Kimi K2 Instruct
Kimi-K2-Instruct is a large instruction-tuned model from Moonshot AI that supports multimodal inputs including text and images. It features advanced capabilities such as tool calling and follows a custom chat template. The model is designed for complex reasoning tasks and is available on Hugging Face for local or hosted inference.
Overview
3 featuresKimi K2 Instruct is a Multimodal & vision project. It focuses on providing a capable open multimodal model that can process images and use tools through natural language instructions. It is built as an open-source project for developers. Kimi K2 Instruct is open source under the Open Source license. Kimi K2 Instruct is available on the web, the command line, and API.
Behind Kimi K2 Instruct is Moonshot AI, based in China, and it first shipped in 2025. The project is developed in the open on GitHub with 11k stars. Key capabilities include Multimodal Input, Tool Calling, and Instruction Following. It exposes integrations via a public API.
Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.
- Multimodal Input
- Tool Calling
- Instruction Following
Built with & integrations
- AWS
- x-amz-cf-id header · x-amz-cf-pop header · via header
- anthropic
- bclaude in the HTML
- local_oss
- bollama in the HTML · bllama in the HTML · bvllm in the HTML
- meta_llama
- llama- in the HTML
Trust & compliance
Indexing history
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- Indexed21 Jul · 17:09 UTCmoonshotai/Kimi-K2-Instruct verified via Hugging Face EnumeratorSource: Hugging Face Enumerator · Open
Frequently asked questions about Kimi K2 Instruct
- What is Kimi K2 Instruct?
- Kimi K2 Instruct focuses on providing a capable open multimodal model that can process images and use tools through natural language instructions. It is catalogued under Multimodal & vision on PulseGate.
- Who is Kimi K2 Instruct for?
- Kimi K2 Instruct is an open-source project built for developers.
- Is Kimi K2 Instruct free?
- Yes — Kimi K2 Instruct is open source under the Open Source license and free to use.
- What platforms does Kimi K2 Instruct run on?
- Kimi K2 Instruct runs on the web, the command line, and API.
- Is Kimi K2 Instruct still maintained?
- Unverified. Kimi K2 Instruct 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 K2 Instruct?
- Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Kimi K2 Instruct 0905, Kimi K3, and Kimi K.Kimi K2 Instruct 0905Kimi K3Kimi K
- Who develops Kimi K2 Instruct?
- Kimi K2 Instruct is developed by Moonshot AI, based in China.
- When did Kimi K2 Instruct launch?
- Kimi K2 Instruct first shipped in 2025.
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