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Kimi Code CLI

Moonshot AI's terminal coding agent: reads and edits code, runs shell commands, searches and fetches the web, with sub-agents, hooks and video input.

Checked Oct 25, 2026

Stars

8,007 api.github.com/repos/MoonshotAI/kimi-code · checked Oct 25, 2026

License

MIT

Runs

LocalSingle binary in your terminal; editors can drive it over ACP (kimi acp).

Latest release

@moonshot-ai/kimi-code@2.3.1 · Oct 23, 2026

What it is

Moonshot AI's terminal coding agent: reads and edits code, runs shell commands, searches and fetches the web, with sub-agents, hooks and video input.

GitHub repo · moonshotai.github.io/kimi-code/en · @Kimi_Moonshot

X account: Kimi's business-verified account (already in our monitored X accounts).

Replaces the archived Python kimi-cli (github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-cli, 11.4k stars, marked "Legacy … no longer maintained").

Install

curl -fsSL https://code.kimi.com/kimi-code/install.sh | bash
irm https://code.kimi.com/kimi-code/install.ps1 | iex

raw.githubusercontent.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/HEAD/README.md · checked Oct 25, 2026

Models

Works out of the box with Moonshot AI's Kimi models (Kimi Code OAuth or a Moonshot AI Open Platform API key via /login); can be configured for other providers.

raw.githubusercontent.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/HEAD/README.md · checked Oct 25, 2026

Benchmarks

41 Artificial Analysis Coding Agent Index v2.0 · with Kimi K3 · 12th of the 14 runs shown artificialanalysis.ai/agents/coding · checked Oct 25, 2026 · Composite of FrontierCode v1.1, Terminal-Bench 4.0 and SWE-Atlas-QnA-AA; no board date on the page.

Recent updates

Dated changes from Kimi Code CLI's releases and changelog and its official X account (@Kimi_Moonshot), newest first. Posts on X are marked until docs or a release say the same. Nothing is removed. Checked Oct 25, 2026.

October 2026 3 updates

Oct 23, 2026
Release
2.3.1 Offer to take over a session left locked by an exited process (KIMI_CODE_SESSION_LOCK=0 turns the lock off); workspace trust works on Windows without Git Bash
github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/releases/tag/%40moonshot-ai/kimi-code%402.3.1
Oct 21, 2026
Release
2.3.0 A confirmation dialog when switching models mid-session (new session, compact and continue, or continue); plugin skills listed by qualified name; remote control transfers up to 100 MiB
github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/releases/tag/%40moonshot-ai/kimi-code%402.3.0
Oct 14, 2026
Release
2.2.0 Opt-in NotifyUser mid-turn progress updates; kimi app [path] opens a desktop chat; background-task waits capped at 90 seconds
github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code/releases/tag/%40moonshot-ai/kimi-code%402.2.0