We wanted to write a critique of Google, but ended up with an article about panic at Kilo Code.
Strictly speaking, the fact that Google didn't write anything from scratch, but rather adopted a well-established brand like Windsurf, isn't a negative, but a positive. Also, the fact that Google has already spent $2 billion on foraying into the coding agent market indicates that it definitely won't abandon this idea and will actively promote Antigravity.
The main issue here is that Google controls pricing not only for Gemini, but also, as we've already seen, for Sonnet, since it operates from Google's Vertex servers, and Google, under its contract with Dario, can even set the price for Sonnet itself.
If Google were to sharply discount the price of Gemini 3 and Sonnet exclusively for Antigravity, then let's be honest. Hard times are ahead for Cursor and Kilo Code. I hope Gemini 3 will be available in Free Tier via the Kilo Code CLI, if not, I'll have to migrate to Antigravity.
I generally like Kilo's posts/articles, but this one is rough. This is just complaining about a theory of a commercial fork which is itself a flawed assessment as this is more akin to a rebrand (as another person pointed out). There's literally no mention here of the performance of the product. There's no actual problem pointed out here other than the fact that (apparently) forking proprietary products is bad and deserves a sassy term like PORK. What was the point of this article?
The TLDR I'm taking away here is "Antigravity is a fork of Windsurf. Forks are bad when they are commercial forks, but good when they are open-source forks. Also, Kilo is a plugin so you can chose your IDE, therefor it's better than Antigravity".
Hi Darko. I'm a regular Kilo user, and out of curiosity, I've been testing Antigravity for a few days now.
I usually love this blog, but this post felt a bit off-key.
First, the 'PORK' acronym feels forced and slightly derogatory (especially to Italian ears, but it sounds weird even in English). Second, the 'investigative' tone regarding Antigravity being based on Windsurf feels like stating the obvious. Google paid ~$2 billion for the tech and the team. Of course the product looks and behaves like Windsurf—that is exactly what they bought! Treating this like a hidden secret seems a bit dramatic.
What I missed most here was a real evaluation: is the IDE actually good? Does it have clever UI patterns or agentic workflows that we should be paying attention to? Even if we dislike the closed-source business model, a competitor with an infinite budget is a goldmine for ideas. I would love to see Kilo analyze what Antigravity does right, and then figure out how to bring those specific improvements to us in the open-source way. How can Kilo leverage this competition to become even better?
Ultimately, Kilo already wins on sustainability. With tools like Cursor, Kiro, or potentially Antigravity, the pattern is often the same: massive initial hype, followed by opaque pricing models. You pay a subscription, but then hit hidden limits or the 'unlimited' tier isn't truly unlimited.
With Kilo, everything is transparent: I use my own API keys. I know the cost of input/output tokens. I pay exactly for what I consume, and I can switch to free/cheaper models for simpler tasks.
That is the real long-term value. Let's take the best ideas from the competition, ignore the hype, and keep building the sustainable choice. <3
No need to feel panicky. You guys just keep working on what you offer. There might be some ups and downs in business, especially when every giant is releasing bigger and bigger competitive products and models. You already have a great userbase. Let them have the best they deserve.
> I hope Gemini 3 will be available in Free Tier via the Kilo Code CLI...
As soon as Gemini 3.0 Pro becomes available to Gemini Code Assist / Gemini CLI on Free Tier accounts, it will "unofficially 🏴☠️" become available on Kilo, and you could even set up multiple Free Tier accounts as a fallback to overcome usage limit restrictions.
Panic reactions aside, Google's unethical practices and endless privacy violations deserve it. But to be honest, Apple is the most infamous PORK-er of all time, whether you like it or not.
We wanted to write a critique of Google, but ended up with an article about panic at Kilo Code.
Strictly speaking, the fact that Google didn't write anything from scratch, but rather adopted a well-established brand like Windsurf, isn't a negative, but a positive. Also, the fact that Google has already spent $2 billion on foraying into the coding agent market indicates that it definitely won't abandon this idea and will actively promote Antigravity.
The main issue here is that Google controls pricing not only for Gemini, but also, as we've already seen, for Sonnet, since it operates from Google's Vertex servers, and Google, under its contract with Dario, can even set the price for Sonnet itself.
If Google were to sharply discount the price of Gemini 3 and Sonnet exclusively for Antigravity, then let's be honest. Hard times are ahead for Cursor and Kilo Code. I hope Gemini 3 will be available in Free Tier via the Kilo Code CLI, if not, I'll have to migrate to Antigravity.
I generally like Kilo's posts/articles, but this one is rough. This is just complaining about a theory of a commercial fork which is itself a flawed assessment as this is more akin to a rebrand (as another person pointed out). There's literally no mention here of the performance of the product. There's no actual problem pointed out here other than the fact that (apparently) forking proprietary products is bad and deserves a sassy term like PORK. What was the point of this article?
The TLDR I'm taking away here is "Antigravity is a fork of Windsurf. Forks are bad when they are commercial forks, but good when they are open-source forks. Also, Kilo is a plugin so you can chose your IDE, therefor it's better than Antigravity".
Hi Darko. I'm a regular Kilo user, and out of curiosity, I've been testing Antigravity for a few days now.
I usually love this blog, but this post felt a bit off-key.
First, the 'PORK' acronym feels forced and slightly derogatory (especially to Italian ears, but it sounds weird even in English). Second, the 'investigative' tone regarding Antigravity being based on Windsurf feels like stating the obvious. Google paid ~$2 billion for the tech and the team. Of course the product looks and behaves like Windsurf—that is exactly what they bought! Treating this like a hidden secret seems a bit dramatic.
What I missed most here was a real evaluation: is the IDE actually good? Does it have clever UI patterns or agentic workflows that we should be paying attention to? Even if we dislike the closed-source business model, a competitor with an infinite budget is a goldmine for ideas. I would love to see Kilo analyze what Antigravity does right, and then figure out how to bring those specific improvements to us in the open-source way. How can Kilo leverage this competition to become even better?
Ultimately, Kilo already wins on sustainability. With tools like Cursor, Kiro, or potentially Antigravity, the pattern is often the same: massive initial hype, followed by opaque pricing models. You pay a subscription, but then hit hidden limits or the 'unlimited' tier isn't truly unlimited.
With Kilo, everything is transparent: I use my own API keys. I know the cost of input/output tokens. I pay exactly for what I consume, and I can switch to free/cheaper models for simpler tasks.
That is the real long-term value. Let's take the best ideas from the competition, ignore the hype, and keep building the sustainable choice. <3
I read almost every Kilo post, but this is was not a good idea, I agree with other comments. Anyway, let's focus on Kilo improvements.
I like your product, but this is a bad take. It isn't a fork of windsurf, it's a rebranding.
The thing is Antigravity is actually good though hahaha
No need to feel panicky. You guys just keep working on what you offer. There might be some ups and downs in business, especially when every giant is releasing bigger and bigger competitive products and models. You already have a great userbase. Let them have the best they deserve.
> I hope Gemini 3 will be available in Free Tier via the Kilo Code CLI...
As soon as Gemini 3.0 Pro becomes available to Gemini Code Assist / Gemini CLI on Free Tier accounts, it will "unofficially 🏴☠️" become available on Kilo, and you could even set up multiple Free Tier accounts as a fallback to overcome usage limit restrictions.
Panic reactions aside, Google's unethical practices and endless privacy violations deserve it. But to be honest, Apple is the most infamous PORK-er of all time, whether you like it or not.
This one sounds bad, guys 🤔