It's much easier than that, no openrouter needed Open your terminal that you normally use claude code with Type export ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN=EnterKimiv2APIHere Type export ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL= https://api.moonshot.ai/anthropic Start claude and you're done lol Kimi v2 works well with opencode too but to be honest, I'm finding it to be quite slow. Answer from ayowarya on reddit.com
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About kimi-k2 · Issue #245 · musistudio/claude-code-router
July 18, 2025 - I know many people are currently accessing Kimi through CCR, but unfortunately, most unofficial APIs are using quantized versions of the model. Only a small number of providers offer models with ca...
Published Jul 18, 2025
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Vibe coding with Claude Code + Groq + Kimi K2 | by Hungrysoul | Medium
July 16, 2025 - Just to give you an idea why I’m ... between Kimi K2 on Groq and Claude Sonnet 4 from Anthropic: ... Yup, that’s right — it’s nearly 3x faster and about 5x cheaper per token. Pretty hard to beat. The best part? The setup takes about five minutes. Here’s how you do it: First, install Claude Code and Claude Code Router...
Has anyone tried the new open‑source Kimi K2 module alongside Claude Code?
I've been using it tonight for incredibly niche obscure python library differences and yeah it's pretty good, like seriously, has that "I'm already thinking 2 steps ahead so here you go" vibe with the benefit of actually being right lol I wonder if not being a thinking model it's actually better that said, be mindful of what data you're sharing... blah blah blah More on reddit.com
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July 14, 2025Kimi K2 is a state-of-the-art mixture-of-experts (MoE) language model
For real-world speeds though yeah, you'd need serious hardware. This is more of a "deploy your own stamp" model, less a "local" model · I may not be able to reasonably run it myself, but at least I can choose who I trust to run it and can have inference pricing determined by a competitive market. More on news.ycombinator.com
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July 27, 2025Can you please give a sample config.json for configuring kimi.ai and whether it needs Transformer or not?
Can you please give a sample config.json for configuring kimi.ai and whether it needs Transformer or not? As you know， kimi has released a new model More on github.com
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Claude Code Router - Which models work best? Kimi K2?
You might have better luck on r/localllama . Sounds like it might need a chat template or system prompt or if it's open router check their function calling docs to see if there have been any changes More on reddit.com
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r/vibecoding on Reddit: How I'm using Kimi K2 in Claude Code
July 14, 2025 -
Kimi K2 is a pretty interesting model, I'm getting good results when compared to Sonnet 4 and paying 80% less by using it through OpenRouter. So here it goes a small guide if you want to give it a try!
Create an account at https://openrouter.ai/ and grab your API key
Run: npm install -g u/anthropic-ai/claude-code
Run: npm install -g u/musistudio/claude-code-router
Add the content of this gist to your ~/.claude-code-router/config.json (update it with your OpenRouter API key)
Run: ccr code
And that's it!
Cool thing is that you can edit the config.json file and add any other LLM available in openrouter.ai !
If you want more tips and tricks about AI coding like that, check https://aicode.guide !
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It's much easier than that, no openrouter needed Open your terminal that you normally use claude code with Type export ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN=EnterKimiv2APIHere Type export ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL= https://api.moonshot.ai/anthropic Start claude and you're done lol Kimi v2 works well with opencode too but to be honest, I'm finding it to be quite slow.
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How does k2 compete against r1 I always found r1 to be slow but amazing and free for coding
Moonshot
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Use kimi k2 Model in ClaudeCode/Cline/RooCode
November 20, 2025 - Kimi Open Platform, providing trillion-parameter K2 large language model API, supporting 256K long context and Tool Calling. Professional code generation, intelligent dialogue, helping developers build AI applications.
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Use Kimi K2 in claude code · AI Marketing
is to use kimi k2 model inside of claude code · you get almost the same functionality and can still get lots done. here is how · sign up to openrouter, get an api key, load some money · install claude code router - https://github.com/musistudio/claude-code-router ·
Apidog
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You Can Use Kimi K2 with Claude Code, Here's How:
July 13, 2025 - Something crazy just happened for the AI Coding Game. I was scrolling through my feed when I stumbled upon a thread discussing a wild new setup: developers are running Moonshot AI's brand-new Kimi K2 model directly within Claude's coding environment. At first, it sounded like a weird fan-fiction ...
