Amp vs. Kimi Code CLI

Feature	Amp	Kimi Code CLI

Tagline	The frontier coding agent	Kimi Code CLI is your next intelligent CLI agent
Website	https://ampcode.com	https://kimi.com/code
Language	typescript	python
Release Date	April 14, 2025	October 21, 2025
Last Updated	May 7, 2026	April 28, 2026
Provider Type	AI Lab	Independent
MCP Support	Yes	Yes
Multi-Agent Support	Yes	Yes
Git Integration	deep	basic
Multi-File Editing	Yes	Yes
Auto Test Running	Yes	No
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	No
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	Yes
Voice Mode	No	No
IDE Integration	VS Code	VS Code, Zed, JetBrains
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	No
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	No	Yes
Context Window	Model-dependent	1M (K2.5)
Supported Models	Claude Opus 4.7/4.5, Sonnet, GPT-5.5, GPT-5.3-Codex, Gemini 3.1 Pro / Flash	All the Kimi supported models including Kimi K2.5, K2, optional BYOK.
Pricing Model	Usage Based	Freemium
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free daily grant, then usage-based	Free / ~$19/mo
Source Code Availability	Proprietary Software	Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Source Code		https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-cli
Development State	active	active