Kimi K2.6 as a coding agent in your terminal
Kimi K2.6 by Moonshot AI, one of 250+ models you can use in Darce, the open source AI coding agent you can undo.
| Model | Kimi K2.6 |
|---|---|
| Vendor | Moonshot AI |
| Model id | moonshotai/kimi-k2.6 |
| Context window | 262k tokens |
| Price per 1M tokens | $0.47 input · $2.45 output (OpenRouter) |
| Can do | tool calling · reads images · reasoning |
| Category | Open weights and budget |
Strengths
Kimi K2.6, an open-weight Moonshot AI model popular for agentic coding at a moderate price.
OpenRouter's description:
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...
Use Kimi K2.6 as a coding agent in your terminal
Start Darce in your project with Kimi K2.6:
npm install -g darce-cli
darce --model moonshotai/kimi-k2.6Already in a session? Type /model moonshotai/kimi-k2.6, or open the picker with Ctrl+P. Darce then reads your code, edits files and runs commands with Kimi K2.6; risky commands ask first, and /undo reverses any change, including what shell commands did. No account yet? npx darce-cli lets you try it free. Which plan includes which models is on the pricing page.
Make it your default or a gear
In ~/.darcerc, set it as the starting model or add it to the gears you move between with Shift+↑ / Shift+↓ (see configuration):
{
"router": { "default": "moonshotai/kimi-k2.6" },
"gears": ["qwen/qwen3-coder", "moonshotai/kimi-k2.6"]
}Compare it on your own code
Benchmarks rarely match your repository. Race Kimi K2.6 against two other models on a real task and keep the best diff:
/derby --models moonshotai/kimi-k2.6,moonshotai/kimi-k3,moonshotai/kimi-k2.7-code fix the failing testRead more about /derby and /swarm.
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Model data from OpenRouter, refreshed daily. Prices are OpenRouter's list rates and show relative cost; your Darce allowance is used in proportion to them.