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GitHub - musistudio/claude-code-router: Use Claude Code as the foundation for coding infrastructure, allowing you to decide how to interact with the model while enjoying updates from Anthropic.
Router: Used to set up routing rules. default specifies the default model, which will be used for all requests if no other route is configured. API_TIMEOUT_MS: Specifies the timeout for API calls in milliseconds.
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How to use Kimi K2 in Claude Code: 1. Create an account ...
How to use Kimi K2 in Claude Code: 1. Create an account at ... @anthropic-ai/claude-code 3. npm install -g @musistudio/claude-code-router 4. Add the following lines to your ~/.claude-code-router/config.json (update with your OpenRouter API key) 5.
Apidog
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How to use Kimi K2 Thinking with Claude Code & Cursor
November 10, 2025 - The Kimi K2 Thinking API is fully compatible with both OpenAI and Anthropic interface specifications. You can use the same SDKs and simply change the base_url and api_key to connect your existing applications to Kimi. You can redirect Claude Code’s API calls to Moonshot AI by setting two environment variables:
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Claude Code Router: A way to use Claude with other models
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How to Run Kimi K2 Inside Claude Code: The Ultimate Open-Source AI Coding Combo | by Erik Milošević | Medium
August 20, 2025 - This open approach, combined with agentic coding power, makes Kimi K2 a foundational tool for the future of software development. The secret to this integration is Moonshot AI’s Anthropic-compatible API endpoint. By redirecting Claude Code’s requests to Kimi K2, you get all the benefits of Claude’s interface with the muscle of Kimi K2 under the hood.
Hugging Face
huggingface.co › blog › francesca-petracci › kimi-k2-claude-code
Use Kimi K2 with Claude Code Router: A Developer's Guide
Agentic Capabilities: Kimi K2 is ... and execute them autonomously. ... Claude Code Router is an open-source tool that acts as a local proxy for your LLM requests....
Reddit
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r/ClaudeAI on Reddit: Has anyone tried the new open‑source Kimi K2 module alongside Claude Code?
July 14, 2025 -
Just wondering if anyone here has tried Kimi K2 or Claude Code for real-world coding tasks. What was your experience like—especially compared to each other? Interested in code quality, speed, tool integration, things like that.
Thanks!
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I've been using it tonight for incredibly niche obscure python library differences and yeah it's pretty good, like seriously, has that "I'm already thinking 2 steps ahead so here you go" vibe with the benefit of actually being right lol I wonder if not being a thinking model it's actually better that said, be mindful of what data you're sharing... blah blah blah
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apart from being slow (like around 20 to 30 tps), it seems to be on par with sonnet 4 - which i think is incredible
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Kimi K2 is a state-of-the-art mixture-of-experts (MoE) language model | Hacker News
July 27, 2025 - For real-world speeds though yeah, you'd need serious hardware. This is more of a "deploy your own stamp" model, less a "local" model · I may not be able to reasonably run it myself, but at least I can choose who I trust to run it and can have inference pricing determined by a competitive market.
Medium
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Kimi K2 vs. the Big Dogs (Claude and GPT-4.1) | by Manpreet Singh | Everyday AI | Medium
July 14, 2025 - Kimi K2 vs. the Big Dogs (Claude and GPT-4.1) Hey there.. So, I was scrolling through some tech news the other day, and I stumbled across something new: a new AI model called Kimi K2 Its released by …
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Issue #145 · musistudio/claude-code-router
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Published Jul 12, 2025
AI Engineer Guide
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How to use Claude Code with Kimi K2
July 15, 2025 - Token usage adds up fast for AI agents so for the task that requires less intelligence you can consider using models like Kimi K2 especially if you’re using agentic tools like Claude code. You can get their hosted version directly from them or using Open Router / Groq
GitHub
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GitHub - luohy15/y-router: A Simple Proxy enabling Claude Code to work with OpenRouter
export ANTHROPIC_MODEL="moonshotai/kimi-k2" export ANTHROPIC_SMALL_FAST_MODEL="google/gemini-2.5-flash" ... That's it! Claude Code will now use OpenRouter's models through y-router.
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