Kimi VL A3B Thinking
Kimi-VL-A3B-Thinking is an open-source 3B parameter vision-language model developed by Moonshot AI. It supports multimodal inputs including images and text, features a specialized "thinking" mode, and uses a custom chat template. The model is designed for local deployment and research in multimodal AI applications.
Overview
4 featuresKimi VL A3B Thinking is a Multimodal & vision project. It focuses on enabling efficient multimodal reasoning that combines visual and textual information in a compact model. It is built as an open-source project for developers. The project is open source (Open Source). Kimi VL A3B Thinking is available on the web, the command line, and API.
Behind Kimi VL A3B Thinking is Moonshot AI, based in China, and it first shipped in 2025. Among its 4 catalogued features are vision-language, multimodal input, and thinking mode.
Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.
- Vision-language
- Multimodal input
- Thinking mode
- Image understanding
Built with & integrations
- AWS
- x-amz-cf-id header · x-amz-cf-pop header · via header
- openai
- bgpt- in the HTML
- local_oss
- bollama in the HTML · bllama in the HTML · bvllm in the HTML
Trust & compliance
Indexing history
1What PulseGate has recorded for this listing
- Indexed19 Jul · 20:20 UTCmoonshotai/Kimi-VL-A3B-Thinking verified via Hugging Face EnumeratorSource: Hugging Face Enumerator · Open
Frequently asked questions about Kimi VL A3B Thinking
- What does Kimi VL A3B Thinking do?
- Kimi VL A3B Thinking focuses on enabling efficient multimodal reasoning that combines visual and textual information in a compact model. It is catalogued under Multimodal & vision on PulseGate.
- Who should use Kimi VL A3B Thinking?
- Kimi VL A3B Thinking is an open-source project built for developers.
- Is Kimi VL A3B Thinking free?
- Yes — Kimi VL A3B Thinking is open source under the Open Source license and free to use.
- What platforms does Kimi VL A3B Thinking run on?
- Kimi VL A3B Thinking runs on the web, the command line, and API.
- Is Kimi VL A3B Thinking still maintained?
- Unverified. Kimi VL A3B Thinking 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 projects are similar to Kimi VL A3B Thinking?
- Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Kimi K2 Thinking, Chat with Kimi-VL-A3B-Thinking-2506, and Kimi VL A3B Instruct.Kimi K2 ThinkingChat with Kimi-VL-A3B-Thinking-2506Kimi VL A3B Instruct
- Who develops Kimi VL A3B Thinking?
- Kimi VL A3B Thinking is developed by Moonshot AI, based in China.
- How long has Kimi VL A3B Thinking been around?
- Kimi VL A3B Thinking first shipped in 2025.
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