Kilo-Org/kilocode: GitLab Co-Founder Sid Sijbrandij Backs #1 Coding Agent on OpenRouter — 1.5M Users, 25T Tokens, $8M Seed

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Kilocode claims the #1 spot on OpenRouter by usage volume with 1.5M+ users and 25 trillion tokens processed. Co-founded by Sid Sijbrandij (GitLab co-founder and former CEO) and Scott Breitenother, the project raised $8M in seed funding in December 2025 from General Catalyst, Cota Capital, and others. With 16.8K stars, Architect/Coder/Debugger modes, an MCP Server Marketplace, and access to 500+ models, it's the most battle-tested open-source alternative to Cursor at scale.