# Kimi Code CLI vs mini-swe-agent (slim)

> Kimi Code CLI scores 62.1 (B) to mini-swe-agent's 56.7 (C) for agent harnesses. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Kimi Code CLI scores 62.1 (B) on agent readiness against mini-swe-agent's 56.7 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. mini-swe-agent leads on security & auth. Both do agent harnesses.

- Kimi Code CLI: B 62.1, rank #492 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kimi-code-cli.min.md
- mini-swe-agent: C 56.7, rank #698 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mini-swe-agent.min.md
- Kimi Code CLI, good for Developers on Kimi models who want a terminal agent with ACP and a local REST API, or an open-source harness that also runs Claude, GPT or Gemini models. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 85 against 58; Maintenance & community, 72 against 49; Transparency & trust, 62 against 51.
- mini-swe-agent, good for Benchmark runs, research baselines and RL or fine-tuning pipelines that want a minimal, readable agent with a linear trajectory, and for people who want to read every line of their harness. Ahead on Security & auth, 56 against 45. Also No key needed to call it.

| Category | Kimi Code CLI | mini-swe-agent |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 68 | 70 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 85 | 58 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 71 | 69 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 45 | 56 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 72 | 49 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 62 | 51 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Kimi Code CLI | mini-swe-agent |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Moonshot AI | SWE-bench team (Princeton and Stanford) |
| Auth | OAuth or key | None |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-14 | 2026-07-23 |
| Terms last updated |  | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated |  | no document linked |
| Popularity | 37k npm/wk | 8.6k stars, 4.4M PyPI/wk |