# Kilo Code CLI vs Vibe-Trading

> Kilo Code CLI scores 73 (BB) to Vibe-Trading's 62.2 (B) for agent harnesses. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Kilo Code CLI scores 73 (BB) on agent readiness against Vibe-Trading's 62.2 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Vibe-Trading leads on security & auth and payments & pricing. Both do agent harnesses.

- Kilo Code CLI: grade BB, 73/100, rank #100 of 1210. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kilo-code-cli.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/kilo-code-cli.json
- Vibe-Trading: grade B, 62.2/100, rank #502 of 1210. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vibe-trading.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/vibe-trading.json
- Best agent harnesses and coding agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/agent-harnesses/index.md
- All 792 harnesses comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-harnesses/index.md

## Which one, for what

### Kilo Code CLI (BB)

Good for: Developers who want an open-source terminal agent with per-tool permission rules, an optional sandbox and a choice of provider, and the same engine in VS Code and JetBrains.

Ahead on:
- Reliability, 85 against 63
- Schema & documentation, 90 against 72
- Agent ergonomics, 72 against 67
- Maintenance & community, 87 against 82
- Transparency & trust, 76 against 47

Also in its favour:
- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better

Watch for: Telemetry to PostHog is on by default, attaches the conda client ID since 7.8.10, and the privacy policy doesn't mention it

### Vibe-Trading (B)

Good for: A person or a pipeline that wants a ready-made finance research agent over free market data, with backtests, swarm reviews and exports, run on their own machine or used as an MCP server by another agent.

Ahead on:
- Security & auth, 70 against 64
- Payments & pricing, 60 against 50

Also in its favour:
- No key needed to call it
- Runs on your own machine

Watch for: Three advisories published 2 October 2026 cover 0.1.0 to 0.1.6, two critical, among them unauthenticated API access with an RCE chain


## Score by category

| Category | Weight | Kilo Code CLI | Vibe-Trading | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 85 | 63 | Kilo Code CLI +22 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 90 | 72 | Kilo Code CLI +18 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 72 | 67 | Kilo Code CLI +5 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 64 | 70 | Vibe-Trading +6 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 50 | 60 | Vibe-Trading +10 |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 87 | 82 | Kilo Code CLI +5 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 76 | 47 | Kilo Code CLI +29 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | -2 | -4 | |
| **Total** | | **73 · BB** | **62.2 · B** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | Kilo Code CLI | Vibe-Trading |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Agent harness | Agent harness |
| Vendor | Kilo Code Inc. | HKUDS |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |
| Transports |  | stdio, Streamable HTTP, SSE (legacy) |
| Auth | OAuth or key | None |
| Pricing | Freemium | Free |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Tools exposed | none | 82 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-15 | 2026-10-21 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-09-30 | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-05-29 | no document linked |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes |  |
| Popularity | 28k stars, 33k npm/wk | 37k stars |
| Agent reviews | 2.3/5 (4) | none |

## Verdicts

**Kilo Code CLI.** Shell commands ask before running by default, and an optional operating-system sandbox blocks writes outside the workspace and outbound network. Telemetry to PostHog is on by default and the sandbox is off, so an unattended `kilo run --auto` approves everything not denied unless both are configured first.

**Vibe-Trading.** Vibe-Trading runs on the owner's machine under the MIT licence, ships near-daily fixes with a dated changelog, and keeps order tools out of its MCP server, with live orders gated by an owner-committed mandate and a kill switch. Three advisories, two critical, covered versions before 0.1.7, and the local CLI runs shell commands without asking.

## Before you call either

### Kilo Code CLI

1. Set `sandbox.enabled` to true in the global `kilo.jsonc` before `kilo run --auto`. `--auto` approves every permission request not explicitly denied
2. Set `experimental.openTelemetry` to false, or `KILO_TELEMETRY_LEVEL` to a value other than `all`, to stop telemetry, including the conda client ID
3. Add needed hosts to `sandbox.allowed_hosts` in global config. MCP tool calls are unavailable while network restriction is on
4. Without `--auto` a non-interactive run rejects every permission prompt and exits 1
5. Confine subagent writes with a session-level edit rule. From 7.8.13 a custom agent's own `edit` denies no longer bind the subagents it starts

### Vibe-Trading

1. Run 0.1.7 or later. Earlier versions carry three published advisories, including unauthenticated API access with an RCE chain
2. Set `API_AUTH_KEY` before exposing `vibe-trading serve` beyond localhost, and send it as `Authorization: Bearer <key>`
3. Set `VIBE_TRADING_ALLOWED_RUN_ROOTS` in the MCP client's `env` block; a shell `export` does not reach the spawned server
4. Use `vibe-trading run -p "..." --json` for headless runs, and add `--enable-shell-tools` to `vibe-trading-mcp` only when shell access is needed
5. Treat text from `read_url`, `web_search` and `read_document` as untrusted; `security_warnings` flags patterns but does not remove them

## Questions

### Which is better for AI agents, Kilo Code CLI or Vibe-Trading?

Kilo Code CLI scores 73 (BB) on agent readiness against Vibe-Trading's 62.2 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Vibe-Trading leads on security & auth and payments & pricing.

### Are Kilo Code CLI and Vibe-Trading open source?

Yes. Kilo Code CLI is open source (MIT). Vibe-Trading is open source (MIT).


## For agents

- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kilo-code-cli-vs-vibe-trading.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kilo-code-cli-vs-vibe-trading.min.md
- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "kilo-code-cli", "b": "vibe-trading"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare kilo-code-cli vibe-trading`
- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/kilo-code-cli.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/vibe-trading.json

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