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Moonshot AI

Kimi Code CLI

Moonshot’s terminal coding agent, with a native binary, plugins, subagents, lifecycle hooks, and ACP editor integration. Supports Kimi and configurable compatible providers.

CLIIDEActiveOpen sourceBYOKMCP Yes

220

Attributed output

GitHub public-attribution count, 2026-10-12

#31

Index rank · all agents

#27 of 40 CLI agents

n/a

Business signal

No sourced business metric

n/a

Entry price

No published pricing

Not published

GitHub stars

No public repo

Not published

npm demand/wk

Public npm counter

From the public record

What the public commits reveal

85 commits · 33 repositories

Search window: – · captured Oct 14, 2026 (UTC)

The same commits can credit more than one agent

2.4%2 / 85 sampled commits

2 of 85 unique sampled commits carry additional agent attribution (Claude). Counting each agent separately can therefore count the same commit more than once. This is shared attribution, not proof of a handoff or which tool did most of the work.

This is a sample of publicly attributed work, not total usage or a market-share estimate. Repositories are not customers. Attribution is declared in metadata, not independently verified tool execution; it does not prove exclusive authorship or autonomy.

Method and audit data

Up to 100 returned search results ordered by commit date within the audit window; attribution trailers validated and duplicate SHAs removed across repositories. A recent convenience sample, not a random or exhaustive sample. Commit sample dates use the UTC committer timestamp, matching the search window. Excluded 0 commits with five or more distinct recognized agent/model credits in one message; broad credit lists are not used as evidence of a workflow.

Returned records dated Jun 24, 2026–Oct 11, 2026.

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Activity Over Time

Weekly attributed output on public GitHub. Output visible through the agent's own bot or workflow is exact; output measured through declared attribution is an estimate. Window: 2025-02-03 to 2026-10-05.

Market

Developer output

220

Public GitHub commits attributed to Kimi Code CLI

A conservative floor from public commits explicitly credited to Kimi Code CLI. Community-declared attribution, not a documented default; bare model credits and unattributed work are excluded.

Last full week (ending 2026-10-11): 14 signed commits (+40% week over week), search estimate.

Snapshot 2026-10-12, confidence Low, tracked since 2026-06-09. Read the methodology.

Index rank · all agents
#31 of 47 · #27 among CLI agents
Demand share
No public npm package
Business signal
No sourced business metric
GitHub share
No public repo
npm channel
No public npm package
All sourced signals (2)Expand
SignalValueTypeConfidence
AA Coding Agent IndexKimi Code CLI + K3 scores 57, a top-5 agent configuration (secondhand mirror)ReportedMedium
Distribution winKimi K3 became the default model for new sessions on Vercel Labs' fx gateway (Aug 25, 2026)Public metricHigh

Pricing And Economics

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Summary checked 2026-10-12.

Free open-source CLI; authenticate with Kimi Code or supply a provider API key. Model charges depend on the selected service.

  • CLI installation is separate from provider billing; no model subscription or token allowance is inferred from the free software license.

Product

Providers

Moonshot AIAnthropicOpenAI-compatibleGoogle

Model families

Kimi K3Kimi for CodingConfigured compatible models

Capabilities

Autonomous print modeSkills and pluginsSubagentsLifecycle hooksACP editor integrationMCP

Tradeoffs

  • Provider compatibility depends on configuration and model tool support
  • Legacy Python Kimi CLI is archived; current releases use the kimi-code repository