What Free actually includes
Kition ships one product — the desktop app. Free is not a "Community Edition," not an open-source fork, not an older build with the core removed. It is the full desktop app. Agent, hooks, subagents, wikilink editor, tables — all present.
- Local vault, full Markdown editor, wikilinks
- Tables with all field types and views
- Agent core + plan / goal mode
- One AI provider at a time (your choice)
- Basic hooks and up to 2 subagents
Where Pro takes over
- Mount multiple providers in parallel with task-aware routing (Claude for writing, GPT-4 for code)
- Full hooks: audit logs, compliance gates, custom tool development
- Team vault: multi-user with role-based access
- Commercial SLA + priority support
- Unlocked subagent count
When to upgrade
A simple test: are you paying for team, compliance, or multi-model routing? If yes, Pro is a one-time $99/seat — perpetual for the current major version. Cheaper than the SaaS month-by-month math.