entities, pillow, beautifulsoup4, pdfjs-dist, highlight.js, jspdf, @joplin/turndown-plugin-gfm, heic2any, pypdf, python-pptx, youtube-transcript-api, Pydantic, psutil, boto3, opentelemetry-instrumentation-httpx, opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis, opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlalchemy

## Side by side

| | kilocode | open-webui |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 1,421,597 lines written, 4,647 code files | 405,584 lines written, 1,123 code files |
| Who writes it | 4.1% of its commits signed by AI. With Kilo Code, Claude Code, Codex, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Amp, and Jules | 1.3% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Aider, Jules, GitHub Copilot, and Cursor |
| Activity | Last push November 8, 2026, 28,515 commits, 27,908 stars | Last push November 4, 2026, 16,932 commits, 157,730 stars |
| Tests | 2,576 test files. 55% of its code files have a test that imports them | 3 test files. 0.1% of its code files have a test that imports them |

- Size: Lines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
- Who writes it: A commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
- Activity: From GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
- Tests: The files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.

## Frequently asked questions

### Which is bigger, kilocode or open-webui?

kilocode, with 1,421,597 lines written; open-webui has 405,584.

The proof: [Kilo-Org/kilocode's code at commit b6a49d0](https://github.com/Kilo-Org/kilocode/tree/b6a49d01c10d7e26c42a8a14b3441b7a1856c04c)

### Which has more GitHub stars, kilocode or open-webui?

open-webui, with 157,730 stars; kilocode has 27,908.

The proof: [open-webui/open-webui on GitHub](https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui)

### Which has more tests, kilocode or open-webui?

kilocode, with 2,576 test files; open-webui has 3.

The proof: [Kilo-Org/kilocode's code at commit b6a49d0](https://github.com/Kilo-Org/kilocode/tree/b6a49d01c10d7e26c42a8a14b3441b7a1856c04c)

### Which was updated more recently, kilocode or open-webui?

kilocode: its last push was on November 8, 2026, and open-webui's on November 4, 2026.

The proof: [Kilo-Org/kilocode's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/Kilo-Org/kilocode/commits)

### Which has more commits signed by AI, kilocode or open-webui?

kilocode: an AI signed 4.1% of its commits, with Kilo Code, Claude Code, Codex, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Amp, and Jules; in open-webui, 1.3%.

The proof: [the commits each tool signed in Kilo-Org/kilocode](https://seerepo.com/r/Kilo-Org/kilocode/ai)

## Sources

- Kilo-Org/kilocode: Read on November 8, 2026, at commit b6a49d0 (https://github.com/Kilo-Org/kilocode/tree/b6a49d01c10d7e26c42a8a14b3441b7a1856c04c)
- open-webui/open-webui: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit c38885a (https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/tree/c38885a1a737da4968f157092f304f3b5481d0bf)

## What is your repo built with?

Any public repo, with no account: https://seerepo.com/r/owner/repo/built, with the owner and name it has on GitHub.