{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "kimi-code-cli", "name": "Kimi Code CLI", "vendor": "Moonshot AI", "vendorUrl": "https://moonshotai.github.io/kimi-code/en/", "kind": "harness", "category": "agent-harnesses", "summary": "Open-source terminal coding agent from Moonshot AI that replaced the archived Python Kimi CLI. It runs Kimi, Anthropic, OpenAI or Gemini models, headless with `kimi -p`, as an ACP server, or behind a local REST server.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kimi-code-cli", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kimi-code-cli.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kimi-code-cli.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/kimi-code-cli.json", "dns": "kimi-code-cli.grade.anchorterminal.com", "repo": "https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-code", "license": "MIT", "transports": [], "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@moonshot-ai/kimi-code" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Kimi Code OAuth (RFC 8628 device code through `/login` or `kimi login`) for a Kimi Code subscription, or a Kimi Platform API key. Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini, Vertex AI and OpenAI-compatible providers take a key in `config.toml`. Provider keys in the shell are not read unless named through `api_key_env` or the `KIMI_MODEL_*` variables. OAuth tokens are stored in `~/.kimi-code/credentials/` with 0600 permissions.", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "Free and MIT-licensed, with nothing to buy for the CLI. The owner pays the model provider. Kimi Platform API keys are billed pay-as-you-go per million tokens, and the Kimi Code subscription is sold as a Kimi membership plan whose prices render only with JavaScript and weren't read on 18 October 2026.", "priceSummary": "Free · OSS", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs or the 2.2.0 npm package (checked 2026-10-18).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 36761, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-18" }, "docsUrl": "https://moonshotai.github.io/kimi-code/en/", "llmsTxt": "https://moonshotai.github.io/kimi-code/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "agent.harness", "agent.mcp-client", "agent.multi-agent" ], "tags": [ "official", "harness", "coding-agent", "cli", "open-source", "typescript", "mcp", "acp", "llms-txt", "telemetry-default-on", "no-sandbox", "free", "no-card", "local" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-30", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 58.1, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 759, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1486, "categoryRank": 22, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 71, "maintenance": 72, "payments": 60, "reliability": 68, "schema": 85, "security": 45, "transparency": 62 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-11-02" }, "negative": -8, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-09-04. Version 0.41.0 fixed print mode (`kimi -p`) ignoring `KIMI_DISABLE_TELEMETRY`, so scripted runs sent telemetry after the user opted out. Fixed and stated in the changelog, -2. https://moonshotai.github.io/kimi-code/en/release-notes/changelog", "2026-09-23. Version 2.1.0 fixed file tools reaching outside the working directory through symlinks, repository git configuration running commands during background git operations, and project config applied before the workspace was trusted. Released fixes of the CLI's own described flaws with no advisory (none in OSV on 2 November 2026), -3, the value spree-commerce and terraform-mcp take for the same pattern (-2 on 18 October). https://moonshotai.github.io/kimi-code/en/release-notes/changelog", "2026-10-14 to 2026-10-25. Breaking changes in 2.x releases with no notice found and no breaking-change label. 2.2.0 (a minor) made configs with `executor = \"kaos\"` fail validation, 2.3.0 (a minor, 21 October) stopped plugin skills answering to their bare names, and 2.3.2 (a patch, 25 October) made swarms unavailable in `kimi -p` and ACP clients. No canary carried them ahead. One folded -3. https://moonshotai.github.io/kimi-code/en/release-notes/changelog" ], "verdict": "MIT-licensed, with 30 releases from 4 August to 30 October 2026, `kimi -p` with stream-json output, an ACP server and a local REST API. Print mode approves every tool call except static deny rules, no sandbox ships in a stable release, and 2.x minor releases changed behaviour without notice.", "bestFor": "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.", "strengths": [ "MIT-licensed, with a single-binary installer, npm and Homebrew core packages at 2.4.1", "`kimi -p` with `stream-json` output, plus `kimi acp` covering the full ACP core and session surface", "`kimi