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Kimi K3

Moonshot describes Kimi K3 as a 2.8T-parameter open-weight multimodal model with a 1M-token context. Its checkpoint is governed by the Kimi K3 License, not a permissive MIT grant.

Organisation
Moonshot AI
Weights published
Licence
Kimi K3 License (custom terms)
Size
2.8T total MoE; active-parameter count not stated here
Modalities
textimagevideo
Comparison catalog
Kimi K3 profile

Practical fit

A datacentre-scale checkpoint for teams evaluating provider independence and long-context work, not casual local inference.

Deployment note

The checkpoint is roughly a datacentre deployment; read the exact [Kimi K3 License](https://huggingface.co/moonshotai/Kimi-K3/raw/main/LICENSE) before use or redistribution. Active-parameter count is not stated here.

Where to go next

Other open-weight releases