Overview
6 featuresKimi K is a Foundation models & chat project. It focuses on running a capable multimodal language model locally without relying on a hosted inference service. Kimi K is an open-source project aimed at developers and local AI enthusiasts. The project is open source (Apache-2.0). Kimi K is available on the command line, and it can be self-hosted.
Unsloth AI builds and maintains Kimi K, and it first shipped in 2023. Development happens publicly on GitHub with 73k stars and 2.1k commits in the last 90 days. Key capabilities include text generation, image understanding, and video understanding.
Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.
- ✓Text generation
- ✓Image understanding
- ✓Video understanding
- ✓Tool calling
- ✓GGUF quantization
- ✓Local inference
Tagsgguf-modellocal-llmmultimodal-modelvideo-understandingtool-calling
AI capabilitiesMultimodal
Inference: LocalWeights: Open
Built with & integrations
AI providerslocal_ossanthropicopenai
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
Verified signals✓HTTPS✓Open Source✓Free tier✓Active maintenance
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Frequently asked questions about Kimi K
- What does Kimi K do?
- Kimi K focuses on running a capable multimodal language model locally without relying on a hosted inference service. It is catalogued under Foundation models & chat on PulseGate.
- Who should use Kimi K?
- Kimi K is an open-source project built for developers and local AI enthusiasts.
- Does Kimi K have a free plan?
- Yes — Kimi K is open source under the Apache-2.0 license and free to use.
- What platforms does Kimi K run on?
- Kimi K runs on the command line. It can also be self-hosted.
- Is Kimi K still active?
- The GitHub repository shows 2.1k commits in the last 90 days.
- What projects are similar to Kimi K?
- Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Kimi K2.7 Code, Kimi K3, and Kimi K.Kimi K2.7 CodeKimi K3Kimi K
- Who makes Kimi K?
- Kimi K is developed by Unsloth AI.
- When did Kimi K launch?
- Kimi K first shipped in 2023.