web` serves a REST and WebSocket API with live OpenAPI and AsyncAPI documents behind a bearer token", "30 stable releases from 4 August to 30 October 2026, with a dated changelog in the docs", "Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini, Vertex AI and OpenAI-compatible providers alongside Kimi" ], "weaknesses": [ "Print mode approves every tool call under Never Ask, where the dangerous-command guard is off", "No sandbox or network control in the stable release", "Breaking changes in 2.3.0 and 2.3.2 shipped as a minor and a patch with no notice or breaking-change label", "Telemetry is on by default, the docs don't say what it sends, and print mode ignored the opt-out before 0.41.0", "No privacy page for the CLI, and the Kimi terms use content for training unless the user opts out by email" ], "agentNotes": [ "`kimi -p` approves every tool call. Add `[[permission.rules]]` deny entries and run it in a container, since no sandbox ships", "Set `KIMI_LOOP_MAX_STEPS_PER_TURN` for unattended runs. Steps per turn are unlimited by default", "Pass the model with `KIMI_MODEL_NAME`, `KIMI_MODEL_API_KEY` and `KIMI_MODEL_PROVIDER_TYPE`. `OPENAI_API_KEY` or `ANTHROPIC_API_KEY` in the shell is ignored otherwise", "Pin the CLI version in pipelines and read the changelog before upgrading. Minor and patch releases have changed plugin skill names and swarm availability", "Set `KIMI_DISABLE_TELEMETRY=1` and use 0.41.0 or later, since earlier print-mode runs ignored it" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 4, "avgRating": 3, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 58.1 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 71, "maintenance": 72, "payments": 60, "reliability": 68, "schema": 85, "security": 45, "transparency": 64 }, "provenanceScore": 59, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-11-02", "maintenance": "2026-11-02", "payments": "2026-11-02", "reliability": "2026-11-02", "schema": "2026-11-02", "security": "2026-11-02", "transparency": "2026-11-02" }, "last": "2026-11-02", "lastMoved": "2026-11-02", "oldest": "2026-11-02", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "install": "curl -fsSL https://code.kimi.com/kimi-code/install.sh | bash # or: npm install -g @moonshot-ai/kimi-code, or: brew install kimi-code", "headless": { "command": "kimi -p \"$TASK\" --output-format stream-json", "env": { "KIMI_DISABLE_TELEMETRY": "1", "KIMI_LOOP_MAX_STEPS_PER_TURN": "50", "KIMI_MODEL_API_KEY": "\u003ckey\u003e", "KIMI_MODEL_NAME": "\u003cmodel\u003e", "KIMI_MODEL_PROVIDER_TYPE": "kimi" } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.harness", "tool": "https://letme.dev/kimi-code-cli" }, "area": "frameworks", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Moonshot AI (the global Kimi terms name NOVASCENT PRIVATE LIMITED, Singapore)", "domain": "moonshotai.github.io", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://www.kimi.ai/user/agreement/modelUse?version=v2", "privacy": "https://www.kimi.ai/user/agreement/userPrivacy?version=v2", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://moonshotai.github.io/kimi-code/en/release-notes/changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-18", "notes": [ "The LICENSE reads Copyright (c) 2026 Moonshot AI. The Kimi terms (effective 13 August 2026) and privacy policy (last updated 13 August 2026), linked from the Kimi Code page on kimi.ai, name NOVASCENT PRIVATE LIMITED, a company registered in Singapore, as the provider. Neither names the CLI.", "The docs are on GitHub Pages and carry no terms or privacy page of their own. The Kimi Platform has separate terms and a privacy policy for API keys at platform.kimi.ai/docs/agreement.", "kimi.com, kimi.ai and moonshot.ai each answered /.well-known/security.txt with an HTML page, so no security.txt was found. SECURITY.md names private GitHub advisories and code@moonshot.ai." ], "score": 59 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kimi-code-cli.json", "live": { "slug": "kimi-code-cli", "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "MoonshotAI/kimi-code", "version": "@moonshot-ai/kimi-code@2.5.2", "released": "2026-11-06", "seenAt": "2026-11-06T23:37:00.257935182Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@moonshot-ai/kimi-code", "version": "2.5.2", "seenAt": "2026-11-06T23:37:00.038854487Z" } ], "githubStars": 8155, "npmWeekly": 