MoonshotAI/kimi-code
Kimi Code CLI — The Starting Point for Next-Gen Agents
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Where it stands
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5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest today, with 60 contributors on GitHub.
Peaked at #12 in the weekly ranking the week of Jul 26, its best in the past year.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Provides an AI coding agent CLI that reads, edits code, runs shell commands, and interacts via a terminal-based UI.
- Delivers a fast, single-binary install with a purpose-built TUI optimized for long, focused AI agent sessions without Node.js setup.
- Use for automating code review and explanation tasks directly in your terminal to understand project structure quickly.
- Use for integrating AI coding assistance into editors like Zed or JetBrains via the Agent Client Protocol for seamless workflow.
- Use for processing video inputs like screen recordings to generate code or transform media through AI-driven analysis.
Should you depend on it?
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License
MIT
Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution.
Community files
- README: present
- Contributing guide: present
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From the README
Kimi Code CLI is an AI coding agent that runs in your terminal — it can read and edit code, run shell commands, search files, fetch web pages, and choose the next step based on the feedback it receives. It works out of the box with Moonshot AI’s Kimi models and can also be configured to use other compatible providers.
Install with the official script. No Node.js required.
On Windows, install Git for Windows before first launch because Kimi Code CLI uses the bundled Git Bash as its shell environment. If Git Bash is installed in a custom location, set
KIMI_SHELL_PATHto the absolute path ofbash.exe.For npm install, upgrade, uninstall, see Getting Started.
Daily snapshots
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+1,953 stars over 90 days across 19 snapshot days; best day +122 on Aug 14.
Forks
1.4K+377
Open issues
1.8K+821
Compared with peers in CLI
Fastest-growing repositories GStars tracks in this cohort for the week of Nov 1, by 7-day star growth
| Repository | Stars | +7d | Health | Last release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| vercel-labs/agent-desktop | 17.0K | +13.3K | 33 | today |
| mattpocock/skills | 315.4K | +8.7K | 35 | 7 days ago |
| stablyai/orca | 116.8K | +6.6K | 40 | today |
| obra/superpowers | 313.1K | +4.5K | 53 | 2 days ago |
| Panniantong/Agent-Reach | 109.3K | +3.0K | 60 | 4 days ago |
| MoonshotAI/kimi-code | 8.1K | — | 40 | today |
| Category median | 116.8K | +6.6K | 40 | — |
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