Kimi Code CLI vs Kiro CLI

Feature	Kimi Code CLI	Kiro CLI

Tagline	Kimi Code CLI is your next intelligent CLI agent	AI coding agent by Amazon
Website	https://kimi.com/code	https://kiro.dev/cli
Language	python	rust
Release Date	October 21, 2025	November 17, 2025
Last Updated	June 28, 2026	April 28, 2026
Provider Type	Independent	AI Lab
MCP Support	Yes	Yes
Multi-Agent Support	Yes	Yes
Git Integration	basic	deep
Multi-File Editing	Yes	Yes
Auto Test Running	No	Yes
Sandbox / Permissions	No	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	Yes
Voice Mode	No	No
IDE Integration	VS Code, Zed, JetBrains
Hooks / Extensions	No	Yes
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	No
Context Window	1M (K2.5)	Not disclosed
AA Coding Agent Index	63% · Kimi K3	-
Supported Models	All the Kimi supported models including Kimi K2.5, K2, optional BYOK.	Frontier and open weight models with auto routing: Opus / Sonnet 4.6, MiniMax 2.5, DeepSeek 3.2, Qwen3.
Pricing Model	Freemium	Freemium
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free / ~$19/mo	Free / $0-200/mo
Source Code Availability	Open Source (Apache-2.0)	Proprietary Software
Source Code	https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-cli	N/A
Development State	active	active