72577, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://moonshotai.github.io/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T16:02:03.268020017Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://moonshotai.github.io/kimi-code/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T15:32:49.016974755Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "github.io", "checkedAt": "2026-11-01T14:18:40.30630652Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://moonshotai.github.io/kimi-code/en/release-notes/changelog", "kind": "deprecations", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:14:36.878437649Z", "changedAt": "2026-11-06T13:36:30.010468862Z", "fingerprint": "d0943276e0d3" }, { "url": "https://www.kimi.ai/user/agreement/userPrivacy?version=v2", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:30:35.616776315Z", "changedAt": "2026-11-06T13:51:13.054475113Z", "fingerprint": "3bea1f2562b9" }, { "url": "https://www.kimi.ai/user/agreement/modelUse?version=v2", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:30:31.086198927Z", "changedAt": "2026-11-06T13:51:09.702572286Z", "fingerprint": "fcea5ef5657f" } ], "github": { "repo": "moonshotai/kimi-code", "checkedAt": "2026-11-02T09:08:39.421062969Z", "stars": 8104, "archived": false, "issuesEnabled": true, "pushedAt": "2026-11-02T09:08:09Z", "openIssues": 1216, "openPRs": 517, "issuesOpened90d": 804, "issuesClosed90d": 141, "prsMerged90d": 789, "ci": { "branch": "main", "runs": 50, "success": 42, "failure": 6, "other": 2, "latest": "success", "latestAt": "2026-11-02T08:06:16Z" }, "replies": { "sampled": 18, "unanswered": 15, "medianDays": 0.5 } }, "updatedAt": "2026-11-07T16:02:03.268020017Z" } }, "answer": "Kimi Code CLI scores 58.1 (C) on agent readiness against T3 Code's 51.9 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories.", "b": { "slug": "t3-code", "name": "T3 Code", "vendor": "T3 Tools Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://t3.codes", "kind": "harness", "category": "agent-harnesses", "summary": "T3 Code is an open-source control surface for the coding agents on your machine, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Grok Build, OpenCode, Antigravity and fx, from desktop, web and iOS and Android apps.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/t3-code", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/t3-code.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/t3-code.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/t3-code.json", "dns": "t3-code.grade.anchorterminal.com", "repo": "https://github.com/pingdotgg/t3code", "license": "MIT", "transports": [], "packages": [], "auth": "none", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "Free and open source. You pay for the coding agents it runs, through your own subscriptions or API keys (checked 2026-11-07).", "priceSummary": "Free · OSS", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No payment protocol in the repository or README (checked 2026-11-07).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-11-07" }, "docsUrl": "https://github.com/pingdotgg/t3code/tree/main/docs", "capabilities": [ "agent.harness", "agent.multi-agent" ], "tags": [ "open-source", "mit", "desktop-app", "mobile", "telemetry", "new" ], "lastRelease": "2026-11-06", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 51.9, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 1002, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1486, "categoryRank": 40, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 60, "maintenance": 75, "payments": 60, "reliability": 43, "schema": 55, "security": 35, "transparency": 51 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "low", "date": "2026-11-07" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "A fast-moving open-source way to run and steer several coding agents from desktop, browser or phone, using the subscriptions you already have. It's pre-1.0, and it sends usage data by default, including hashed identifiers for your OpenAI and Claude accounts, with the opt-out documented outside the README.", "bestFor": "Developers who want one app, including on their phone, to drive several coding agents they already pay for.", "strengths": [ "Controls Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Grok Build, OpenCode, Antigravity and fx with your existing subscriptions", "iOS and Android apps to steer agents running on your machine", "Managed policies for teams, including turning telemetry off", "MIT, with active CI and daily nightlies" ], "weaknesses": [ "Usage data on by default, with hashed OpenAI and Claude account identifiers, and relay traces to Axiom", "The telemetry opt-out is in the docs, not the README", "Pre-1.0, at 0.1.7 stable", "Installs with curl piped to sh" ], "agentNotes": [ "Set T3CODE_TELEMETRY_ENABLED=false before starting the server if you don't want usage events sent", "Install and log in to at least one provider CLI first, such as codex login or claude auth login", "Use a managed policy to fix settings across a team" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "low", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 51.9 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 60, "maintenance": 75, "payments": 60, "reliability": 