AI-assisted development in the terminal
Developed by Moonshot AI, Kimi CLI is an artificial intelligence agent that works via a command line interface (CLI). This Python-based tool is designed to automate command line interactions in software development processes.
Updates
- September 27, 2026: Stars 11,306 → 11,428, latest release 1.52.0 (September 22, 2026), repository archived, development stopped.
- September 2, 2026: Stars 11,074 → 11,306, latest release 1.50.0 (September 1, 2026).
- August 2, 2026: Stars 9,577 → 11,074, latest release 1.49.0 (July 16, 2026).
What you get
- Ability to read and edit code
- Executing commands via terminal
- Web search and autonomous planning
Installation
git clone https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-cli.git
cd kimi-cli
make prepare # prepare the development environmentIf you don't write code
I want you to work as a development agent within the terminal. While performing my software development duties, I read and edit my code files, run the necessary shell commands, and plan processes autonomously by searching the internet when I need them.
Repository: https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-cli. Follow the official instructions in the README of this repository for setup and execution.
Before starting, check which OS we are on and if the necessary tools (e.g., Python, Node.js, Git, Docker) are installed. Install any missing ones step-by-step according to this system.
Create a new, empty folder to work in. Do not touch any files outside this folder and do not delete anything. Tell me what you are going to do in one sentence before running each command.
Tell me what I should see on the screen at the end of each step. If an error occurs, I will paste the error message to you exactly as it is, and we will fix it together.
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Editorial note
Maintenance note: The GitHub source repository is archived. Do not treat this page as an active-maintenance guarantee; verify a current fork or official successor before relying on it.
Links
TreScout did not build this tool · we found it in GitHub trends and wrote it up. This page describes the repository as of 2026-07-19: The star count and our text belong to that day, the repository may have changed since. Check the repository link for the current state. The introductory text was prepared with AI from the repository's own documentation, and this page was machine-translated from the Turkish original · the Turkish version prevails.