What is Kimi Code?
Kimi Code integrates AI collaboration into development environments such as desktops, terminals, and editors, helping users understand requirements and modify code around existing projects. Users can specify functional goals, describe observed issues, and outline constraints, enabling the assistant to search, read, and analyze the codebase before progressively implementing or fixing the code.
The capabilities officially demonstrated include implementing new features, fixing issues, refactoring, running tests and build scripts, as well as performing online searches or reading web-based documentation. The desktop interface offers project- and session-based organization, making it ideal for continuing discussions across multiple tasks; the actual scope of operations still depends on the local working directory, available tools, and the commands permitted to be executed.
Kimi Code provides usage quotas through its respective membership plans, and the entitlements for model capabilities, concurrency, and speed modes must be confirmed based on the current account. Generated code should be reviewed in light of differences, test outputs, and the runtime environment; it should not be deemed successfully built solely on the assistant’s textual output. For tasks involving dependency installation, file modifications, or online resources, the scope of permitted access and the timeliness of the materials must also be clearly specified.
Key features
Project Understanding: Search, read, and analyze existing code.
Code modifications: new features, bug fixes, and refactoring.
Execution verification: tests, builds, and script commands.
Usage: Desktop, CLI, and IDE plugin.
Use cases and audience
Developers and technical teams who need to understand code, implement features, and debug issues in existing projects.
- Understand the project structure and identify issues.
- Implement functionality or refactor repetitive code.
- Combine error-based fixes with testing.
Requirements specification, code repository, error messages, and the working directory for permitted operations.
Code changes, explanations, test results, build outcomes, and related development artifacts.
How to use
- 01
Choose the official desktop app, CLI, or plugin based on your development environment.
- 02
Confirm your account privileges and open the project that requires processing.
- 03
Describe the objectives, the scope of permissible modifications, and the validation requirements.
- 04
After reviewing the differences and the actual execution results, retain the changes.
Benefits and limitations
Benefits
- Covers desktop, terminal, and editor workflows.
Limitations
- Credit limits, model capabilities, and speed tiers vary depending on the plan.
- Command execution and code changes still require review.
Pricing and availability
Paid
2026-10-24 Verify the official page and switch to “Subscription Plan”: On this page, the pricing is listed as Plus $19/month, Pro $39/month, Max $99/month, and Ultra $199/month. Annual plans offer separate discounted rates and a total annual price; these cannot be mixed with monthly payment rates. The quotas for models, speed tiers, concurrency, and on-time updates are determined by the plan and are not described as unlimited calls. Currency, region, taxes, and actual benefits are subject to the checkout page and your account.
- Pricing source
- https://www.kimi.com/code
- Pricing last updated
- 2026-10-24
Prices and limits may change. Check the official website for current terms.
Official website & sources
Sources
Updated on 2026-10-24