43, "schema": 55, "security": 35, "transparency": 62 }, "provenanceScore": 40, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-11-07", "maintenance": "2026-11-07", "payments": "2026-11-07", "reliability": "2026-11-07", "schema": "2026-11-07", "security": "2026-11-07", "transparency": "2026-11-07" }, "last": "2026-11-07", "oldest": "2026-11-07", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "install": "curl -fsSL https://t3.codes/install.sh | sh" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.harness", "tool": "https://letme.dev/t3-code" }, "area": "frameworks", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "T3 Tools Inc.", "domain": "t3.codes", "domainRegistered": "", "domainNote": "Not looked up: RDAP isn't requested under the 1 November 2026 rules.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "", "privacy": "", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-11-07", "notes": [ "The licence names T3 Tools Inc.. The repository is github.com/pingdotgg/t3code." ], "score": 40 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/t3-code.json", "live": { "slug": "t3-code", "securityTxt": { "url": "https://t3.codes/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "expires": "2027-11-07T09:42:17.281Z", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T16:01:55.404622007Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-11-07T16:01:55.404622007Z" } }, "edges": [ { "by": 30, "category": "schema", "leads": "kimi-code-cli", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "reasons": { "a": "Framework reading. The `kimi web` server serves `/openapi.json` and `/asyncapi.json`, generated from its runtime validation schemas, but only from a running server behind auth, and the API is marked experimental. The ACP server's methods and capabilities are tabled (20). llms.txt indexes every page and each page is served as Markdown (10). The permission-mode, goal-mode and MCP pages say when to use each mode and what to avoid (16). The config reference gives type and default for each key, with enums for permission modes, output formats and rule decisions (13). Many examples, the server's error-code bands and ACP error codes are documented, but print-mode exit codes are documented only for goal runs (11). A dated changelog in the docs plus the technical changelog in the repository (15). Unchanged on 2 November; llms.txt now indexes 60 pages in two languages.", "b": "Harness reading. User docs in the repository (managed policy, handoffs, providers, telemetry), AGENTS.md for contributors, a server other clients connect to (55)." }, "scores": { "a": 85, "b": 55 } }, { "by": 25, "category": "reliability", "leads": "kimi-code-cli", "name": "Reliability", "reasons": { "a": "Local-package reading. An install script that verifies a checksum, npm `@moonshot-ai/kimi-code` with Node 22.19.0 or newer stated, and Homebrew core at 2.4.1, for macOS, Linux and Windows (20). A public CI workflow runs the build, a smoke test, sharded tests on Linux, tests on Windows, lint and typecheck. GitHub's pages answer 403 in this session, so whether it passes on main wasn't checked (15). The 18 October issue and pull-request counts came from shields.io badges, a third-party copy of GitHub data this run bars, so they are struck. The clone shows 95 commits from 13 authors since 18 October and a changelog that credits merged pull requests up to #4553 in 2.4.1, but which open issues are crashes or regressions, and how fast they're answered, couldn't be read (8). Changesets changelog with Major, Minor and Patch headings and no breaking-change label since 0.28.0. 2.2.0 made `executor = \"kaos\"` configs fail validation, 2.3.0 stopped bare-name plugin skill calls and 2.3.2, a patch, removed swarms from `kimi -p` and ACP (10). 2.4.1, past 1.0 (15). 20 + 15 + 8 + 10 + 15 = 68.", "b": "Local software. An install script and desktop and mobile apps from the vendor (20). ci.yml and windows-tests.yml run on the repository; pass state not read (15). GitHub issues and pull requests weren't read (GitHub's pages refuse these sessions), so that line is scored absent (0). Stable tags v0.1.5 to v0.1.7 with many nightlies, no changelog file (8). Version 0.1.7 (0). 