Kimi K3 is an open-source project built for developers and AI researchers.

Yes — Kimi K3 is open source under the Apache-2.0 license and free to use.

What platforms does Kimi K3 run on?

Kimi K3 runs on the web, the command line, and API.

Is Kimi K3 still maintained?

The GitHub repository shows 1.4k commits in the last 90 days.

What projects are similar to Kimi K3?

Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Kimi K2.7 Code, Kimi K3, and Kimi K.

Kimi K3 is developed by Unsloth.

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Kimi K3

Name: Kimi K3
Author: Unsloth

huggingface.coInfrastructure

This Hugging Face repository from Unsloth hosts GGUF-quantized versions of the large Kimi K3 model, reducing its size from 1.56TB to 594GB while maintaining usability for local inference. The weights are intended for use with llama.cpp, Ollama and other GGUF-compatible runtimes, enabling developers to run this multimodal model on consumer or server hardware without relying on cloud APIs.

Open SourceApache-2.0WebCLIAPI

Visit huggingface.co

69.1kstars

6.2kforks

3features

2023since

Overview

3 features

Kimi K3 sits in PulseGate's Foundation models & chat category. It focuses on running the very large Kimi K3 model locally by providing heavily compressed and quantized weights compatible with existing inference engines. Kimi K3 is an open-source project aimed at developers and AI researchers. Kimi K3 is open source under the Apache-2.0 license. It ships for the web, the command line, and API.

Behind Kimi K3 is Unsloth, and it first shipped in 2023. The project is developed in the open on GitHub with 69.1k stars and 1.4k commits in the last 90 days. Among its 3 catalogued features are Quantized GGUF models, Local LLM inference, and model compression.

Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.

Quantized GGUF models
Local LLM inference
Model compression

Built with & integrations

Hosting

AWS

AI providers

local_ossanthropicopenai

Runs on

BrowserCLIAPI-only

Detected from

AWS: x-amz-cf-id header · x-amz-cf-pop header · via header
openai: bgpt- in the HTML
anthropic: bclaude in the HTML
local_oss: bollama in the HTML · bllama in the HTML · bvllm in the HTML

Trust & compliance

License

Apache-2.0

Verified signals

HTTPSOpen SourceFree tierActive maintenance

Indexing history

What PulseGate has recorded for this listing

Indexed29 Jul · 20:21 UTC
Kimi K3 for local use (1.56TB –> 594GB) compressed by Unsloth verified against its public source
Source: PulseGate · Open

Frequently asked questions about Kimi K3

What does Kimi K3 do?: Kimi K3 focuses on running the very large Kimi K3 model locally by providing heavily compressed and quantized weights compatible with existing inference engines. It is catalogued under Foundation models & chat on PulseGate.
Who is Kimi K3 for?: Kimi K3 is an open-source project built for developers and AI researchers.
Is Kimi K3 free?: Yes — Kimi K3 is open source under the Apache-2.0 license and free to use.
What platforms does Kimi K3 run on?: Kimi K3 runs on the web, the command line, and API.
Is Kimi K3 still maintained?: The GitHub repository shows 1.4k commits in the last 90 days.
What projects are similar to Kimi K3?: Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Kimi K2.7 Code, Kimi K3, and Kimi K.Kimi K2.7 Code Kimi K3 Kimi K
Who makes Kimi K3?: Kimi K3 is developed by Unsloth.
When did Kimi K3 launch?: Kimi K3 first shipped in 2023.

At a glance

Pricing: Open Source
Platforms: Cli · Web
Languages: English
License: Apache-2.0
Built for: developers and AI researchers
Model: Open source
Solves: Running the very large Kimi K3 model locally by providing heavily compressed and quantized weights compatible with existing inference engines.

Developer

Unsloth

Community-driven

Open source

Stars: 69,082
Forks: 6,225
Open issues: 966
Last commit: 29 Jul 2026
Commits 90d: 1,384
Contributors: 258
Authorship: Community-driven
Default branch: main
Latest release: v0.1.51-beta · 29 Jul 2026

Live coverage

Identity confidence: Medium · 70.4
Indexed: 29 Jul 2026
Lifecycle: Alive
Last seen: 29 Jul 2026

Identity audit (13)

Slug: kimi-k3-for-local-use-1-56tb-594gb-compressed-by-unslot-huggingface-co
Lifecycle state recorded: 29 Jul 2026
Verification state: Indexed for public listing
Listing state: Listed: yes
Index status: Included in index
Latest evidence snapshot: 29 Jul 2026
Timeline basis: Indexed-at chronology. This listing's first-seen date was written by the catalog backfill, not observed here, so it is not treated as a sighting.
Name from: Derived from the project's own page and URL.
Category from: Assigned by a language model.
Summary from: Written by a language model from public pages.
Languages from: Detected by a language model from page content.
Last updated: 5 Aug 2026
Canonical URL: https://huggingface.co/unsloth/Kimi-K3-GGUF

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