What is kilocode built with?

Q: Which repos have a stack like kilocode's?

The ones that share most of its stack: CherryHQ/cherry-studio, cline/cline, and anomalyco/opencode.

kilocode is a TypeScript repo built with Solid, @solidjs/router, Hono, and solidjs. It stores its data in @effect/sql-sqlite-bun and lru-cache, reaches it with Drizzle, signs people in with @aws-sdk/credential-providers and @aws-sdk/credential-provider-ini, uses AI through ai-sdk, ai-gateway-provider, gitlab-ai-provider, OpenRouter, OpenAI, and 6 more, measures its use with PostHog, connects to GitHub, makes its content with @silvia-odwyer/photon-node, gray-matter, htmlparser2, turndown, yaml, and 17 more, validates its data with Zod, is tested with junit-platform-launcher, junit-vintage-engine, mockwebserver, org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-test, junit:junit, and 6 more, deploys with @effect/opentelemetry, opentelemetry, rotating-file-stream, and OpenTelemetry, and uses Perplexity, @lancedb/lancedb, Qdrant, quick-lru, and MCP. It has 1,421,597 written lines, with 2,576 test files.

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Frontend

The base 3

Solid727 files
@solidjs/router13 files
solidjs2 files

Interface 14

OpenTUI93 files
@kobalte/core43 files
solid-primitives18 files
@clack/prompts11 files
motion6 files
xterm2 files
Chart.js1 file
LottieFiles1 file
Mermaid1 file
solid-list1 file
virtua8 files
morphdom2 files

2 more

ghostty-web1 file
solid-sonner1 file

Icons 1

lucide-solid1 file

Styles 1

Tailwind CSS

Backend

Data 5

@effect/sql-sqlite-bun5 files
@lancedb/lancedb1 file
Qdrant1 file · packages/kilo-indexing/src/indexing/vector-store/qdrant-client.ts, line 1
lru-cache2 files
quick-lru1 file

Data access 1

Drizzle81 files

Sign-in 2

@aws-sdk/credential-providers2 files
@aws-sdk/credential-provider-ini1 file

AI 9

ai-sdk41 files
ai31 files
@agentclientprotocol/sdk12 files
OpenRouter7 files
@ai-sdk/provider2 files
ai-gateway-provider2 files
@aws-sdk/client-bedrock-runtime1 file
gitlab-ai-provider3 files
js-tiktoken1 file

Services 6

OpenAI7 files · packages/core/src/plugin/provider/openai-compatible.ts, line 12
MCP5 files · packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/mcp.ts, line 5
Anthropic2 files · packages/core/src/plugin/provider/anthropic.ts, line 22
Perplexity2 files · packages/core/src/plugin/provider/perplexity.ts, line 10
GitHub1 file · packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/github.handler.ts, line 7
PostHog1 file · packages/kilo-telemetry/src/client.ts, line 1

The base 1

Hono1 file · in packages/kilo-indexing/package.json

Support

Validation 1

Zod68 files

Tools 24

yargs26 files
ts-morph9 files
glob4 files
Prettier3 files
npm-package-arg2 files
npmcli2 files
TypeScript2 files
@changesets/changelog-github1 file
@ff-labs/fff-bun1 file
@hey-api/openapi-ts1 file
acorn1 file
actions1 file

12 more

Babel1 file
babel-preset-solid1 file
esbuild1 file
secretlint1 file
esbuild-plugin-solid12 files
simple-git7 files
ignore4 files
@parcel/watcher2 files
vscode-languageserver-types2 files
@vscode/vsce1 file
hono-openapi1 file
spdx-expression-parse1 file

Content 22

marked8 files
shiki7 files
yaml4 files
@silvia-odwyer/photon-node2 files
katex2 files
xlsx2 files
friendly-words1 file
gray-matter6 files
dompurify3 files
htmlparser22 files
remend2 files
turndown2 files

10 more

com.google.zxing:core1 file
mammoth1 file
marked-shiki1 file
org.commonmark:commonmark1 file
qrcode1 file
commonmark-ext-autolink
commonmark-ext-gfm-strikethrough
commonmark-ext-gfm-tables
handlebars
jsoup

Deploy 4

@effect/opentelemetry2 files
opentelemetry1 file
OpenTelemetry
rotating-file-stream1 file

Testing 11

@playwright/test29 files
Vitest25 files
playwright-core7 files
org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-test
happy-dom33 files
junit:junit18 files
org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter6 files
@axe-core/playwright1 file
junit-platform-launcher
junit-vintage-engine
mockwebserver

Other 50

Effect940 files
remeda26 files
web-tree-sitter14 files
ulid6 files
SemVer5 files
Immer2 files
uuid2 files
@cyclonedx/cyclonedx-library1 file
OpenTelemetry1 file
Google
JetBrains
org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-serialization-json73 files

38 more

@pierre/diffs54 files
diff17 files
jsonc-parser17 files
fuzzysort10 files
strip-ansi9 files
minimatch5 files
cross-spawn4 files
open3 files
org.apache.commons:commons-compress3 files
ws3 files
@zip.js/zip.js2 files
async-mutex2 files
aws4fetch2 files
mime-types2 files
@lydell/node-pty1 file
bonjour-service1 file
bun-pty1 file
chardet1 file
clipboardy1 file
decimal.js1 file
fastest-levenshtein1 file
iconv-lite1 file
ipaddr.js1 file
p-limit1 file
smithy1 file
uri-js1 file
vscode-jsonrpc1 file
which1 file
xdg-basedir1 file
bcpkix-jdk18on
bcprov-jdk18on
jackson-bom
lz4-java
netty-buffer
netty-codec-compression
netty-codec-http2
okhttp
okhttp-sse

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Frequently asked questions

What language is kilocode written in?

kilocode is written in TypeScript, with 1,421,597 written lines.

What framework does kilocode use?

kilocode is built with Solid, @solidjs/router, Hono, and solidjs.

What database does kilocode use?

kilocode stores its data in @effect/sql-sqlite-bun and lru-cache and reaches it with Drizzle.

What does kilocode sign people in with?

kilocode signs people in with @aws-sdk/credential-providers and @aws-sdk/credential-provider-ini.

Does kilocode use AI?

Yes. kilocode uses AI through ai-sdk, ai-gateway-provider, gitlab-ai-provider, OpenRouter, OpenAI, Anthropic, ai, @aws-sdk/client-bedrock-runtime, js-tiktoken, @agentclientprotocol/sdk, and @ai-sdk/provider.

What services does kilocode use?

kilocode measures its use with PostHog, connects to GitHub, and uses Perplexity, @lancedb/lancedb, Qdrant, quick-lru, and MCP.

The proof: packages/kilo-telemetry/src/client.ts, line 1

Does kilocode have tests?

Yes. kilocode has 2,576 test files and is tested with junit-platform-launcher, junit-vintage-engine, mockwebserver, org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-test, junit:junit, org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter, @playwright/test, happy-dom, Vitest, playwright-core, and @axe-core/playwright.

Which repos have a stack like kilocode's?

The ones that share most of its stack:CherryHQ/cherry-studio cline/cline anomalyco/opencode