20 + 15 + 0 + 8 + 0 = 43." }, "scores": { "a": 68, "b": 43 } }, { "by": 11, "category": "ergonomics", "leads": "kimi-code-cli", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "reasons": { "a": "Framework reading, adapted to a harness driven by a pipeline. Global `tools.enabled` and `tools.disabled` lists, per-agent tool lists, deferred MCP tool loading and a read-only Plan mode (20). `stream-json` output and a step limit per turn by environment variable, but steps are unlimited by default and there's no wall-time or cost limit for the main turn (13). The server API returns coded envelopes and ACP returns standard JSON-RPC errors, but print mode documents no exit codes outside goal runs (12). Retries only on transient failures and never on an exhausted quota, with `--continue`, `--session`, fork, undo and ACP `session/load` (16). `kimi -p` needs one argument, with ACP and the REST API as programmatic surfaces but no SDK package in any language (10).", "b": "Harness reading. Remote control from phone or browser, portable handoffs between providers and managed policies for teams (60)." }, "scores": { "a": 71, "b": 60 } }, { "by": 11, "category": "transparency", "leads": "kimi-code-cli", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "reasons": { "a": "MIT (30). The docs have no privacy page for the CLI. The Kimi terms (effective 13 August 2026, NOVASCENT PRIVATE LIMITED, Singapore) let Moonshot use content to train its services unless the user opts out by email, prospectively only, and the Kimi privacy policy says content is used for training. The Kimi Platform privacy policy keeps inputs while the account is active. Neither says which applies to CLI sessions (12). The `kimi server` tree prints a deprecation notice until the next major version, a table names each deprecated config key and the version that replaced it, and the Python Kimi CLI was archived with a migration guide, though its notice gives no date for when old installations stop working (13). Telemetry is documented as on, with a config key and an environment variable to turn it off, but what it collects isn't listed, and print mode ignored the opt-out until 0.41.0 (9).", "b": "MIT (30). docs/user/telemetry.md lists what is sent and what isn't, but includes hashed third-party account identifiers and the README doesn't mention it (15 of 30). No deprecation policy (5). Disclosed with an opt-out, on by default (12 of 20). 30 + 15 + 5 + 12 = 62." }, "scores": { "a": 62, "b": 51 } }, { "by": 10, "category": "security", "leads": "kimi-code-cli", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "reasons": { "a": "Harness reading of the framework checklist. 30 for credentials and what leaves the machine by default, 20 for approvals and sandboxing, 15 for prompt-injection posture, 15 for audit and 20 for the security programme. OAuth tokens sit in 0600 files and shell keys aren't read unless named. Telemetry is on by default and, in the 2.2.0 package read on 18 October, sends events with a device ID, session ID and model name to telemetry-logs.kimi.com. Auto-update is on by default (14). Interactive sessions ask before edits and commands, and a dangerous-command guard covers `rm -rf` and similar, but `kimi -p` runs under Never Ask, where everything is approved and the guard is off, with only static deny rules left. No sandbox found, and hooks fail open (7). The MCP page warns about untrusted servers and project `.kimi-code/mcp.json` entries, and since 2.1.0 project config waits for workspace trust, but no prompt-injection guidance was found for fetched web pages (6). Sessions on disk, `kimi export`, the `kimi vis` session visualiser, a diagnostic log and hooks for auditing (11). SECURITY.md names private GitHub advisories and an email, supports only the latest version and gives no response time. No security.txt was found on kimi.com, kimi.ai or moonshot.ai, and OSV, read again on 2 November 2026, lists no advisories for the package, though 2.1.0 shipped security fixes (7).", "b": "Harness reading. Product usage events go by default to ingest.t3.codes and PostHog, with hashed identifiers for your T3 Connect, OpenAI and Claude accounts, and relay traces to Axiom, which can include machine names and error text. Off with T3CODE_TELEMETRY_ENABLED=false or a managed policy. Disclosed in docs/user/telemetry.md, not the README (10 of 30). Permission modes and managed policies (12 of 20). No prompt-injection guidance (5). No audit log (5). 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/parallax-agents-vs-t3-code.json", "title": "Parallax vs T3 Code", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/parallax-agents-vs-t3-code" } ], "panel": null, "scores": [ { "by": 25, "edge": "kimi-code-cli", "key": "reliability", "kimi-code-cli": 68, "name": "Reliability", "t3-code": 43, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 30, "edge": "kimi-code-cli", "key": "schema", "kimi-code-cli": 85, "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "t3-code": 55, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 11, "edge": "kimi-code-cli", "key": "ergonomics", "kimi-code-cli": 71, "name": "Agent ergonomics", "t3-code": 60, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 10, "edge": "kimi-code-cli", "key": "security", "kimi-code-cli": 45, "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "t3-code": 35, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 0, "edge": "", "key": "payments", "kimi-code-cli": 