fx (by Vercel) vs. Kimi Code CLI

Feature	fx (by Vercel)	Kimi Code CLI

Tagline	Tiny, open, embeddable, native coding agent by Vercel.	Kimi Code CLI is your next intelligent CLI agent
Website	https://fx.sh	https://kimi.com/code
Language	zig	python
Release Date	August 17, 2026	October 21, 2025
Last Updated	August 19, 2026	June 28, 2026
Provider Type	Independent	Independent
MCP Support	Yes	Yes
Multi-Agent Support	No	Yes
Git Integration	minimal	basic
Multi-File Editing	Yes	Yes
Auto Test Running	No	No
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	No
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	Yes
Voice Mode	No	No
IDE Integration		VS Code, Zed, JetBrains
Hooks / Extensions	No	No
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	Yes
Context Window	Model dependent	1M (K2.5)
Supported Models	All Vercel AI Gateway supported models, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, DeepSeek, z.AI, Moonshot, etc	All the Kimi supported models including Kimi K2.5, K2, optional BYOK.
Pricing Model	Free, BYOK, Usage Based	Freemium
Free Tier	No	Yes
Price Range	0 - $20 / mo / Custom (Vercel AI Gateway)	Free / ~$19/mo
Source Code Availability	Open Source (Apache-2.0)	Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Source Code	https://github.com/vercel-labs/fx	https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-cli
Development State	active	active