Providing developers with an open-source large language model for text and conversation tasks. It is catalogued under Text generation on PulseGate.

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

Does Kimi K have a free plan?

Yes — Kimi K is open source under the Open Source license and free to use.

What platforms does Kimi K run on?

Kimi K runs on the command line.

Is Kimi K still active?

Unverified. Kimi K has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.

What are alternatives to Kimi K?

Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Kimi K, Kimi K2 Instruct, and Kimi K2 Thinking.

Kimi K is developed by moonshotai.

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Kimi K

Name: Kimi K
Author: moonshotai

huggingface.coInfrastructure

Kimi-K2.5 is an open-source large language model developed by moonshotai for text generation and conversational AI. It can be run locally via CLI and is suitable for research, experimentation, and building AI-powered applications.

Open SourceCLI

Visit huggingface.co

2.1kstars

262forks

1alternative

4features

2026since

Overview

4 features

In the Text generation space, Kimi K takes a focused approach. Providing developers with an open-source large language model for text and conversation tasks. Kimi K is an open-source project aimed at AI developers and researchers. The project is open source (Open Source). Kimi K is available on the command line.

moonshotai builds and maintains Kimi K, and it first shipped in 2026. The project is developed in the open on GitHub with 2.1k stars. Key capabilities include text generation, Conversational AI, and open weights.

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

Text generation
Conversational AI
Open weights
CLI integration

Built with & integrations

Hosting

AWS

AI providers

local_ossanthropicopenai

Runs on

CLI

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

Open Source

Verified signals

HTTPSOpen SourceFree tierGitHub · ★ 2.1k

Indexing history

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Indexed28 Jun · 06:38 UTC
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Frequently asked questions about Kimi K

What does Kimi K do?: Providing developers with an open-source large language model for text and conversation tasks. It is catalogued under Text generation on PulseGate.
Who is Kimi K for?: Kimi K is an open-source project built for AI developers and researchers.
Does Kimi K have a free plan?: Yes — Kimi K is open source under the Open Source license and free to use.
What platforms does Kimi K run on?: Kimi K runs on the command line.
Is Kimi K still active?: Unverified. Kimi K has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.
What are alternatives to Kimi K?: Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Kimi K, Kimi K2 Instruct, and Kimi K2 Thinking.Kimi K Kimi K2 Instruct Kimi K2 Thinking
Who develops Kimi K?: Kimi K is developed by moonshotai.
When did Kimi K launch?: Kimi K first shipped in 2026.

At a glance

Pricing: Open Source
Platforms: CLI
Languages: English
Open source: Yes · ★ 2.1k
License: Open Source
Built for: AI developers and researchers
Model: Open source
Solves: Providing developers with an open-source large language model for text and conversation tasks.

Registered as

GitHub: moonshotai/Kimi-K2.5

Developer

moonshotai

Small team

GitHub

Open source

View on GitHub

Stars: 2,075
Forks: 262
Open issues: 45
Last commit: 31 Jan 2026
Commits 90d: 0
Contributors: 2
Authorship: Small team
Default branch: master

Index record

Indexed: 28 Jun 2026
Lifecycle: Alive
Last seen: 28 Jun 2026

Identity audit (12)

Slug: moonshotai-kimi-k2-5-hugging-face-huggingface-co
Lifecycle last checked: 8 Aug 2026
Verification state: Indexed for public listing
Listing state: Listed: yes
Index status: Included in index
Latest evidence snapshot: 28 Jun 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: Recorded source: taxonomy-pass-a.
Summary from: Written by a language model from public pages.
Languages from: Detected by a language model from page content.
Canonical URL: https://huggingface.co/moonshotai/Kimi-K2.5

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