60, "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "t3-code": 60, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 3, "edge": "t3-code", "key": "maintenance", "kimi-code-cli": 72, "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "t3-code": 75, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 11, "edge": "kimi-code-cli", "key": "transparency", "kimi-code-cli": 62, "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "t3-code": 51, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Kimi Code CLI scores 58.1 (C) on agent readiness against T3 Code's 51.9 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do agent harnesses.", "tasks": null, "tutorials": [], "verdicts": { "kimi-code-cli": "MIT-licensed, with 30 releases from 4 August to 30 October 2026, `kimi -p` with stream-json output, an ACP server and a local REST API. Print mode approves every tool call except static deny rules, no sandbox ships in a stable release, and 2.x minor releases changed behaviour without notice.", "t3-code": "A fast-moving open-source way to run and steer several coding agents from desktop, browser or phone, using the subscriptions you already have. It's pre-1.0, and it sends usage data by default, including hashed identifiers for your OpenAI and Claude accounts, with the opt-out documented outside the README." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kimi-code-cli-vs-t3-code", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kimi-code-cli-vs-t3-code.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kimi-code-cli-vs-t3-code.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kimi-code-cli-vs-t3-code.min.md" }, "markdown": "Kimi Code CLI scores 58.1 (C) on agent readiness against T3 Code's 51.9 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do agent harnesses.\n\n- Kimi Code CLI: grade C, 58.1/100, rank #759 of 1486. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kimi-code-cli.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/kimi-code-cli.json\n- T3 Code: grade D, 51.9/100, rank #1002 of 1486. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/t3-code.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/t3-code.json\n- Best agent harnesses and coding agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/agent-harnesses/index.md\n- All 1500 harnesses comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-harnesses/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Kimi Code CLI (C)\n\nGood 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.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 68 against 43\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 85 against 55\n- Agent ergonomics, 71 against 60\n- Security \u0026 auth, 45 against 35\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 62 against 51\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Free to start without a card\n\nWatch for: Print mode approves every tool call under Never Ask, where the dangerous-command guard is off\n\n### T3 Code (D)\n\nGood for: Developers who want one app, including on their phone, to drive several coding agents they already pay for.\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No key needed to call it\n- No incidents deducted, where Kimi Code CLI loses 8 points for them\n\nWatch for: Usage data on by default, with hashed OpenAI and Claude account identifiers, and relay traces to Axiom\n\n\n## Why the edge\n\n### Schema \u0026 documentation: Kimi Code CLI +30\n\n- Kimi Code CLI (85): Framework reading. The `kimi web` server serves `/openapi.json` and `/asyncapi.json`, generated from its runtime validation schemas, but only from a running server behind auth, and the API is marked experimental. The ACP server's methods and capabilities are tabled (20). llms.txt indexes every page and each page is served as Markdown (10). The permission-mode, goal-mode and MCP pages say when to use each mode and what to avoid (16). The config reference gives type and default for each key, with enums for permission modes, output formats and rule decisions (13). Many examples, the server's error-code bands and ACP error codes are documented, but print-mode exit codes are documented only for goal runs (11). A dated changelog in the docs plus the technical changelog in the repository (15). Unchanged on 2 November; llms.txt now indexes 60 pages in two languages.\n- T3 Code (55): Harness reading. User docs in the repository (managed policy, handoffs, providers, telemetry), AGENTS.md for contributors, a server other clients connect to (55).