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Kimi VL A3B Instruct

huggingface.co·Infrastructure

Kimi-VL-A3B-Instruct is a 3-billion-parameter multimodal model developed by Moonshot AI. It processes both image and text inputs and generates coherent responses following user instructions. The model uses a specialized chat template and is designed for vision-language tasks including visual question answering and image captioning.

Open SourceMIT
WebCLIAPI
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⭐1.2k
stars
🍴90
forks
✓3
features
📅2025
since

Overview

3 features

Kimi VL A3B Instruct is a Foundation models & chat product. It focuses on understanding and reasoning over both images and text in a conversational setting. Kimi VL A3B Instruct is an open-source project aimed at developers building multimodal AI applications. The project is open source (MIT). The product ships for the web, the command line, and API.

Behind Kimi VL A3B Instruct is Moonshot AI, and the product first shipped in 2025. The project is developed in the open on GitHub with 1.2k stars. Among its 3 catalogued features are Vision-Language Understanding, Instruction Following, and Multimodal Chat. It exposes integrations via a public API.

  • ✓Vision-Language Understanding
  • ✓Instruction Following
  • ✓Multimodal Chat

Tags

vision-language-modelmultimodal-llmkimi-vlinstruction-tuning

AI capabilities

MultimodalInference: LocalWeights: Open

Built with & integrations

Hosting
aws
AI providers
local_ossopenaimeta_llama
Connectors
API
Runs on
BrowserCLIAPI-only

Trust & compliance

LicenseMIT
Verified signals
✓ HTTPS✓ Privacy Policy✓ Terms of Service✓ Open Source✓ Free tier✓ GitHub · ★ 1.2k
Legal
Privacy Policy →Terms of Service →

Recent events

Latest indexed changes and source events

  1. IndexedJul 19, 7:49 PM

    moonshotai/Kimi-VL-A3B-Instruct verified by the PulseGate indexer

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Frequently asked questions about Kimi VL A3B Instruct

What is Kimi VL A3B Instruct?
Kimi VL A3B Instruct focuses on understanding and reasoning over both images and text in a conversational setting. It is catalogued under Foundation models & chat on PulseGate.
Who should use Kimi VL A3B Instruct?
Kimi VL A3B Instruct is an open-source project built for developers building multimodal AI applications.
Does Kimi VL A3B Instruct have a free plan?
Yes — Kimi VL A3B Instruct is open source under the MIT license and free to use.
What platforms does Kimi VL A3B Instruct run on?
Kimi VL A3B Instruct runs on the web, the command line, and API.
Is Kimi VL A3B Instruct still active?
PulseGate's liveness checks currently classify Kimi VL A3B Instruct as active.
What tools are similar to Kimi VL A3B Instruct?
Similar tools tracked by PulseGate include Kimi VL A3B Thinking, Kimi K2 Instruct, and Kimi K2 Instruct 0905.Kimi VL A3B ThinkingKimi K2 InstructKimi K2 Instruct 0905
Who develops Kimi VL A3B Instruct?
Kimi VL A3B Instruct is developed by Moonshot AI.
How long has Kimi VL A3B Instruct been around?
Kimi VL A3B Instruct first shipped in 2025.

At a glance

Pricing
Open Source
Platforms
Cli · Web
Languages
English
Open source
Yes · ★ 1.2k
License
MIT
First seen
Jun 15, 2025
Activity
🟢 Active
Status
🟢 Active
Built for
Developers building multimodal AI applications
Model
Open source
Solves
Understanding and reasoning over both images and text in a conversational setting.

Developer

Moonshot AI
Team
↗ GitHub

Open source

View on GitHub →
⭐ Stars
1,204
🍴 Forks
90
Open issues
40
Last commit
1y ago
Commits 90d
0
Contributors
6
Authorship
Team
Default branch
main

Live coverage

Confidence
Medium · 70
Indexed
Jul 19, 2026
Lifecycle
Alive
Activity
Active
First seen
Jun 2025
Last seen
2d ago
Identity audit (9)
Entity ID
cmrs7mo2u002d11mzi9zkpt5a
Slug
moonshotai-kimi-vl-a3b-instruct-huggingface-co
Verification state
Indexed for public listing
Claim / listing state
Unclaimed · listed: yes
Index status
Included in index
Latest evidence snapshot
Jul 19, 2026
Timeline basis
Indexed-at chronology (no inferred launch/funding milestones).
Last updated
Jul 21, 2026
Canonical URL
https://huggingface.co/moonshotai/Kimi-VL-A3B-Instruct

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