Kimi Code switches default to K2.7 Code, an open coding-agentic model
Moonshot's K2.7 Code is an open-weights, coding-focused agentic model (1T total / 32B activated MoE, 256K context) and is now the default in Kimi Code with thinking always on. The company reports +21.8% on Kimi Code Bench v2 over K2.6 with about 30% fewer thinking tokens. Weights are on Hugging Face; requests with thinking disabled fall back to K2.6.
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FAQWhat did Kimi Code announce on AUG 12, 2026?
Moonshot's K2.7 Code is an open-weights, coding-focused agentic model (1T total / 32B activated MoE, 256K context) and is now the default in Kimi Code with thinking always on. The company reports +21.8% on Kimi Code Bench v2 over K2.6 with about 30% fewer thinking tokens. Weights are on Hugging Face; requests with thinking disabled fall back to K2.6.
What is Kimi Code?
Kimi Code CLI is Moonshot AI's terminal coding agent: point it at a project and it reads and edits code, runs shell commands, searches files, and fetches web pages, choosing each next step from tool feedback. It works out of the box with Kimi models, installs with a single curl script (no Node.js required), and develops in the open under the MIT license on GitHub.
Where is the official source for this announcement?
It was published by Moonshot AI on AUG 12, 2026 via kimi.com, the company's official channel. AgentMaps cites the primary source for every charted signal.