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install.sh: append the export line to the login shell's rc file (zsh: $ZDOTDIR/.zshrc; bash: ~/.bash_profile on macOS, ~/.bashrc on Linux; fish: fish_add_path in config.fish; otherwise ~/.profile). Idempotent — a second run detects the existing entry and skips. On an unwritable rc it fails loudly with the manual command. install.ps1: prepend the bin dir to the per-user PATH via [Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable(..., 'User') — registry-backed, picked up by every new terminal. Strict-mode-safe for a null user Path. Verified end-to-end on macOS with a fake HOME: install → rc appended → fresh zsh sources it → kigi resolves and runs. All shell branches, ZDOTDIR/XDG overrides, idempotency, and the write-failure path covered by a harness driving the real script tail; install.ps1 parse-checked and its path-construction logic exercised under pwsh strict mode.
Kigi (kigi) 🌘
Kigi is an unofficial Kimi Code CLI community build — a terminal-based AI coding agent re-targeted at the Kimi Code subscription API and the Moonshot open platform, built on the Apache-2.0 sources of xai-org/grok-build.
It runs as a full-screen TUI that understands your codebase, edits files, executes shell commands, searches the web, and manages long-running tasks — interactively, headlessly for scripting/CI, or embedded in editors via the Agent Client Protocol (ACP).
Installation · Providers and API keys · Building from source · Coexistence with the official CLI · License
Installation
Prebuilt single-file binaries for macOS (arm64/x86_64), Linux (arm64/x86_64), and Windows (x86_64) are published on GitHub Releases:
# macOS / Linux
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ZacharyZhang-NY/Kigi-CLI/main/install.sh | bash
# Windows PowerShell
irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ZacharyZhang-NY/Kigi-CLI/main/install.ps1 | iex
kigi --version # kigi 0.1.0 … unofficial Kimi Code CLI community build
kigi login # sign in with your Kimi Code subscription (device-code flow)
kigi # start the TUI
The installer verifies every download against the release's SHA256SUMS,
installs into ~/.kigi/bin/kigi (%USERPROFILE%\.kigi\bin\kigi.exe on
Windows), and prints the PATH line to add. Later releases arrive through the
built-in self-updater (kigi update, gated by KIGI_AUTO_UPDATE), which
pulls from the same GitHub Releases feed.
Providers and API keys
Kigi talks to a fixed three-platform registry:
| Platform id | Base URL | Auth |
|---|---|---|
kimi-code |
https://api.kimi.com/coding/v1 |
Kimi Code subscription OAuth (kigi login) |
moonshot-cn |
https://api.moonshot.cn/v1 |
Moonshot open-platform API key |
moonshot-ai |
https://api.moonshot.ai/v1 |
Moonshot open-platform API key |
Moonshot API keys come from the environment or ~/.kigi/config.toml
(environment wins; values are never logged):
export KIGI_MOONSHOT_API_KEY=sk-... # applies to both open platforms
export KIGI_MOONSHOT_CN_API_KEY=sk-... # platform-scoped, beats the generic name
export KIGI_MOONSHOT_AI_API_KEY=sk-...
# ~/.kigi/config.toml
[platforms.moonshot-cn]
api_key = "sk-..."
[platforms.moonshot-ai]
api_key = "sk-..."
On login and on startup Kigi syncs each configured platform's model list
from GET {base}/models and shows the merged catalog in the model picker
(catalog keys are {platform_id}/{model_id}). Models that advertise
selectable thinking levels (e.g. K3's low/high/max) expose them in
/model and /effort. If the sync fails, the last cached catalog is used;
with no cache, a small built-in fallback list applies. Model selection
resolves as --model CLI flag > KIGI_DEFAULT_MODEL > [models] default
in config.toml > server-delivered list > built-in fallback.
KIGI_CODE_BASE_URL re-points the subscription platform (useful for
testing); KIGI_MOONSHOT_CN_BASE_URL / KIGI_MOONSHOT_AI_BASE_URL are the
equivalent dev/test overrides for the open platforms.
The web search/fetch tools ride the Kimi Code subscription services and
are present only on OAuth sessions — API-key-only sessions run without
them, matching the official client.
Building from source
rustup toolchain install 1.97.0
cargo build --profile release-dist -p kigi-bin
./target/release-dist/kigi --version
protoc is invoked through the vendored dotslash
launcher at bin/protoc; install dotslash (brew install dotslash or
cargo install dotslash) if it is not already on your PATH.
Coexistence with the official Kimi CLI
Kigi is not affiliated with Moonshot AI or xAI, and it coexists with the
official kimi CLI on the same machine: independent binary name,
independent config directory (~/.kigi), independent keyring credentials
(service kigi), and a KIGI_* environment-variable namespace. Nothing
the official client installs or stores is ever read at runtime or written.
On first launch Kigi offers a one-time, strictly read-only import of
your existing ~/.kimi configuration (MCP servers, custom providers,
default model) via kigi import-kimi — file contents and mtimes under
~/.kimi are left untouched, verified by tests.
Kigi is zero-telemetry: the only outbound connections are the inference/auth APIs you configure, GitHub Releases for updates, and MCP servers you add.
License
Apache-2.0. See LICENSE, NOTICE, and
THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES. Code ported from
openai/codex and sst/opencode is documented in
crates/codegen/kigi-tools/THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md.
Kigi is based on Grok Build Open Source; the --version output carries the
attribution.