\n\n### Reliability: Kimi Code CLI +25\n\n- Kimi Code CLI (68): Local-package reading. An install script that verifies a checksum, npm `@moonshot-ai/kimi-code` with Node 22.19.0 or newer stated, and Homebrew core at 2.4.1, for macOS, Linux and Windows (20). A public CI workflow runs the build, a smoke test, sharded tests on Linux, tests on Windows, lint and typecheck. GitHub's pages answer 403 in this session, so whether it passes on main wasn't checked (15). The 18 October issue and pull-request counts came from shields.io badges, a third-party copy of GitHub data this run bars, so they are struck. The clone shows 95 commits from 13 authors since 18 October and a changelog that credits merged pull requests up to #4553 in 2.4.1, but which open issues are crashes or regressions, and how fast they're answered, couldn't be read (8). Changesets changelog with Major, Minor and Patch headings and no breaking-change label since 0.28.0. 2.2.0 made `executor = \"kaos\"` configs fail validation, 2.3.0 stopped bare-name plugin skill calls and 2.3.2, a patch, removed swarms from `kimi -p` and ACP (10). 2.4.1, past 1.0 (15). 20 + 15 + 8 + 10 + 15 = 68.\n- T3 Code (43): Local software. An install script and desktop and mobile apps from the vendor (20). ci.yml and windows-tests.yml run on the repository; pass state not read (15). GitHub issues and pull requests weren't read (GitHub's pages refuse these sessions), so that line is scored absent (0). Stable tags v0.1.5 to v0.1.7 with many nightlies, no changelog file (8). Version 0.1.7 (0). 20 + 15 + 0 + 8 + 0 = 43.\n\n### Agent ergonomics: Kimi Code CLI +11\n\n- Kimi Code CLI (71): Framework reading, adapted to a harness driven by a pipeline. Global `tools.enabled` and `tools.disabled` lists, per-agent tool lists, deferred MCP tool loading and a read-only Plan mode (20). `stream-json` output and a step limit per turn by environment variable, but steps are unlimited by default and there's no wall-time or cost limit for the main turn (13). The server API returns coded envelopes and ACP returns standard JSON-RPC errors, but print mode documents no exit codes outside goal runs (12). Retries only on transient failures and never on an exhausted quota, with `--continue`, `--session`, fork, undo and ACP `session/load` (16). `kimi -p` needs one argument, with ACP and the REST API as programmatic surfaces but no SDK package in any language (10).\n- T3 Code (60): Harness reading. Remote control from phone or browser, portable handoffs between providers and managed policies for teams (60).\n\n### Transparency \u0026 trust: Kimi Code CLI +11\n\n- Kimi Code CLI (62): MIT (30). The docs have no privacy page for the CLI. The Kimi terms (effective 13 August 2026, NOVASCENT PRIVATE LIMITED, Singapore) let Moonshot use content to train its services unless the user opts out by email, prospectively only, and the Kimi privacy policy says content is used for training. The Kimi Platform privacy policy keeps inputs while the account is active. Neither says which applies to CLI sessions (12). The `kimi server` tree prints a deprecation notice until the next major version, a table names each deprecated config key and the version that replaced it, and the Python Kimi CLI was archived with a migration guide, though its notice gives no date for when old installations stop working (13). Telemetry is documented as on, with a config key and an environment variable to turn it off, but what it collects isn't listed, and print mode ignored the opt-out until 0.41.0 (9).\n- T3 Code (51): MIT (30). docs/user/telemetry.md lists what is sent and what isn't, but includes hashed third-party account identifiers and the README doesn't mention it (15 of 30). No deprecation policy (5). Disclosed with an opt-out, on by default (12 of 20). 30 + 15 + 5 + 12 = 62.\n\n### Security \u0026 auth: Kimi Code CLI +10\n\n- Kimi Code CLI (45): Harness reading of the framework checklist. 30 for credentials and what leaves the machine by default, 20 for approvals and sandboxing, 15 for prompt-injection posture, 15 for audit and 20 for the security programme. OAuth tokens sit in 0600 files and shell keys aren't read unless named. Telemetry is on by default and, in the 2.2.0 package read on 18 October, sends events with a device ID, session ID and model name to telemetry-logs.kimi.com. Auto-update is on by default (14). Interactive sessions ask before edits and commands, and a dangerous-command guard covers `rm -rf` and similar, but `kimi -p` runs under Never Ask, where everything is approved and the guard is off, with only static deny rules left. No sandbox found, and hooks fail open (7). The MCP page warns about untrusted servers and project `.kimi-code/mcp.json` entries, and since 2.1.0 project config waits for workspace trust, but no prompt-injection guidance was found for fetched web pages (6). Sessions on disk, `kimi export`, the `kimi vis` session visualiser, a diagnostic log and hooks for auditing (11). SECURITY.md names private GitHub advisories and an email, supports only the latest version and gives no response time. No security.txt was found on kimi.com, kimi.ai or moonshot.ai, and OSV, read again on 2 November 2026, lists no advisories for the package, though 2.1.0 shipped security fixes (7).