Kimi CLI

OSSScore 7.2

Moonshot AI's open-source terminal agent, compatible with the Claude Code protocol.

Built by: Moonshot AI · China startup
Categories: Open source / Coding agents
Pricing: Open source（Open source and free; model calls go through the Kimi API, billed per token.）
Open source: Yes
Self-hostable: Yes
International version: Yes
Data leaves China: Optional

"Data leaves China" means whether your data may be transferred outside mainland China when using the product.

Overview

Kimi CLI is an open-source command-line agent tool from Moonshot AI with a built-in Claude Code-compatible agent protocol (ACP), plugging directly into editors like Zed, with slash commands for managing MCP servers. Its pitch: run Kimi-model agent workflows in the terminal — code tasks, file operations, scripted pipelines — without being locked to one IDE. For developers, the CLI shape is more flexible than IDE plugins when working in CI or on servers. Compared with Claude Code, it is open source, modifiable, and model-swappable; compared with frameworks like Qwen-Agent, it is a finished tool rather than a library. API data handling follows Moonshot's policy; self-hosted use stays under your control.