--- title: How to get Kimi-K2 Free API? | daily.dev description: Moonshot AI released Kimi K2, a 1 trillion parameter open source model that outperforms Claude 4 Sonnet, GPT 4.1, and DeepSeek V3. While the model requires... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-get-kimi-k2-free-api--djxy4aq1v twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How to get Kimi-K2 Free API? | daily.dev og:description: Moonshot AI released Kimi K2, a 1 trillion parameter open source model that outperforms Claude 4 Sonnet, GPT 4.1, and DeepSeek V3. While the model requires... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-get-kimi-k2-free-api--djxy4aq1v og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/dJxy4AQ1V.png og:image:alt: How to get Kimi-K2 Free API? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How to get Kimi-K2 Free API? **[Medium](https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js)** · 3 min read · 97 upvotes · 7 comments ## Summary Moonshot AI released Kimi K2, a 1 trillion parameter open source model that outperforms Claude 4 Sonnet, GPT 4.1, and DeepSeek V3. While the model requires significant GPU resources to run locally, developers can access it for free through OpenRouter's unified API platform. The guide provides step-by-step instructions to obtain a free API key and includes sample Python code for making requests to the Kimi K2 model through OpenRouter's endpoint. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@snazzie** · 0 upvotes > both kimi and deepseek are really balls. they might be good at the benchmarks but reality it suck big balls. claude and gemini are leading. > > I really wish these chinese killer models really are killers. But its made in china quality. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ai), [#python](https://daily.dev/tags/python), [#llm](https://daily.dev/tags/llm) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-get-kimi-k2-free-api--djxy4aq1v) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"How to get Kimi-K2 Free API?","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-get-kimi-k2-free-api--djxy4aq1v","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-get-kimi-k2-free-api--djxy4aq1v"},"datePublished":"2025-07-18T10:50:57.442Z","dateModified":"2025-07-18T10:51:18.340Z","description":"Moonshot AI released Kimi K2, a 1 trillion parameter open source model that outperforms Claude 4 Sonnet, GPT 4.1, and DeepSeek V3. 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