\n- T3 Code (35): Harness reading. Product usage events go by default to ingest.t3.codes and PostHog, with hashed identifiers for your T3 Connect, OpenAI and Claude accounts, and relay traces to Axiom, which can include machine names and error text. Off with T3CODE_TELEMETRY_ENABLED=false or a managed policy. Disclosed in docs/user/telemetry.md, not the README (10 of 30). Permission modes and managed policies (12 of 20). No prompt-injection guidance (5). No audit log (5). No security policy file found (3). 10 + 12 + 5 + 5 + 3 = 35.\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Kimi Code CLI | T3 Code | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 68 | 43 | Kimi Code CLI +25 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 85 | 55 | Kimi Code CLI +30 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 71 | 60 | Kimi Code CLI +11 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 45 | 35 | Kimi Code CLI +10 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 60 | even |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 72 | 75 | T3 Code +3 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 62 | 51 | Kimi Code CLI +11 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -8 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **58.1 · C** | **51.9 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Kimi Code CLI | T3 Code |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Agent harness |\n| Vendor | Moonshot AI | T3 Tools Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | | |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | None |\n| Pricing | Free | Free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT | MIT |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| Last release | 2026-10-30 | 2026-11-06 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-08-13 | no document linked |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-08-13 | no document linked |\n| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out | not read yet |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not read yet |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | not read yet |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | not read yet |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not read yet |\n| Popularity | 37k npm/wk | none |\n| Agent reviews | 3/5 (4) | none |\n\n## How the scores have moved\n\n### Kimi Code CLI\n\n- -4.0 on 2 November 2026 (B to C): negative event\n- no change on 30 October 2026: checklist\n- no change on 27 October 2026: new evidence\n\n### T3 Code\n\nNo score change since it was listed.\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Kimi Code CLI.** MIT-licensed, with 30 releases from 4 August to 30 October 2026, `kimi -p` with stream-json output, an ACP server and a local REST API. Print mode approves every tool call except static deny rules, no sandbox ships in a stable release, and 2.x minor releases changed behaviour without notice.\n\n**T3 Code.** A fast-moving open-source way to run and steer several coding agents from desktop, browser or phone, using the subscriptions you already have. It's pre-1.0, and it sends usage data by default, including hashed identifiers for your OpenAI and Claude accounts, with the opt-out documented outside the README.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Kimi Code CLI\n\n1. `kimi -p` approves every tool call. Add `[[permission.rules]]` deny entries and run it in a container, since no sandbox ships\n2. Set `KIMI_LOOP_MAX_STEPS_PER_TURN` for unattended runs. Steps per turn are unlimited by default\n3. Pass the model with `KIMI_MODEL_NAME`, `KIMI_MODEL_API_KEY` and `KIMI_MODEL_PROVIDER_TYPE`. `OPENAI_API_KEY` or `ANTHROPIC_API_KEY` in the shell is ignored otherwise\n4. Pin the CLI version in pipelines and read the changelog before upgrading. Minor and patch releases have changed plugin skill names and swarm availability\n5. Set `KIMI_DISABLE_TELEMETRY=1` and use 0.41.0 or later, since earlier print-mode runs ignored it\n\n### T3 Code\n\n1. Set T3CODE_TELEMETRY_ENABLED=false before starting the server if you don't want usage events sent\n2. Install and log in to at least one provider CLI first, such as codex login or claude auth login\n3. Use a managed policy to fix settings across a team\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Kimi Code CLI or T3 Code?\n\nKimi Code CLI scores 58.1 (C) on agent readiness against T3 Code's 51.9 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories.\n\n### Are Kimi Code CLI and T3 Code open source?\n\nYes. Kimi Code CLI is open source (MIT). 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