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Kimi Code

Engineered to drop into any dev workflow, answer faster and more reliably, and get programming tasks done in record time.

Moonshot AI's Kimi-branded software offering for coding, offered as a distinct Kimi Code plan/product.

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Recent stories

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newsSECONDARY2026-07-29
Composio benchmarks Kimi K3 harnesses with $0.22–$2 per-task cost swing

Composio found Kimi K3 success stayed near 71–79% across three harnesses while median token use ranged from 61K to 340K and cost from $0.22 to $2 per task. Cline also shipped a Kimi K3 CLI update.

newsSECONDARY2026-07-19
Moonshot pauses new Kimi K3 subscriptions after GPU capacity crunch

Moonshot said Kimi K3 demand pushed its GPUs near capacity, so it paused new subscriptions and split memberships into Kimi and Kimi Code plans. Users also reported slow serving and sold-out paid plans.

releasePRIMARY2026-06-15
Moonshot releases Kimi K2.7 Code HighSpeed at 180 tok/s with 2x API pricing

Moonshot rolled out HighSpeed for Kimi K2.7 Code, claiming about 180 tok/s on coding tasks, up to 260 tok/s on shorter contexts, and roughly 6x speedups. Watch the tight capacity limits and mixed benchmark results, and budget for the 2x pricing if you want the faster mode.

newsPRIMARY2026-06-13
Vals ranks Kimi K2.7 Code at 78.2% on SWE-bench and 67% on Terminal-Bench 2.1

Vals posted new external results for Kimi K2.7 Code, ranking it the top open-weight model on SWE-bench and Terminal-Bench 2.1. The results give Moonshot's launch claims an outside benchmark line on repo and terminal-heavy tasks.

releasePRIMARY2026-06-12
Moonshot releases Kimi K2.7 Code: +21.8% on Kimi Code Bench v2, 30% fewer reasoning tokens

Moonshot open-sourced Kimi K2.7 Code and says it outperforms K2.6 by 21.8% on Kimi Code Bench v2 while using 30% fewer reasoning tokens. The release includes open weights and API access, so teams can test the 180 tok/s HighSpeed rollout and early Cline/OpenCode support.

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