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Kimi Code

Moonshot AI's coding agent for Kimi models, available as an open-source CLI, desktop app and VS Code extension.

  • Moonshot AI
  • Cloud
  • Paid plans
  • Open source

Official site · Source code

Where it ranks

  • B
    Coding
    Coding agents · Cloud · 52 on Artificial Analysis Coding Agent Index (v1.5)

Ranked by its own benchmark result where it has one; otherwise by the best model it offers.

Facts

Vendor
Moonshot AI
Approach
Coding agents
Where it runs
Cloud only: needs the vendor’s service
Interface
Command line, Desktop app, IDE extension
Skill level
Intermediate: some setup or configuration
Price
Paid plans
Pricing notes
Included in Kimi membership from Plus (CNY 99/mo, CNY 79/mo billed annually) with a rolling 5-hour limit; not in the Go tier; no free allowance listed. USD prices not shown on the page read.
Source code
Open source (MIT)
GitHub stars
7.9k (19 Oct 2026)
Last verified
19 Oct 2026

Price from kimi.com, 19 Oct 2026.

Models it gives you

  • BKimi K3Moonshot AI · open weights

Its own benchmark results

BenchmarkResultEntry on the leaderboardAs ofSource
Artificial Analysis Coding Agent Index (v1.5)52Kimi Code CLI + Kimi K3
AA label 'Kimi Code CLI - Kimi K3'; Coding Agent Index v1.5; components (pass@1 avg of 3 attempts): DeepSWE v1.1 68.4%, SWE-Atlas-QnA 66.1%; value = indexScore 0.5192 x 100; read from the page's embedded data; no last-updated date shown
19 Oct 2026artificialanalysis.ai

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