Moonshot AI releases the full Kimi K3 weights
Moonshot AI published the official Kimi K3 repository and full model weights on Hugging Face on July 27, 2026. The 2.8-trillion-parameter multimodal model and its code use the Kimi K3 License.
What happened
Event details
Moonshot AI published the official Kimi K3 repository and full model weights on Hugging Face on July 27, 2026. Kimi K3 is a 2.8-trillion-parameter multimodal model with native visual understanding and a one-million-token context window; it first launched through Kimi products and the API on July 16. This event records the actual publication of the full weights and license separately from the July 16 product and API launch. The official GitHub repository provides deployment, inference, and usage guidance, while the Hugging Face model page hosts the full weight files. The code and model weights use the Kimi K3 License. It permits use, modification, and redistribution while adding conditions for commercial services above specified revenue or user thresholds.
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Why it matters
Opening the complete weights of a 2.8-trillion-parameter multimodal model materially broadens access for research, deployment, and derivative development.
Availability
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The full Kimi K3 weights have been available on Hugging Face since July 27, 2026. The official GitHub repository and model weights use the Kimi K3 License.