KiloHost

A lightweight native Windows host for the official Kilo coding agent.

Not another AI client. Not another provider manager. Not another runtime. Official Kilo provides all of that. KiloHost only:

1. Launches official kilo serve
2. Verifies kilo serve is healthy
3. Passes configuration and environment
4. Loads the official Kilo extension
5. Provides the minimum runtime the extension requires

Stack

• Rust + Tauri 2 (WebView2) — the native shell
• Existing runtime — the proven Node extension host from kilo-adapter-core
• Minimum UI — Window, Open Folder, Explorer, Kilo, Settings

Build

GitHub Actions builds a Windows x64 release .exe and an NSIS installer on every push:

• kilo-host-windows-x64 artifact → the single .exe
• kilo-host-setup artifact → the NSIS installer

Local build (needs Node + Rust + WebView2):

npm install
npm run tauri build -- --no-bundle     # just the exe
npm run tauri build                    # exe + NSIS installer

Project rule

Every future feature must answer one question:

"If we completely remove this feature, will Official Kilo stop working?"

If the answer is NO, the feature does not belong in KiloHost.