Roo or Cline? We're building a superset
a year ago
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- #AI-coding-tools
- #innovation-strategy
- The company adopts a 'don’t innovate' mantra, focusing on copying successful ideas from other products rather than creating new features from scratch.
- They reference Steve Jobs and Kelsey Hightower to justify their strategy of copying and improving upon existing ideas, especially in the open-source context.
- Kilo Code is positioned as a superset of Cline and Roo Code, incorporating all their features and adding unique ones like free Claude 3.7 Sonnet access and 'vibe coding'.
- The goal is to integrate the best features from popular tools into Kilo Code, making it a one-stop solution for developers without the need for multiple configurations.
- The company encourages community feedback and contributions, aiming to keep Kilo Code open-source and continuously improve it by 'stealing' the best ideas from other tools.