Kilo Code for iOS and Android

Product Introduction

1. Definition: Kilo Mobile is a native mobile application for iOS (iPhone/iPad) and Android that serves as a remote control and monitoring interface for the Kilo Code platform, an open-source AI-powered coding agent ecosystem. It technically functions as a client for managing cloud-based AI agents, local development sessions, and code review workflows.
2. Core Value Proposition: It exists to decouple the developer from their physical workstation, enabling continuous AI-assisted software development and code review workflows from a mobile device. Its primary value is providing mobile access to AI coding agents, allowing developers to launch cloud agents, control remote IDE/CLI sessions, and review GitHub pull requests from anywhere, ensuring productivity is not halted when away from the desk.

Main Features

1. Launch and Manage Cloud Agents: Users can initiate Kilo Cloud Agents directly from their mobile device. This involves selecting a Git repository, choosing from over 500 supported AI models (e.g., OpenAI GPT-4, Claude, open-weight models), describing a coding task, and launching the agent. The app provides real-time monitoring of agent progress, session cost, and context window pressure, and allows queuing follow-up instructions while the agent is still executing.
2. Remote Control of Desktop Sessions: The app pairs with active Kilo sessions running in the VS Code extension or Kilo CLI on a user's local computer. Once connected, it provides a control surface to send new prompts and instructions to these remote sessions. It offers a unified, read-only dashboard to monitor the status of all active agents across CLI, IDE, Slack, and cloud surfaces simultaneously.
3. Mobile-First GitHub Pull Request Review: This feature provides a fully-functional PR review environment within the mobile app. Users can open pull requests, view syntax-highlighted code diffs (presented side-by-side on iPad), inspect CI/CD check statuses, leave inline code comments, submit formal reviews (approve/request changes), participate in comment threads, and merge pull requests—all without needing a laptop.
4. Contextual Notifications and Input: The app uses configurable push notifications to alert users when an agent requires human input, reaches a significant milestone, or when account credits are low. An "Active now" tray provides quick access to live sessions. It supports multimodal input: users can dictate prompts via speech-to-text, attach files from their device to a session, or share text/links/files into Kilo from other mobile apps using the system share sheet.

Problems Solved

1. Pain Point: Development workflow interruption when a developer is away from their computer (e.g., meetings, travel, off-hours). A long-running AI agent or code review process would stall, creating bottlenecks.
2. Target Audience: The primary personas are software engineers, DevOps professionals, and engineering managers who integrate AI coding agents into their daily workflow. Specifically, it targets developers using VS Code or JetBrains IDEs, teams practicing continuous integration and code review on GitHub/GitLab, and power users who run local or cloud-based AI coding agents like Kilo, Cursor, or Windsurf.
3. Use Cases: A developer starts a complex refactoring task with a Kilo Cloud Agent from their office desktop, then continues to monitor its progress and provide clarifying instructions via their phone while commuting. A team lead receives a push notification on their iPad that a security scan agent has completed; they immediately review the findings, triage issues, and adjust policies without opening their laptop. A reviewer approves a critical hotfix PR from their mobile device while away from their desk, enabling immediate deployment.

Unique Advantages

1. Differentiation: Unlike generic remote desktop apps or limited notification systems, Kilo Mobile is a purpose-built control plane for AI development workflows. It offers deeper, bidirectional integration with specific coding agents and development tools (CLI, VS Code) compared to competitors that may only offer notifications or simple chat interfaces. Its dedicated, native PR review toolset is unique in the mobile AI coding space.
2. Key Innovation: The product's core innovation is the seamless state synchronization and remote session control protocol that allows a mobile device to securely assume partial control (sending instructions) over a Kilo agent session running locally or in the cloud. This, combined with its model-agnostic platform supporting 500+ AI models, ensures users are not locked into a single AI provider and can choose the optimal model for each mobile task.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

1. Can I use Kilo Mobile to control my local VS Code sessions? Yes, Kilo Mobile can pair with and control supported Kilo sessions running in the Kilo CLI or VS Code extension on your computer, allowing you to send instructions and monitor progress remotely.
2. Is the Kilo Mobile app free, and what are the costs? The Kilo Mobile application is free to download from the Apple App Store and Google Play. Usage costs are incurred through the consumption of Kilo credits for AI model inference and cloud compute resources when launching Cloud Agents or using certain models, following Kilo's transparent pay-as-you-go pricing.
3. Does Kilo Mobile support reviewing pull requests from GitLab or Bitbucket? The current primary integration highlighted is with GitHub for full PR review (diffs, comments, merging). The platform supports connecting to GitLab and Bitbucket for triggering Kilo's Code Reviewer agent, but the deep, interactive mobile review experience is currently centered on GitHub.
4. What AI models are available to use within Kilo Mobile on iOS and Android? Kilo Mobile provides access to the same open platform of 500+ AI models available on the desktop, including leading commercial models from OpenAI and Anthropic, as well as numerous open-weight models. Specific model availability for a task may depend on the workflow (Cloud Agent vs. connected session) and your account configuration.
5. How does Kilo Mobile handle security and access to my code repositories? The app operates under your Kilo account's security model. Connections use secure authentication, and session control requires explicit pairing. Repository access is governed by the OAuth permissions you've granted to the Kilo platform on GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket, ensuring principle of least privilege access.