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title: "Kimi Code CLI pricing, platforms and integrations"
description: "Moonshot AI's terminal agent for the Kimi models, a single binary with a VS Code extension. Logs in with a Kimi membership or a platform key, runs in Zed or JetBrains over ACP."
canonical_url: "https://whichcoding.tools/tools/kimi-code"
---
# Kimi Code CLI

> Moonshot AI's terminal agent for the Kimi models, a single binary with a VS Code extension. Logs in with a Kimi membership or a platform key, runs in Zed or JetBrains over ACP.

- **Layer**: Terminal agent, Editor extension
- **Vendor**: Moonshot AI
- **Platforms**: macOS, Windows, Linux
- **Editors**: VS Code
- **License**: MIT
- **Pricing**: Free tier
- **Status**: Active
- **JSON**: /api/v1/tools/kimi-code.json

## Links

- [Website](https://www.kimi.com/code)
- [Pricing](https://www.kimi.com/membership/pricing)
- [Repo](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code)
- [Docs](https://moonshotai.github.io/kimi-code/en/)

## Pricing

| Plan | Price | Included | Beyond that | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Adagio (individual) | Free | — | Blocked until upgrade | One concurrent agent task, no priority queue. The Kimi Code page says Moderato and higher unlock the K3 model in Kimi Code. The free tier's Kimi Code quota is not published. |
| Moderato (individual) | $19/mo (per user · $15/mo billed annually) | — | Rate limited until reset. Kimi Code has its own five hour and weekly limit separate from the shared membership credits. | 2 concurrent tasks, K3 in Kimi Code |
| Allegretto (individual) | $39/mo (per user · $31/mo billed annually) | — | Rate limited until reset | 2 concurrent tasks, 15 scheduled tasks |
| Allegro (individual) | $99/mo (per user · $79/mo billed annually) | — | Rate limited until reset | 4 concurrent tasks, 1M token chat context, 8 subagents |
| Vivace (individual) | $199/mo (per user · $159/mo billed annually) | — | Rate limited until reset | 4 concurrent tasks, 1M token chat context, Kimi Claw |
| Platform API pay-as-you-go (individual) | Usage-based | — | API list price. kimi-k2.7-code is $0.95 input and $4 output per million tokens, K3 is $3 input and $15 output. | — |

USD figures are the global kimi.ai prices. The China site bills in CNY with an extra Andante tier. The membership pricing page returned only its title to automated fetches on 2026-08-23, figures come from kimi.ai/resources pages and need a human check.

Source: [kimi.ai/resources/kimi-k2-7-code-pricing](https://www.kimi.ai/resources/kimi-k2-7-code-pricing), verified 2026-08-23.

## Works with

What Kimi Code CLI runs, and what can run Kimi Code CLI. "With your existing login" means the wrapped tool's subscription is reused, no second bill.

### Runs inside

- [JetBrains AI](https://whichcoding.tools/tools/jetbrains-ai) (via ACP, Free with your existing login): AI Assistant and the Junie agent in JetBrains IDEs. Completions on JetBrains models are free, cloud agents draw from monthly AI Credits. Claude Agent and Codex plug in over ACP.
- [Zed](https://whichcoding.tools/tools/zed) (via ACP, Free with your existing login): Open source editor written in Rust with GPU rendering. Hosts external agents such as Claude Code, Codex and Gemini CLI over ACP at no charge, with its own hosted models on Pro.

## Models

- **Providers**: Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Moonshot
- **Bring your own key**: BYOK
- **Local models**: No

Kimi models through the Kimi Code OAuth login or a platform.kimi.com API key. Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and other compatible providers are configured by hand in config.toml with your own key.

## Features

- **Parallel agents**: Several agents running at once
- **Subagents**: The agent can delegate to child agents
- **MCP client**: Connects to MCP servers
- **ACP agent**: Can be hosted by ACP clients such as Zed
- **Scheduled tasks**: Automations that run on a schedule
- **Plugins**: Extensible through plugins or a marketplace
- **Hooks**: Run your own commands at lifecycle points

## Install

- **curl**: `curl -fsSL https://code.kimi.com/kimi-code/install.sh | bash`
- **npm**: `npm install -g @moonshot-ai/kimi-code`

## License

- **SPDX**: MIT
- **Kind**: Open source
- **Repo**: [github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code)

## Sources

Every fact above points at a vendor page and the date someone last checked it.

| Source | Covers | Verified |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [kimi.ai/resources/kimi-k2-7-code-pricing](https://www.kimi.ai/resources/kimi-k2-7-code-pricing) | pricing | 2026-08-23 |
| [kimi.ai/resources/kimi-k3-pricing](https://www.kimi.ai/resources/kimi-k3-pricing) | pricing | 2026-08-23 |
| [kimi.com/en/help/membership/membership-overview](https://www.kimi.com/en/help/membership/membership-overview) | pricing | 2026-08-23 |
| [kimi.com/code/docs](https://www.kimi.com/code/docs/) | platforms, models, general | 2026-08-23 |
| [github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code](https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code) | features, license, platforms | 2026-08-23 |
| [moonshotai.github.io/kimi-code/en/guides/getting-started](https://moonshotai.github.io/kimi-code/en/guides/getting-started) | models | 2026-08-23 |

Source data: [content/tools/kimi-code.yml](https://github.com/benjamincanac/whichcodingtools/blob/main/content/tools/kimi-code.yml)

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