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MiniMax M3 as a coding agent in your terminal

MiniMax M3 by MiniMax, one of 250+ models you can use in Darce, the open source AI coding agent you can undo.

ModelMiniMax M3
VendorMiniMax
Model idminimax/minimax-m3
Context window1.05M tokens
Price per 1M tokens$0.30 input · $1.20 output (OpenRouter)
Can dotool calling · reads images · reasoning
CategoryCoding-tuned

Strengths

MiniMax M3 with a 1M token context. An inexpensive model aimed at agentic and coding work.

OpenRouter's description:

MiniMax-M3 is a multimodal foundation model from MiniMax. It supports text, image, and video inputs with text output, a 1M-token context window, and is suited for long-horizon agentic work, coding,...

Use MiniMax M3 as a coding agent in your terminal

Start Darce in your project with MiniMax M3:

npm install -g darce-cli
darce --model minimax/minimax-m3

Already in a session? Type /model minimax/minimax-m3, or open the picker with Ctrl+P. Darce then reads your code, edits files and runs commands with MiniMax M3; 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": "minimax/minimax-m3" },
  "gears": ["qwen/qwen3-coder", "minimax/minimax-m3"]
}

Compare it on your own code

Benchmarks rarely match your repository. Race MiniMax M3 against two other models on a real task and keep the best diff:

/derby --models minimax/minimax-m3,minimax/minimax-m2.7,openai/gpt-5.3-codex fix the failing test

Read 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.