--- title: Run a second, isolated Kilo Code without touching your... description: A practical guide to running a second isolated instance of Kilo Code (an AI coding assistant) without affecting your main setup. Covers five approaches:... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/run-a-second-isolated-kilo-code-without-touching-your-main-setup-duojcyowo twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Run a second, isolated Kilo Code without touching your main setup | daily.dev og:description: A practical guide to running a second isolated instance of Kilo Code (an AI coding assistant) without affecting your main setup. Covers five approaches:... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/run-a-second-isolated-kilo-code-without-touching-your-main-setup-duojcyowo og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/duojcYowo.png og:image:alt: Run a second, isolated Kilo Code without touching your main setup og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Run a second, isolated Kilo Code without touching your main setup **[Kilo Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/kilo-ai-blog)** · 10 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A practical guide to running a second isolated instance of Kilo Code (an AI coding assistant) without affecting your main setup. Covers five approaches: relocating XDG config and data directories via environment variables, defining multiple providers in one config file, isolating a VS Code window by launching with custom environment variables, using per-project config files (.kilo/kilo.jsonc), and running as a different OS user. Key insight: Kilo stores config and credentials in separate directories, so true isolation requires moving both XDG_CONFIG_HOME and XDG_DATA_HOME. Also explains why built-in account switching isn't yet implemented. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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