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Kimi K2.6moonshot/kimi-k2-6

Kimi K2.6 is Moonshot AI's next-generation multimodal model, designed for long-horizon coding, coding-driven UI/UX generation, and multi-agent orchestration. It handles complex end-to-end coding tasks across Python, Rust, and Go, and...

Cheapest blended:$1.44 / 1M tokenson Moonshot AI · 1 provider listed

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kimi-k2.6
$0.75$3.50$1.44—OpenAI-compatibleNeeds 27d agoTry →

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Works with

Point any of these clients at a hosting's base URL — they all speak at least one of this model's endpoint protocols (OPENAI_COMPATIBLE).

Capabilities

  • chat
  • reasoning
  • code
  • vision
  • long_context

Languages: en, zh

Code samples

Example using Moonshot AI — the cheapest hosting for this model as of last verification. Swap base_url and model to use a different provider from the matrix above.

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key="YOUR_API_KEY",
    base_url="https://api.moonshot.cn/v1",
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="kimi-k2.6",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

Technical specs

Context
262K
Max output
16K
Parameters
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Release
—
Training cutoff
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License
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Hugging Face →Official blog →

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Frequently asked

How much does Kimi K2.6 cost?+
The cheapest public hosting is $1.44 per 1M blended tokens on Moonshot AI. 1 total providers are listed above with per-input / per-output / cached pricing.
How do I access Kimi K2.6 from outside China?+
All hostings listed above support global access. The official API (e.g. api.deepseek.com, dashscope-intl.aliyuncs.com) accepts international credit cards and does not require a Chinese mobile number. For privacy-sensitive workloads, third-party aggregators like Together.ai host the model on US/EU infrastructure.
Is Kimi K2.6 open-source? Can I fine-tune it?+
Yes. Kimi K2.6 is open-weight under the unspecified license. Weights are available on Hugging Face for local inference, fine-tuning, and commercial use (see license for specific terms).
Is Kimi K2.6 OpenAI-compatible?+
Most listed hostings expose an OpenAI-compatible API, so you can point an existing openai SDK client at the Provider's base_url and use the Provider's model name. See the Code Samples above for a copy-pasteable example.
What's the maximum context window for Kimi K2.6?+
The model supports up to 262,144 tokens of context (input + output). Some hosted versions may impose a smaller limit — check the "Context" column in the pricing matrix for each provider.