How to Access Kimi AI
New users can access Kimi through the web interface at kimi.com or native mobile applications for iOS and Android. No phone verification is required for basic access.
- Visit kimi.com or download the Kimi app from the Apple App Store or Google Play (1M+ downloads, ~4.5 star rating). The app is listed as "Kimi -- Now with K2.5" on iOS.
- Create an account using email or social login. The web interface provides immediate access to K2.5 Instant, Thinking, and Agent modes.
- For API access, register at platform.moonshot.ai and generate an API key from the developer dashboard. Documentation is available in English and Chinese.
- Self-hosting option: download the open-source model from Hugging Face (moonshotai/Kimi-K2.5) in block-fp8 format and deploy via vLLM, SGLang, Transformers, or Docker.
Developers integrating Kimi into applications can use the standard OpenAI client library:
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
api_key="your_moonshot_api_key",
base_url="https://api.moonshot.cn/v1"
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="kimi-k2.5",
messages=[
{"role": "system", "content": "You are a helpful assistant."},
{"role": "user", "content": "Analyze the uploaded document."}
],
temperature=0.7
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)This code structure works identically to OpenAI API calls, requiring only the base_url parameter change. Existing error handling, retry logic, and response parsing code transfers without modification. The API also supports streaming responses and function calling for agentic workflows.
